Rockley Photonics (NYSE:RKLY) announced today that it agreed to enter a development partnership with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT). The two companies plan to collaborate to add Rockley’s Bioptx biomarker sensing platform to Medtronic’s offerings for use across a number of healthcare settings. According to a news release, Rockley designed its biosensing technology to expand the capabilities of […]
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J&J expands it long-acting injectables partnership with Midatech
Midatech Pharma (Nasdaq:MTP) announced today that it extended its R&D collaboration with Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Cardiff, United Kingdom-based Midatech, a drug delivery technology company focused on the biodelivery and biodistribution of medicines, initially entered into the R&D collaboration with Janssen on July 21, 2020. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Medical robotics company Noah Medical opens research centers in California
Noah Medical announced today that it unveiled a new research and training facility and a research and development facility in California. The 10,000 square foot research and training facility in Sunnyvale, California, and the 15,000 square foot R&D facility in San Carlos, California, will be used to pursue new medical robotics indications. According to a […]
Philips and DOD aim to detect COVID early with wearable devices and an algorithm
Philips and the Pentagon are testing what they call “predictive bio-wearables” that can track changes in vital signs to offer an early warning of COVID-19 infection. Philips and the DOD Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have used Garmin watches — the Fenix 6 and Vivoactive 4 — and Oura rings on more than 11,000 test patients […]
Designing a life-saving device on the cloud
In its quest to build a better blood and vaccine cooler, Delta Development designed its Autonomous Portable Refrigeration Unit (APRU) over the cloud. Instead of ice-packed coolers like the kind you might take on a camping trip, Tucson, Arizona-based Delta Development’s APRU refrigerates fresh whole blood and vaccines with a built-in battery that lasts for […]
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. […]
Experiments by Elon Musk’s Neuralink and UC Davis allegedly caused extreme suffering in monkeys
Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, Neuralink, and the University of California, Davis, have been accused of “egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act” by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), citing documents obtained through a public records lawsuit. The nonprofit — which successfully pressured U.S. medical schools including Johns Hopkins to stop using live […]
MassMEDIC Ignite alumni break $100M funding milestone
CoreMap’s $23 million in recently closed funding officially puts MassMEDIC’s Ignite alumni from the past three years over the $100 million mark, the medtech accelerator said. Fifty medtech startups have participated in MassMEDIC’s Ignite since the program relaunched in 2019. The program matches startup founders with mentors in leadership positions at New England medtech organizations, […]
CoreMap raises $23 million to fund AFib mapping development
CoreMap today announced it closed a $20 million Series B financing to accelerate the development of its cardiac arrhythmia diagnostic technology and launch pilot studies. The Burlington, Vermont–based company said it also closed on a $3 million Series A Milestone financing that was part of its $10.5 million Series A in September 2020. In addition, […]
Paralyzed patients walk, swim and cycle with spinal cord neuromodulation implant
The latest iteration of a spinal cord stimulation implant has allowed three paralyzed patients to take steps independently on a treadmill within a day of their device’s activation, and to stand, walk, swim and pedal a bicycle after five months of rehab. In 2018, the technology helped a patient get out of his wheelchair and […]
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 […]