Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it partnered with Surgical Theater to offer an augmented reality platform for cranial procedures. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic will interface its StealthStation S8 surgical navigation system with Surgical Theater’s SyncAR technology to enable neurosurgeons to use AR in real-time to enhance their visualization during complex cranial procedures, according to a news […]
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PhysIQ, Janssen partner on digital therapeutics
PhysIQ announced today that it is collaborating to license its AccelerateIQTM platform with Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Chicago-based PhysIQ’s AccelerateIQTM will be licensed to Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson unit so it can deploy it to collect data across its clinical studies through a range of its wearable biosensors, while also utilizing PhysIQ’s portfolio of FDA-cleared digital […]
Canon Medical cardiac CT wins FDA clearance
Canon Medical Systems announced today it received FDA 510(k) clearance for expanded capabilities with its Deep Learning Spectral CT. Tustin, Calif.-based Canon’s Deep Learning Spectral CT’s expanded capabilities reach into cardiovascular applications now, according to a news release. The CT is available on Canon’s Aquilion ONE/Prism Edition CT system, offering healthcare providers the ability to […]
Mayo Clinic helps launch two new companies for improved diagnostics
Mayo Clinic announced that it is introducing a new technology platform to support two new companies it has launched. Rochester, Minn.–based Mayo Clinic’s Remote Diagnostics & Management Platform (RDMP) is designed to connect data with new AI algorithms and augment human decision-making within existing clinical workflows, according to a news release. “The dramatically increased use […]
Siemens Healthineers completes Varian acquisition
Siemens Healthineers (ETR:SHL) announced today that it completed its acquisition of Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR). In August, the companies announced that Siemens would acquire Varian in a $16.4 billion deal to create what the companies said will be the most comprehensive cancer care portfolio in the industry. Varian shareholders approved the deal in October. Several personnel moves have […]
SentiAR closes $5.1M Series A
SentiAR announced today that it closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round that brought in proceeds of $5.1 million. St. Louis-based SentiAR said in a news release that the money will allow it to accelerate the innovation of its mixed reality CommandEP system for surgical visualization. CommandEP is designed to provide physicians with holographic visualization […]
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 […]
Cardiovascular Systems completes minority investment in CarePICS with option to buy
Cardiovascular Systems (NSDQ:CSII) announced that it completed a minority investment and entered into an option agreement to acquire telehealth company CarePICS. CarePICS offers a virtual care platform designed to aid in the treatment of people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), critical limb ischemia (CLI) and lower extremity wounds, according to a news release. The platform […]
FDA issues EUA for single-use, OTC PCR COVID-19 at-home test
Lucira Health announced today that it received FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for over-the-counter sales of its COVID-19 test kit. Emeryville, Calif.-based Lucira’s PCR molecular test kit, the Lucira Check It kit, is designed to deliver results in 30 minutes or less at home. The authorization covers those with symptoms and those without, and the […]
AI-aided colon cancer tech gets FDA nod
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals announced today that it received marketing authorization for its GI Genius AI-based lesion detecting system. GI Genius is an intelligent endoscopy system that uses AI/machine learning to detect lesions in the colon such as polyps or suspected tumors in real-time during a colonoscopy, according to a news release. The device, which received FDA […]
FDA clears Activ Surgical hardware for enhanced surgical visualization
Activ Surgical announced today that it’s won FDA 510(k) clearance for ActivSight, the company’s intraoperative imaging module for enhanced surgical visualization. Todd Usen, the Boston-based company’s CEO, described the clearance as “big news” in a LinkedIn post. “This clearance gets us one step closer to bringing our technology to ORs around the world and enabling […]