chronic lung disease

Devices & Diagnostics

Implantable ventilator device marks first licensing deal for Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Alliance

A new licensing agreement with Maryland tech company InnoVital Systems marks an important milestone for the Cleveland Clinic’s commercialization arm as the first such deal to come out of its seven-member Healthcare Innovation Alliance. InnoVital Systems, which develops sensors, robotics and electronics for the defense industry, licensed patent rights from Cleveland Clinic Innovations and Maryland […]

Hospitals

Smokers Die Ten Years Sooner Than Nonsmokers

We all know that smoking is bad for our health. But how bad is bad? The answer is very bad. It takes a decade off of life. Death rates are about 3 times higher for smokers than nonsmokers. The chance that a young person will live to age 80 is about 70% for nonsmokers but […]