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An independent review by the UK government has highlighted ethnic biases in medical devices. Some medical devices used widely by the NHS were shown to be less accurate for people with darker skin tones. The review by Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead and specialist advisors calls for urgent redesign of medical devices to be equitable and...
The Department of Health and Social Care & Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, have announced a £10 million investment in the latest medical technology. This funding supports eight tech companies developing devices with the potential to improve outcomes for patients of cancer, Alzheimer’s, stroke and more. Quality of Life HistoSonics device uses ultrasound waves...
AI systems can be broadly classified based on their approach to problem-solving, either as deterministic or statistical. What is Deterministic AI? Deterministic AI involves systems that operate under a set of predefined rules. These AI systems follow a clear, cause-and-effect pathway, meaning they will always produce the same output. Medical Devices and Deterministic AI In...
The deadline for manufacturers to comply with European Union Medical Device Regulation is fast approaching. On May 26th the EU MDR comes into effect, introducing a new set of rules designed to ensure the highest quality of medical device manufacturing. What is EUMDR? EU MDR is a regulatory standard that harmonised medical device regulation across...
