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1st U.S. sale for Imactis

CT-Navigation™ is acquired by UWHealth, the University of Madison (WI) teaching hospital. One of the nation’s top care centers, its is also a recognized center of excellence in interventional oncology, having pioneered and contributed significantly to microwave tumor ablation techniques. This sale comes one year after FDA approval, followed by successful patient trials earlier this […]

A new impetus for Alumed

This year, Alumed, a SME certified ISO 13485 -2016, celebrates 30 years of experience in co-design and manufacturing in the medical and veterinary field. Located in the heart of the Rhône-Alpes Auvergne region between Lyon, Grenoble and Chambery, Alumed is the privileged partner of manufacturers, distributors and designers of the non-invasive medical sector. The extension […]

Inovotion is once again working with the NC3Rs’ CRACK IT Solutions technology partnering programme to showcase our technology

La Tronche, Boston, 18th September 2019 Inovotion is once again working with the NC3Rs’ CRACK IT Solutions technology partnering programme to showcase our technology. The proposed solution focuses on immune-oncology drug screening, and aims to streamline early in vivo efficacy and toxicity evaluation using Inovotion’s model instead of mice (clic here to learn more). CRACK-IT […]

The Force of Sound: CEA-Leti Manipulates Cells & Bacteria Samples Using Non-contact Evanescent Acoustic Tweezers

CEA-Leti has developed a new acousto-microfluidic technology for manipulating micro- and nanoscale samples using evanescent sound waves. Described in a paper published in the September issue of Nature (Comm. Phys), the technique is envisioned to replace existing technology, which uses high-frequency propagative surface acoustic waves (leaky SAW) to move microscopic samples on complex substrates. CEA-Leti’s innovative […]

VeinSound develops a new varicose vein treatment using ultrasounds

Varicose veins is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. The Edinburgh Vein Study shows that 32% of women and 40% of men, in a cohort of 1566 randomly selected subjects, had trunk varicosities. Varicose veins are dilated and tortuous veins of the superficial venous system of the lower limbs. This condition is characterized […]

CEA-Leti Breakthrough Opens Path to New Vaccine for HIV

Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, in collaboration with CEA’s Fundamental Research Division and INSERM, has developed a new vaccine approach for HIV based on engineered lipid nanoparticles that deliver p24 – a viral protein that is key to an HIV vaccine – and optimize the CpG adjuvant’s effect. Until now, p24-based vaccines have […]