Getinge announced today that it launched the Torin AI-based operation room management system in the U.S. Sweden-based Getinge’s Torin software uses AI to quickly and seamlessly improve the speed and efficiency of scheduling surgical procedures. The platform launched in 2020. The company today introduced a new suite of advanced functions for the platform, expanding its […]
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Qardio inks EHR deal with Redox
Qardio said today that its remote patient monitoring tech, QardioMD, will work with any provider that uses Redox to exchange healthcare data. The partnership will enable remote care delivery and translate electronic health record (EHR) data into information for clinical decision-making, according to the companies. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.
How PhysIQ is advancing digital therapeutics through its partnership with Janssen
A partnership with J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals is helping PhysIQ advance with its device-agnostic clinical data collection and analysis platform. Over the course of the last year and some change, the impact of digital health and the need for it has increased by an immeasurable amount. Virtual care became the norm after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, […]
Microsoft spending $19.7B on Nuance and its AI for healthcare providers
Microsoft announced today that it will acquire Nuance Communications and its AI-based software used by healthcare providers. Under the agreement, Microsoft will buy Nuance at $56 per share, representing a 23% premium to Nuance’s closing price on Friday, April 9, 2021. The all-cash transaction is valued at $19.7 billion, inclusive of Nuance’s debt, according to […]
FDA sets patient-generated health data meeting
The FDA today announced a virtual public meeting to discuss patient-generated health data (PGHD) and its potential impact across the healthcare ecosystem. Health and treatment history, biometric data, symptoms, and lifestyle habits can all be categorized as PGHD. Sources of PGHD, data quality measures, interoperability and potential impacts of the data in regulatory and healthcare […]
Medtechs can’t set digital strategies aside – DTW Podcast
Digital connectivity no longer belongs in the final slides of a medtech company’s pitch deck. In the latest DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, three leaders pushing for connected medical devices explain the need to incorporate data collection and monitoring functionality in new devices. Scott Huennekens, who advanced the “digital surgery” strategy when he helped launch Verb Surgical, […]
Masimo launches iSirona connectivity hub
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) announced today that it commenced the global launch of the iSirona medical device connectivity hub. Irvine, Calif.-based Masimo’s iSirona hub is designed to maximize interoperability across care, with efficiency in physically connecting up to six medical devices at the bedside and automatically routing the data to the company’s Hospital Automation platform. Masimo Root, a […]
CB Insights reports digital health, global healthcare investment funding records
CB Insights reported record funding for global healthcare and digital health, among other milestones during the third quarter. Global healthcare investments to private companies hit a new quarterly record of $21.8 billion in the third quarter of this year, with a total of 1,539 equity investments in the three-month period growing 18% from the previous […]
DTW Podcast: Smith+Nephew’s Ortho president, Rhaeos’ big win and Medtronic’s legacy
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, our opening and closing keynote interviews focus on executives from companies at very different stages. Manufacturing and sourcing Skip Kiil took the helm of Smith+Nephew’s (NYSE:SNN) global orthopedics business to transform it. The company’s recent acquisition of Integra LifeSciences’ (NSDQ:IART) extremities business will further that mission. In our closing keynote conversation, […]
Medigate completes $30M Series B
Medical device security firm Medigate announced today that it completed a $30 million Series B financing round. New York-based Medigate’s funding round was led by new investor Partech, with participation from existing investors YL Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital and new investor Maor Investments. The $30 million brings Medigate’s total funding to $50 […]
This telemedicine system could get medtech sales reps back to ORs
Daniel Hawkins’ surprise isn’t a matter of what, but when. The successful medtech executive and former Shockwave Medical CEO fully expected medical device makers would see Avail Medsystem’s telemedicine system as a more efficient way for sales reps to sit in on surgeries. By Hawkins’ projections, Avail’s system would eliminate much of the time sales […]
