Analysts build up a little, yet successful technique for forestalling premature birth Kumar Jeetendra | January 14, 2021 In a study in mice and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that they have developed a little, yet effective method for preventing premature birth. The vaginally-delivered treatment contains nanosized (billionth of a meter) particles of drugs that easily penetrate the vaginal wall to reach the uterine muscles and keep them from contracting. If …
FDA clears new robotically helped surgical gadget for transvaginal hysterectomy Kumar Jeetendra | March 1, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing of the Hominis Surgical System, a brand new robotically-assisted surgical device (RASD) that can help alleviate transvaginal hysterectomy in some patients. The Hominis Surgical System is intended for benign hysterectomy (removal of the uterus for non-cancerous conditions) with salpingo-oophorectomy (elimination of one or both fallopian tubes …
