Stryker announced today that surgeons completed the first shoulder arthroplasty surgeries in Europe using its Blueprint guidance. Dr. Julien Berhouet (Tours Hospital, France) and Dr. Lionel Neyton (Centre Orthopédique Santy and Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz, France) performed the cases. These cases follow the first surgeries using the mixed reality (MR) guidance in North America last […]
Imaging
Philips launches new Azurion neuro biplane system for neurovascular interventions
Philips announced today that it made major enhancements to its Azurion image-guided therapy system with a new launch. The Amsterdam-based medtech giant unveiled its new Azurion neuro biplane system at ECR 2024. It designed the system to streamline neurovascular procedures and help care teams make the right decisions and do so faster. This enables the […]
Philips unveils radiation-free imaging tech that uses light instead of X-ray
Philips announced the introduction of its new LumiGuide imaging technology that uses light to help navigate blood vessels. The company has now made LumiGuide — first used in late 2023 to treat patients in the Netherlands — available to major aortic centers that perform complex aortic repairs in the U.S. and Europe. LumiGuide offers radiation-free […]
New ClearPoint Neuro software wins FDA clearance, used in first cases
ClearPoint Neuro (Nasdaq:CLPT) announced that the FDA cleared its ClearPoint 2.2 software with integrated Maestro Brain Modeling. The Solana Beach, California-based company also reported the first-in-human cases following the FDA clearance. ClearPoint Neuro President and CEO Joe Burnett said the system now offers fast, peri-procedural segmentation of the cortical structures of the brain. This helps […]
Sira Medical wins FDA nod for augmented reality surgical planning tech
Sira Medical announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its augmented reality (AR) preoperative surgical planning application. The San Francisco-based company’s application offers clinicians with advanced imaging to assist in making key patient management decisions. According to a news release, Sira Medical wants to address a lack of clarity caused by hidden anatomy […]
Sparrow BioAcoustics launches software that turns a smartphone into a stethoscope
Sparrow BioAcoustics announced that it launched its Stethophone software that enables using a smartphone as a stethoscope. The software turns smartphones into medical-grade stethoscopes. It allows users to capture, analyze and share critical heart health data with medical personnel from any location. Sparrow won FDA clearance for the downloadable application in June 2023. That clearance […]
FDA clears surgical guidance system from Merit Medical
Merit Medical Systems (Nasdaq:MMSI) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Scout MD surgical guidance system. Scout MD broadens the South Jordan, Utah–based company’s oncology portfolio. Merit designed the system to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, as well as other soft tissue cancers. The system includes the Scout radar […]
Butterfly Network rolls out next-gen ultrasound-on-chip tech in the U.S.
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it launched its iQ3 third-generation handheld point-of-care ultrasound system. The Butterfly iQ3 point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system is a semiconductor-based, single-probe, whole-body ultrasound offering. iQ3 features a brand-new ergonomic design and provides double the data processing speed compared to previous generations. The FDA cleared the iQ3 system last month. Burlington, […]
GE HealthCare, MedQuest collab on tech for outpatient imaging
GE HealthCare announced that it partnered with MedQuest to optimize multi-site outpatient imaging networks. MedQuest is a leading owner, operator and manager of outpatient diagnostic imaging facilities. The three-year collaboration provides access to GE HealthCare’s technology with infrastructure and resources from MedQuest. The companies believe MedQuest’s model with GE HealthCare’s offerings can help deploy emerging […]
CMR Surgical enhances surgical robot with new imaging tech
CMR Surgical announced today that it launched an integrated fluorescence imaging system with its Versius Plus surgical robot. Surgeons using Versius Plus, the latest version of the company’s technology, can now use this technology to visualize ICG (indocyanine green). This system — called vLimeLite — enhances the visual assessment of the vessels, blood flow and […]
GE HealthCare stock soars on Street-beating Q4, new 2024 guidance
GE HealthCare shares got a boost today on fourth-quarter results that came in ahead of the consensus forecast. Shares of GEHC rose by nearly 10% to $79.95 apiece in early-morning trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — rose 0.5%. The Chicago-based company posted profits […]