Medtech Color recently announced the top 10 finalists for its 2022 Pitch Competition. The Medtech Color 2022 Pitch Competition is a foundational start for medical technology, early-stage startups creating innovative technologies. It focuses on startups led by Black and Brown founders to showcase products and services that directly benefit patients. Get the full story on […]
Digital Health
German officials suggest ways to advance digital health
A collaborative work published recently highlights a viewpoint on how to advance digital health applications in real-world evidence generation. The Digital Medicine Society (DiME) and the Health Innovation Hub (HIH) of the German Federal Ministry of Health published their view on advancing digital health and priorities for innovation in The Lancet Digital Health, with a focus […]
Investors may have overreacted over Masimo
The Street appears to be reassessing its reaction to Masimo’s plans to spend $1.025 billion to acquire Viper Holdings, the parent company of Sound United. Masimo (NASDAQ:MASI) stock lost a third of its value the day after the patient monitoring tech company announced its acquisition plans this week. While MASI shares are still down more than […]
Microsoft CMO: Using the cloud to improve medtech design, manufacturing and care
Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft’s global chief medical officer and VP of healthcare, has been studying how technology can improve health outcomes for nearly three decades. His focus has long been on access to care, quality of care, patient safety, improving experiences for patients and providers, and finding ways to improve the overall efficiency of care. […]
Masimo stock falls as The Street ponders $1B Sound United acquisition
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) stock lost a third of its value the morning after the company said it would spend $1.025 billion to acquire Viper Holdings, the parent company of Sound United. Sound United is behind consumer tech brands making high-end sound and home theater systems, including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Polk Audio and Marantz. “We see […]
Tandem Diabetes Care wins FDA clearance for insulin dosing via smartphone app
Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ:TNDM) today announced FDA clearance of bolus insulin dosing on the t:slim X2 insulin pump using the t:connect mobile app. Company officials boasted that the t:connect mobile app is now the first smartphone app FDA-cleared for insulin delivery on both the iOS and Android operating systems. Tandem Diabetes Care plans to roll […]
FDA clears CloudCath peritoneal dialysis at-home patient monitor
CloudCath today announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its CloudCath remote monitoring system for peritoneal dialysis patients. San Francisco-based CloudCath designed the monitoring system as a data-driven, cloud-based, remote monitoring platform for at-home monitoring of peritoneal dialysis. It uses continuous analytics with its technology to integrate seamlessly into a patient’s daily PD protocol, […]
Philips is betting big on the cloud; two leaders discuss the connected future
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) bet big on the cloud in 2021, buying Capsule Technologies for $635 million to integrate Capsule’s medical device integration and data technologies with Philips’ cloud-based digital health platform. The Philips Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) can now integrate with more than 1,000 unique types of medical devices, the Dutch medtech […]
Amazon Care is expanding nationwide
Amazon announced that it made its virtual health services available nationwide with plans for a large rollout of in-person services this year. The company launched Amazon Care in September 2019 to combine virtual care and in-person services, with the latest expansion making the services available nationwide. According to a news release, Amazon will look to […]
Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders
Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare? I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked […]
What Johnson & Johnson could get out of Microsoft
Johnson & Johnson leaders believe big benefits from medical device connectivity are possible through their cloud partnership with Microsoft. Two leaders in the company’s medical device business recently spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing about how the cloud can enable innovation in medtech. They offered valuable advice for medtech engineers designing for connectivity. In January, New […]