A plastic surgery research group in Japan has developed an augmented reality (AR) system that enables surgeons to create 3D simulations of the desired outcomes of facial reconstructive procedures and project them over a patient’s face during surgery. Details of their simulations were published in August in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global. Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD, […]
In August 2017, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a new bill to the Senate that would add requirements for medical device cybersecurity, including mandated testing and better remote access protections. The Medical Device Cybersecurity Act of 2017 seeks to improve medical device security by: Increasing transparency of medical device security by creating a “cyber […]
Alexander G. Chiu, MD, will begin his term as editor-in-chief of ENTtoday on January 1, 2018
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