Asensus Surgical (NYSE:ASXC) announced today that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with Karl Storz VentureONE. Karl Storz VentureOne is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Karl Storz SE, a maker of endoscopes and other medical instruments and devices. The family-owned company closely collaborates with surgeons and healthcare partners around the globe on technologies for minimally invasive […]
Research & Development
Baxter, Miromatrix partner on liver failure research
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) and Miromatrix Medical (Nasdaq:MIRO) today announced a collaborative research agreement on acute liver failure (ALF) treatments. As part of the collaboration, Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Miromatrix created a new liver therapy. The therapy, called MiroLiverELAP, combines a Miromatrix single-use bioengineered liver with Baxter’s PrisMax system. Miromatrix designed the MiroLiverELAP to provide external support to […]
GE HealthCare appoints former Amazon exec as first chief technology officer
GE HealthCare (Nasdaq:GEHC) announced today that it appointed Dr. Taha Kass-Hout as its first chief technology officer. Kass-Hout’s responsibilities include leading the GE spinoff’s new science and technology organization. He reports to GE HealthCare President and CEO Peter Arduini. According to a news release, the role includes driving the company’s D3 precision care strategy. This […]
Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer Endiatx
Mayo Clinic and Endiatx have signed a know-how license agreement covering the ongoing development of Endiatx’s PillBot. The deal gives Mayo Clinic an equity stake in the robotic stomach camera startup, Endiatx co-founder and CEO Torrey Smith told MassDevice. He declined to share the precise size of the single-digit percentage equity stake or other financial […]
Pavmed, Novosound partner on catheter-delivered ultrasound tech
PAVmed (Nasdaq:PAVM) announced today that it entered into a license option and joint R&D agreement with Novosound. Glasgow, Scotland-based Novosound develops proprietary flexible thin-film ultrasound technology for medical imaging. The venture-backed company currently targets next-generation intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging. “Nearly all of the advances in ultrasound imaging technology over the past several decades have focused […]
Cardinal Health research finds acknowledged health inequities among oncologists
Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) today announced biannual research revealing a large number of healthcare inequities in oncology. The latest edition of Oncology Insights features perspectives from nearly 200 oncologists nationwide. It focuses on patient diversity, health equity in oncology, care management and symptom monitoring. Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health said its research found that 80% of oncologists […]
NIH funds Illinois Tech project using machine learning to fully automate insulin delivery
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology received $1.2 million from the NIH to develop a machine learning system for an artificial pancreas’ insulin delivery. Chemical engineering professor Ali Cinar leads the project to ease the burden on those with type 1 diabetes. NIH funding covers four years for developing the machine learning system. The researchers […]
Medtronic Neurovascular goes remote with Avail Medsystems deal
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) Neurovascular will pay to use hundreds of Avail Medsystems consoles in operating rooms across the country under a first-of-its-kind deal, leaders of both businesses told MassDevice this week. The Medtronic unit will use Avail’s operating room telepresence technology to connect virtually with neurosurgeons and other care providers as they treat stroke patients, Medtronic […]
Researchers tout AI-based diabetes onset prediction method
Scientists at Klick Applied Sciences say they discovered a way to use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) as a diabetes screening tool. The scientists determined that they can use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen and prevent diabetes. They used machine learning and 12 hours of data from CGMs to determine whether a patient had prediabetes […]
Could breath power a brain stimulator?
Researchers at the University of Connecticut recently shared their development of a new method for charging brain stimulators. A report in Cell Reports Physical Sciences last month highlighted a charging method using a person’s own breathing movements. This could alleviate the issues caused by the surgery required each time an implantable deep brain stimluator’s batteries need […]
Medtronic RDN trial fails to beat hypertension drugs; data submitted for FDA review
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said its Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) system for treating hypertension failed to outperform blood pressure drugs in the latest trial results. However, the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED clinical trial’s six-month results did show improvement over Medtronic’s previous RDN efforts, the device maker said in a news release. RDN is designed to treat hypertension […]