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Medical device Coverage

QuadVantage was created to address ACL reconstruction needs identified by founder and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Paul Burroughs, MD.

Knee reconstruction company raises $1.4M to support distribution efforts

NeuroVice, a medical technology start-up based in Cary, has received FDA clearance for a seizure disorder device. Hear more about this first-to-market seizure device and the founder's plans to exit.

Cary medtech startup backed by Charles Barkley lands FDA's OK for seizure disorder device

Inventor and entrepreneur Suzanne Cano will soon take a compact device to market in the dental and veterinary sectors.  Meet LunaLiteDV here first.

Startup spotlight: Inventor bringing better, safer, medtech device for x-rays to market

A second Russian hospital has implemented Triangle-based Asensus Surgical's Senhance® Robotic Surgery program, the company announced.

Asensus announces second Russian hospital client has implemented its AI surgery technology

A medical startup company in Greenville has developed a device that can see blood flow through the skin in real time during surgery.

THE HEART OF DO >>> KEENAN WILSON SHOWS US HOW A LOCAL COMPANY BELIEVES THEIR DISCOVERY WILL BE A LIFE SAVER IN THE OPERATING ROOM. >> Reporter:  IT COULD BE THE FUTURE OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY. THE LEADERS OF THE COMPANY ARE HOPING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES TO EVER COME OUT OF THIS PART OF THE STATE. >> THIS IS A GENERATIONAL STEP FORWARD IN OUR TECHNOLOGY. >> Reporter:  MONTY TUCKER IS THE CEO OF A START-UP. THEIR FLAGSHIP PRODUCT IS AN FDA SOUTHERLY SURGICAL IMAGING TOOL THAT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KINDS. >> IT CAN BE 45 MILL METERS UNDERNEATH THE SKIN. IT CAN SEE BLOOD FLOW MOVEMENT. >> Reporter:  UP UNTIL NOW, CONTRAST DIED HAS BEEN INJECTED TO SEE BLOOD FLOW DURING SURGERY, BUT SURGEONS SOMETIMES FAIL TO REMOVE DEAD TISSUE, AT MINIMUM CAUSING PATIENTS TO NEED FOLLOW UP SURGERIES. >> AT THE SAME TIME, IT PUT THIS PATIENT AT RISK, AND IF THEY HAVE COMORBIDITIES, WE MAY HAVE LOSS OF LIFE. >> Reporter:  HE SAID THE PIECES WERE HEAR HERE IN THIS AREA FOR THIS TYPE OF BREAK THROUGH. >> YOU HAVE SUCH A SMALL COMMUNITY, AND A LARGE MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND A LARGE TRAUMA CENTER. >> Reporter:  IT IS ALREADY IN USE IN TWO HOSPITALS, BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT COULD SOON BECOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES THAT NORTH CAROLINA HAS EVER SEEN. >> WE SEE WE COULD EASILY BE A $200 MILLION-PLUS COMPANY IN THE NEXT THREE FOUR YEARS. >> Reporter:  THEY HOPE TO

Greenville medical startup develops device that can see blood through through skin

After searching for more than a decade for the head of an Angier plant that sold bacteria-tainted syringes that killed five people, federal authorities have given up and dropped criminal charges against him.

Feds drop charges against Angier company president on run for 12 years

AM2PAT plant in Angier

A portable optical tool promises to make surgical planning easier and less invasive for children who need surgery for epilepsy

Duke University professor researching medical device to shine light into the brain

Apple is warning millions of iPhone 12 users that the phone could hinder medical devices. The 

<p>THEY WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW AND SATURDAY. THE MAYOR HOPES TO REOPEN THEM BY NEXT WEEK. &gt;&gt;&gt; AN UNEXPECTED WARNING FROM APPLE ABOUT THE iPHONE 12. IF YOU HAVE ONE, IT COULD AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. &gt;&gt; Reporter: APPLE IS TELLING CUSTOMERS THE 12th COULD INTERFERE WITH MEDICAL DEVICES. WITH MILLIONS OF PHONES SOLD THAT COULD IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE. APPLE ISSUED THE WARNING BUT, DID YOU HEAR IT? THE MAGNETS AND ALL iPHONE 12 MODELS MAY INTERFERE WITH PACEMAKERS AND IMPLANTED DEFIBRILLATORS. CARDIOLOGIST TESTED THE POWER THEMSELVES THINKING IT WOULD NOT WORK. &gt;&gt; WE WERE SURPRISED. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THEY RECRUITED A DEFIBRILLATOR PATIENT WHO AGREED TO HELP. &gt;&gt; WE BROUGHT THE iPHONE CLOSE TO THE CHEST AND KEPT IT ON THE THE BB LATER AND DISCOVERED THAT THE iPHONE HAS DEACTIVATED THE DEFIBRILLATOR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, THE DEFIBRILLATOR STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. WITH PACEMAKERS, THEY ARE CONCERNED THE PHONE COULD AFFECT THE RHYTHM. APPLE SAYS THE FOUR DIFFERENT 12 MODELS HAVE MORE MAGNETS MAKING THEM MORE POWERFUL. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? APPLE SAYS KEEP THE PHONE AT LEAST 6 INCHES FROM MEDICAL DEVICES. DO NOT HAVE IT IN A SHIRT POCKET OR PANTS POCKET. THEY ALSO FLAGGED THE WIRELESS CHARGERS SAYING KEEP THEM 12 INCHES FROM MEDICAL DEVICES. THE FDA IS LOOKING INTO THE FINDINGS. APPLE ISSUED A WARNING AFTER THE DOCTORS PUBLISHED THEIR FINDINGS.</p>

Caution: iPhone 12 can disrupt medical devices 

Apple warns the millions of iPhone 12 users, the phones could interfere with medical devices implanted in hundreds of thousands of patients.

Millions of iPhones could put medical device patients at risk

Restor3D, which is developing printed 3D medical implants, has raised a new equity round.

Durham's restor3D, formerly Additive Device, raises $4.3 million in equity

A Kentucky jury awarded more than $10 million to a woman who lost her leg after a surgical sponge was left inside her body. The sponge remained inside her for six years.

Surgical mistake leads to woman losing leg, winning $10 million lawsuit

UNC researchers find tailored cochlear implant programming and therapy offers benefit for people with unilateral hearing loss and gains FDA approval

Cochlear implants give new hope for people with one-sided hearing loss

Johnston County veterinarian Dr. Emily Byers lost her right side hearing

While hip replacement surgeries often result in an overall better quality of life, it isn't always smooth sailing for every patient.