After announcing their merger last month, medical product development firms Smithwise and Catapult Product Development have rolled out their new brand, Archimedic. “As we brainstormed a new name, we knew we wanted it to reflect the medical device industry we serve,” said Eric Sugalski, CEO of the joint entity, in explaining in a news release how they settled […]
Report: Google AI improves lung cancer diagnosis accuracy
Google (NSDQ:GOOG) has unveiled a new artificial intelligence system that outperformed six radiologists in detecting lung cancer, identifying 5% more cancers and cutting false positive rates by 11%, according to a STAT News report. The system was trained on 42,000 computed tomography scans taken in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial, according to the report. […]
Masimo touts hemoglobin monitoring study, wins FDA nod for Radius PPG
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) recently touted results from a study of its SpHb monitoring tech exploring its ability to detect possible anemia in patients undergoing spine or cytoreductive surgery, and said it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Radius PPG tetherless sensor. The Irvine, Calif.-based company said that results from its SpHb tech were published in the journal […]
Owlstone, Actelion ink collab pulmonary hypertension breath test dev deal
Owlstone Medical said today that it inked a strategic collaborative deal with Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Actelion to discover and validate a breath-based test intended for the early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and its subtypes. Cambridge, UK-based Owlstone Medical said that the collaborative development program will be funded solely by Actelion, and that it will initially […]
Report: Researchers create smartphone-based ear infection detection app
A group of researchers from the University of Washington have created an application that only requires a smartphone and a folded piece of paper to detect ear infections, according to a recent Gizmodo report. Researchers published data from a study of the application, dubbed EarHealth, on Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, according to […]
Philips, Rutherford Diagnostics ink 10-year UK-based partnership deal
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said today that it inked a 10-year strategic partnership deal with Rutherford Diagnostics to offer advanced diagnostics services across the UK. Through the partnership deal, Philips will supply radiology technology while Rutherford will provide healthcare expertise through five new diagnostics centers across the UK, the companies said. “For Philips, a successful managed service […]
Check-Cap signs second trial site, beats Street on Q1 loss
Check-Cap (NSDQ:CHEK) said today that Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.) has signed on as the second trial site in the U.S. pilot study of the company’s C-Scan colorectal cancer-screening system. The single-arm study to evaluate the safety and usability of the X-ray-enabled, cancer-screening capsule will enroll up to 45 adults considered to be at average risk […]
AliveCor wins FDA nod for 6-lead personal ECG
AliveCor said today that it won FDA clearance for its KardiaMobile 6L six-lead personal ECG device, touting it as the first device of its kind to win FDA clearance. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said that the six-lead device features a design consistent with its existing KardiaMobile product, but features an additional two electrodes on the […]
Report: Google’s AI is better at spotting early lung cancer than doctors
Google developers said this week that the company has trained algorithms to analyze CT scans to find early signs of lung cancer. At the Google I/O developer conference, Google said its AI model could identify early signs of lung cancer in patients who later developed the disease despite five out of six radiologists missing the […]
Abbott launches smartphone-connected Confirm Rx implantable cardiac monitor
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today that it is launching its next-generation, FDA and CE Mark cleared, smartphone-connectable Confirm Rx implantable continuous cardiac monitor. The Chicago-area medical device maker said that the newly launched next-gen Confirm Rx is a paper-clip sized implantable device intended for the remote monitoring of unpredictable heart rhythm problems, and is intended to produce […]
RenalytixAI wins breakthrough FDA nod for AI-powered kidney disease Dx
AI-powered kidney disease and transplant management diagnostic developer RenalytixAI said yesterday that it received an FDA breakthrough device designation for its KidneyIntelX artificial-intelligence powered diagnostic for kidney disease. The New York-based company touted the FDA clearance as the first ever for an AI-powered kidney disease diagnostic. The KidneyIntelX is designed to diagnose and improve clinical management of […]
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