FDA Approves Use of Chip in Patients
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WASHINGTON - Medical milestone or privacy invasion? A tiny computer chip approved Wednesday for implantation in a patient's arm can speed vital information about a patient's medical history to doctors and hospitals. But critics warn that it could open new ways to imperil the confidentiality of medical records...
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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient&#39;s medical details to doctors, speeding care.
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Medtronic Inc., a maker of implantable medical devices, said Monday that it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its InSync Sentry implantable defibrillator system.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetics-based lab test to help physicians personalize their patients' drug doses.
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THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said Thursday.
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An inexpensive microfluidics chip could lead to earlier cancer detection and treatment.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration said on Wednesday it had approved Amgen Inc's   drug Vectibix for the treatment of advanced colon cancer.
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DOCTORS have used an injectable radioactive chip to destroy malignant cells and prolong the lives of inoperable liver cancer patients, a Singapore hospital spokeswoman said yesterday.
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Oct. 24 - Israeli company InSightec has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded pre-market approval to the company&#39;s ExAblate 2000 system for non-invasive surgery for symptomatic uterine fibroids.
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Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS (news - web sites) drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking devices under a new Food
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Singaporean doctors have used an injectable radioactive chip to destroy malignant cells and prolong the lives of inoperable liver cancer patients, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS  drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking  devices under a new Food and Drug Administration initiative to  prevent theft and counterfeiting announced on Monday.
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Four months after an international panel of doctors recommended that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve InSightec&#39;s ExAblate 2000 for commercial use, the FDA announced on Friday that it had accepted the recommendation, and granted the
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ATLANTA -- A new device that was studied in Atlanta has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to help stroke victims.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's  request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a  prescription.
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-- When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a...
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From production plant to pharmacy, some of the most sought-after drugs will now be tracked by the technology in tiny microchips. It&#39;s already getting the green light from law enforcement.