Establishing a Centre of Excellence for the Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests to Accelerate Efficient Emergency Stroke Care

26th June 2018

The NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (one of the eleven MedTech and In vitro diagnostics Co-operatives, MICs) and the...

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Episcissors-60 Reduces the Risk of Injuries

31st January 2018

Episcissors-60 are simple to use surgical scissors, which guide an accurate mediolateral episiotomy at 60 degrees, thereby removing human error...

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The ‘Tookie Vest for Renal’ – A North East and North Cumbria Innovation Pathway Partnership Case Study

8th December 2017

In early 2016 MedConnecT North introduced Tookie to Dr Saeed Ahmed, Interventional Consultant Nephrologist at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation...

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Validating a regional model of familial hyper-cholesterolaemia diagnostic and cascade testing

People with the inherited medical condition Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) are highly likely to develop early heart disease which can lead...

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Non- Invasive Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease – Manus Neurodynamica Ltd

1st December 2016

There is currently no cure for Parkinson’s Disease, but early and accurate diagnosis is crucial to give patients access to...

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Light Therapy Treatment for Degenerative Sight Threatening Conditions

27th January 2015

Current treatments for diabetic retinopathy – sight loss in patients with diabetes – are expensive and invasive. PolyPhotonix is a...

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