Blackrock Neurotech and the University of Pittsburgh’s Rehab Neural Engineering Labs (Pitt RNEL) are working together on the first portable brain-computer interface (BCI) to allow patients to participate in research trials from home. A Blackrock representative said it’s the final step as the company prepares to launch its first commercial product early next year. Salt Lake […]
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How medical device companies are responding to abortion bans
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights, medical device companies are among those reassuring workers about healthcare access. Corporate communications to employees and the public at large come as trigger laws in nearly half of the states outlaw abortion immediately. Some medtech companies are not using […]
Clarius partners with ImaCor on handheld hemodynamic ultrasound tech
Clarius Mobile Health announced today that it partnered with ImaCor to make available a handheld transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) system. According to a news release, the partnership will enable the availability of the world’s first handheld TEE system designed to manage and guide care for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). ImaCor designed […]
Visby Medical raises $135M in expanded Series E
Visby Medical announced today that it added $35 million to an expanded, oversubscribed Series E financing round. San Jose, California–based Visby plans to use the additional investment, which brings its Series E to $135 million in total, to scale production capacity, expand its product menu to include respiratory health tests and anti-microbial resistance panels and […]
Boston Scientific to build new plant outside Atlanta
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) will build a new manufacturing and supply chain facility in the Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced today. Kemp’s office said the $62.5 million investment will bring roughly 340 new jobs to the Peach State over the next seven years. “As home to some of the leading universities […]
ResMed names Lucile Blaise as new Sleep & Respiratory Care leader
Lucile Blaise will be the new president of ResMed’s Sleep & Respiratory Care business starting July 1, ResMed (NYSE: RMD) said today. She replaces Jim Hollingshead, who became president and CEO of Insulet (Nasdaq:PODD) on June 1. ResMed President and COO Rob Douglas is serving as interim president of the Sleep & Respiratory Care during […]
GE Healthcare’s Carescape ventilator battery recall is Class I
The FDA issued a notice today labeling the recall of GE Healthcare’s (NYSE:GE) Carescape R860 ventilator as Class I, the most serious kind. GE Healthcare recalled the Carescape R860 ventilator backup batteries, including replacement backup batteries, because the batteries may run out before they are expected to do so. If the ventilator is running on […]
Cardinal Health starts Zipline drone deliveries of drugs and medical supplies
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today started air delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies via Zipline drone in North Carolina. San Francisco-based Zipline won FAA Part 135 air carrier certification for the long-range flights earlier this month. The company flew its first commercial deliveries on June 22 with an initial 16-nautical-mile flight. The flights starting today […]
Memic completes first robotic-assisted transvaginal hysterectomy procedures with Hominis
Memic Innovative Surgery announced today that the first U.S. patient procedures were completed with its Hominis system for robotic-assisted transvaginal hysterectomy. HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and The Women’s Hospital at Jackson Memorial successfully completed the first U.S. patient procedures using Hominis, the first and only FDA-authorized surgical robot that features miniature humanoid-shaped arms, with shoulder, […]
‘Multiple disruptions’ slow timeline for Titan Medical’s Enos robotic surgery platform
Titan Medical (Nasdaq:TMDI) announced today that it updated the FDA submission timeline for its Enos robotic surgery platform. “Multiple disruptions” have resulted in an updated FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) submission timeline for the Enos robotic single access surgery system, with the Toronto-based company now expecting the IDE submission to come in mid-2023, rather than […]
Philips updates on testing results for recalled ventilators
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) says only a small portion of returned respiratory devices displayed the sound abatement foam degradation that sparked a massive recall. Repeated ozone cleaning may have made the problem worse. Those were some of the major takeaways from an update Philips provided today on a comprehensive test and research program it implemented after […]
