Anumana announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its pulmonary hypertension (PH) early detection algorithm. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Anumana, formed by Mayo Clinic and nference and launched in 2021, designed its AI-enhanced, electrocardiograph (ECG)-based PH early detection algorithm as a precise, non-invasive screening tool to provide earlier diagnosis for patients with PH that […]
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Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officer
Former FDA Chief Digital Health Officer of Global Strategy and Innovation Bakul Patel has started a new job with Google after 13 years with the regulatory agency. Patel became senior director, global digital health strategy and regulatory for Google Health earlier this month, he said on LinkedIn. Patel recounted highlights of his “incredible journey since […]
Stryker leaders talk medtech trends at DeviceTalks Boston: ‘If you’re slow, you’re going to lose’
The first day of DeviceTalks Boston closed with a panel of Stryker (NYSE:SYK) executives discussing new tools, technologies and strategies in medtech. Digital VP Tracy Robertson, Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies President Robert Cohen and Surgical Technologies VP of Digital Innovation Siddarth Satish offered their thoughts on industry trends in healthcare and at the Kalamazoo, […]
How technology is changing the operating room
With all the hype around the use of data, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies, the operating room environment is ever-changing. But, how does it translate to what clinicians do in practice, and how will it improve? On the “How technology is changing the OR” panel at DeviceTalks Boston, Proximie CEO Nadine Hachach-Haram posited that […]
The cloud is transforming medtech: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, J&J, Philips and GE Healthcare leaders explain
Leaders in medtech and cloud computing discuss payoffs and potential in device connectivity, product development and cross-industry partnerships. If knowledge is power, that power comes from a steady stream of information, and we know there’s no shortage of that in healthcare. The challenge has long been how to capture that information, store it, analyze it […]
Withings unveils new remote patient monitoring offering
Withings Health Solutions announced today that it unveiled the Withings RPM remote patient monitoring solution. Boston-based Withings designed its Withings RPM to place patient engagement and satisfaction at the center of the solution, taking complexities out of remote patient monitoring programs and making deployment easier for physicians and convenient, comfortable, simple and enjoyable for patients, […]
FDA clears four new parameters for Caretaker Medical’s wireless patient monitoring system
Caretaker Medical announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for four new hemodynamic parameters for its VitalStream platform. Charlottesville, Virginia-based Caretaker’s wearable, wireless, non-invasive VitalStream platform now has clearance to monitor cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate variability and left ventricular ejection time. Get the full story at our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.
Amazon Web Services is powering medtech innovation: Its chief medical officer explains
It doesn’t get any bigger than Amazon Web Services in the world of cloud computing. The cloud computing business at Seattle-based Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) is the largest player in the industry, with control of about a third of the market and a significant lead over cloud competitors Microsoft and Google. Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, the chief […]
Carbon Health launches new virtual diabetes management program
Carbon Health announced today that it launched its diabetes program through its full integration with Steady Health. San Francisco-based Carbon Health acquired Steady Health and its platform for using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to personalize diabetes care in June 2021. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Terumo, Glooko partner for diabetes data sharing with insulin patch pump
Terumo (TSE:4543) and Glooko today announced a collaboration to integrate their technologies and create new diabetes data sharing solutions. In the new technology integration, users with diabetes will be able to transfer recorded data from the Terumo Medisafe With insulin patch pump into the Glooko management platform, allowing for the visualization of insulin dosage, food and activities in […]
Pear Therapeutics joins Epic App Orchard to enable monitoring of its digital therapeutics
Pear Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PEAR) announced today that its PearConnect platform is now available in the Epic App Orchard Gallery. By making PearConnect available to healthcare providers through the Epic App Orchard Gallery, the providers who implement the application will be able to access PearConnect within Epic’s leading electronic health record (EHR) platform, allowing them to monitor patients […]
