Tag: minimally invasive surgery

Nick Hopkins, 1943–2024: neurointerventional community mourns pioneer and “force of nature”...

Leo Nelson (Nick) Hopkins, a world-renowned surgeon, researcher and innovator who played a pioneering role in modern neurosurgery’s shift from open- to endovascular-first techniques,...

Stryker completes acquisition of Nico Corporation

Stryker has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nico Corporation—a company attempting to provide a systematic approach to minimally invasive surgery for...

Clearmind Biomedical announces US FDA clearance and initial case with Neuroblade...

Clearmind Biomedical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Neuroblade system—a novel neuroendoscopy system that enables minimally invasive procedures...

SNIS acknowledges “major shift” in chronic SDH treatment following new trial...

In an official statement, the Society of Neurolnterventional Surgery (SNIS) has acknowledged middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolisation as a beneficial adjunctive treatment for chronic...

ENRICH trial data on minimally invasive ICH surgery to be presented...

NICO Corporation has announced that the results from the completed ENRICH trial will be presented at the annual American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)...

NICO raises US$12.5 million in oversubscribed investment round

NICO Corporation has completed a US$12.5 million capital raise in an oversubscribed round that will scale the business, and leverage continued progress on the company's recently completed adaptive...

Millimetric implant offers promising alternative to opioids or surgery in pain...

Using a one-millimetre-sized wireless implant to stimulate peripheral nerves from within blood vessels has the potential to treat neuropathic pain that is resistant to...

Intranasal delivery of microrobots could trigger new possibilities in treating neurological...

A research team in South Korea has developed and successfully implanted a microrobot device into the brain tissue of mice through the intranasal pathway,...