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MPR: Getting medical device development back on track
In this podcast, experts from MPR discuss what medical device companies can do if things go sideways during the product development process. Drawing from their own experiences, engineers from the firm spoke with MassDevice.com editor Sarah Faulkner about how they tackle device development challenges when they are called into action. Sarah Faulkner: Hey, everyone. Thanks for […]
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz to participate in keynote interview at DeviceTalks Boston
At DeviceTalks Boston, Tyler Shultz will give attendees an inside look at Theranos and how he was able to sound the alarm after he realized the company was falling apart. DeviceTalks is excited to announce that Tyler Shultz will be the closing keynote speaker at DeviceTalks Boston. Shultz will take attendees behind the story that […]
How a teenage Gary Guthart, Intuitive Surgical’s CEO, got his start at NASA
Today Gary Guthart is best known as the CEO of Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG), the world’s leading medical robotics company. But robot-assisted surgery wasn’t Guthart’s first love, he told MassDevice.com ahead of his keynote appearance at this year’s DeviceTalks West event. That honor goes to NASA (or, more properly, science). During his teenage years growing up in […]
Medtronic is all-in on surgical robotics with $1.6B Mazor buy
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is all-in on the surgical robotics game now that’s inked a deal to buy Mazor Robotics (NSDQ:MZOR) for more than $1.6 billion in cash. The world’s largest medical device maker has held a position in Mazor, which makes the Mazor X guidance system and the Renaissance robot-assisted spine surgery platform, since May 2016. In September […]
Calyxo raises $32.7M for kidney stone treatment
Kidney stone removal technology developer Calyxo announced today that it closed a $32.7 million Series C financing round. Pleasanton, California–based Calyxo develops the CVAC Aspiration system designed to use irrigation and aspiration to remove kidney stones with the goal of a surgically stone-free outcome. According to a news release, Questa Capital and CRG led the […]
Getinge anesthesia systems recall is Class I
The FDA today issued a notice confirming that Getinge’s recall of certain anesthesia systems is Class I, the most serious kind. Getinge initiated the recall of its Flow-c and Flow-e anesthesia systems (product codes 6887700 and 6887900) due to cracked or broken suction system power switches on May 2, 2022. The systems provide inhalation anesthesia […]
RefleXion closes $125M debt facility
Biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) technology developer RefleXion Medical announced today that it closed a $125 million debt facility. Hayward, California–based RefleXion has $55 million of the $125 million total available immediately to repay its existing $50 million in debt. The remaining $70 million will be made available upon the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones. […]
Senseonics announces equity grants to employees
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) announced that it made equity grants to new employees under its 2019 inducement plan. Germantown, Maryland–based Senseonics, which develops the Eversense family continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, including the latest-generation Eversense E3 180-day CGM, made the equity grants in accordance with the NYSE American Company Guide Section 711(a). Get the full story at our […]
New data backs Aerin’s RhinAer for treating chronic rhinitis
Aerin Medical today announced the publication of positive results from a 12-month study of its RhinAer platform. Results from Sunnyvale, California–based Aerin’s Rhintrac randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial, published in the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology (IFAR), demonstrated that chronic rhinitis symptoms continued to improve through 12 months after treatment with RhinAer. Findings build on […]
Enovis completes Insight Medical acquisition
Enovis (NYSE:ENOV) announced today that it acquired orthopedic surgical guidance company Insight Medical Systems. Wilmington, Delaware-based Enovis — the parent company of DJO Global — did not disclose financial terms for the acquisition of Insight, which develops its flagship Arvis FDA-cleared augmented reality platform for hip and knee replacement surgery. In March 2021, DJO as […]
Orchestra BioMed to go public, partner with Medtronic on cardiac neuromodulation therapy
Orchestra BioMed today announced a slew of agreements, including a strategic collaboration with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and a SPAC deal to take the company public. The global strategic collaboration will progress the development of Orchestra BioMed’s BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) as a potential treatment for hypertension in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker. Additionally, Orchestra […]
Memic Innovative Surgery is now Momentis Surgical
Memic Innovative Surgery announced today that it rebranded to become Momentis Surgical and changed the name of its proprietary technology. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Memic changed the name of its Hominis system for robotic-assisted transvaginal hysterectomy to the Anovo surgical system. Last week, the company announced that HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and The Women’s Hospital at […]
Lyra Therapeutics appoints new chief medical officer
Lyra Therapeutics (Nasdaq:LYRA) announced today that it appointed Dr. Richard Nieman as its new chief medical officer (CMO). Nieman’s appointment as CMO of Lyra, which develops the XTreo — a platform for enabling precise, sustained and local delivery of medications to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) passages and other diseased tissues — will be made […]
Masimo’s SafetyNet monitoring reduced length of COVID-19 hospital stays, study says
Masimo (Nasdaq:MASI) announced that a two-part retrospective study demonstrated the impact of its SafetyNet monitoring system. Irvine, California-based Masimo’s study, led by Dr. Hemali Patel and colleagues at the University of Colorado and UC Health (UCH) in Aurora, Colorado, evaluated the impact of remote patient monitoring of COVID-19 patients using SafetyNet on hospital length of […]
CeQur is launching a discreet, convenient ‘wearable insulin pen’
CeQur designed its Simplicity device to make insulin delivery as seamless as possible for people with diabetes. When it comes to managing diabetes, CeQur wants to make insulin therapy as convenient as possible. For those who prefer to manage their own insulin delivery, the Simplicity device might just do exactly that. Simplicity, a wearable, disposable […]
