Among projects recently funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health are studies to assess a gaming system to evaluate and treat depression, and smartphone tools to correlate behavioral data with a patient’s mental state with enough precision to drive treatment for bipolar disorder. The institute says it wants to improve the current “bricks-and-mortar” mental health care system.
The National Institutes of Mental Health is investing in research intended to develop digital health tools as legitimate and clinically accepted products for screening and treating psychiatric disorders.
The NIH institute convened a workshop on the topic in 2010 and followed it up with a grant opportunity announcement...
The last steps are taking place leading to the launch of the EU’s medical device database, EUDAMED.
CEO Alexandre Chau told Medtech Insight that the Middle East and Africa presented the ideal mix of market potential, physician training opportunities, and regulatory readiness when the company was considering expansion markets beyond Europe and the US.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have used a robotic system to autonomously perform a key part of gallbladder surgery without a surgeon's hand. Lead author Axel Krieger says it could take five to 10 years before an autonomous robotic system will reach human trials and expects regulatory hurdles.
