AventaMed has developed a device which aims to take grommet surgery out of operating theatres and turn it into a quick procedure that can take place in a consultant’s offices. The elective surgery involves the use of small tubes.

A medical device company which is about to spin out from Cork Institute of Technology narrowly missed out on a $100,000 (€74,000) top prize at a prestigious medical device competition in the US.

A YOUNG Cork engineering student has invented a device that stops visually impaired swimmers from crashing against pool walls.