GE HealthCare shares are up today on third-quarter results that came in ahead of the consensus forecast. Shares of GEHC rose 6.3% at $64.14 apiece in mid-morning trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — rose 1.1%. The Chicago-based company posted profits of $375 million […]
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The biggest cardiovascular stories from TCT 2023
Every year, some of the biggest names in cardiovascular technologies come together in one place for TCT. This year’s 35th edition of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual scientific symposium was no different in San Francisco. Usual suspects like Medtronic and Abbott released data covering a range of products, while other big names like Edwards, GE […]
GE HealthCare announces cardiac imaging collaboration with Boston Scientific
GE HealthCare today announced plans to showcase a number of innovations and unveiled a new imaging collaboration. The company plans to share its latest innovations at the 2023 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference (TCT). TCT takes place in San Francisco this week. Among the new developments is a new partnership with Boston Scientific. GE HealthCare intends […]
GE HealthCare, Novo Nordisk partner to treat diabetes and obesity with ultrasound
GE HealthCare and Novo Nordisk are partnering up to advance the clinical and product development of peripheral focused ultrasound (PFUS) to treat chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and obesity. As part of the collaboration, GE HealthCare and Novo Nordisk will use their respective expertise in ultrasound medical technology and metabolic disease treatment and management […]
FDA clears next-gen image-guided therapy tech from GE HealthCare
GE HealthCare announced today that the FDA granted 510(k) clearance to its Allia IGS Pulse system. The latest addition to GE HealthCare’s image-guided system (IGS) offerings features a new imaging chain. GE HealthCare says it engineered this feature to provide exceptional imaging at the right dose. This enables visible impact in complex cardiology interventions regardless […]
How can medtech companies innovate their business models?
In an ever-changing medtech space, how do companies keep up with the pace of change? How do companies adjust and innovate their business models to reflect that? Leaders from some of medtech’s biggest names attempted to answer some questions around that at AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference yesterday. (Want to find out more? Leaders from major […]
GE HealthCare launches AI-enhanced point-of-care ultrasound
GE HealthCare announced today that it launched its Venue point-of-care ultrasound systems with AI-driven Caption Guidance. Chicago-based GE HealthCare says the Venue family is the first of its ultrasound guidance to include Caption Guidance. The company added the AI-driven imaging guidance to its arsenal when it acquired Caption Health earlier this year. Caption Guidance, an […]
Gates Foundation backs GE HealthCare AI-based ultrasound
GE HealthCare today announced that it received a $44 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation issued the grant for GE HealthCare to create user-friendly, AI-assisted ultrasound imaging auto-assessment tools. These tools could aid healthcare professionals with clinical decision information to support more effective ultrasound scans. Such scans include obstetric and […]
GE HealthCare, Mayo Clinic partner on medical imaging, theranostics
Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare today announced a strategic collaboration aimed at improving radiology practice and therapy delivery. It marks the second collaboration between GE HealthCare and a major hospital this month alone. Last week, the company announced an AI-focused partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital. The Strategic Collaboration for Innovation in Medical Imaging and Theranostics […]
GE HealthCare, Mass General collab on AI algorithm to predict missed care opportunities
GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham today announced an effort to co-develop an AI algorithm to increase operations effectiveness and productivity. The duo announced this development plan as part of their 10-year collaboration, inked in 2017. They aim to develop the application for the schedule predictions dashboard of the Radiology Operations module. This digital imaging […]
What are the largest medical device companies?
Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson MedTech and Siemens Healthineers again lead the Medtech Big 100 list of largest medical device companies. However, there is so much more to Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice‘s 2023 edition of the Medtech Big 100 report. We pulled thousands of data points to provide information on annual revenue, R&D spending, […]