Background Radio Frequency (RF) induced heating associated with MRI is an increasing safety concern as more patients are implanted with cardiovascular devices. A standard test method (ASTM F2182) is used across the device industry to measure RF heating, but this method does not account for cooling mechanisms such as blood flow and perfusion. We hypothesize that in vivo conditions will significa...

The recent increased focus on patient safety in hospitals has yielded a flood of new technologies and tools seeking to improve the quality of patient care at the point of care. Hospitals are complex institutions by nature, and are constantly challenged to improve the quality of healthcare delivered to patients while trying to reduce the rate of medical errors and improve patient safety. Here a ...

Slick and efficient or opaque and patchy—these are two of the views about the European medical device regulatory system expressed during a recent US Congress debate. But unlike the case with, say, consumer drug advertising, the devices industry argues that conditions are more favourable in Europe. “European regs are driven by one key goal: innovation,” one industry report suggests. And another ...