BrightInsight, a Flex (NSDQ:FLEX) company, said today that it raised $25 million in a Series A funding round for its medical-grade Internet of Things platform. San Jose, Calif.-based BrightInsight plans to use the money to advance the platform’s performance and accelerate global sales efforts for it, according to a news release. New Leaf Venture Partners and Eclipse […]
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CDRH sets science priorities
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) released its latest top 10 regulatory science priorities yesterday. They are: Use Big Data to aid in regulatory decision-making. Modernize biocompatibility and biological risk evaluation of device materials. Use real-world evidence and evidence synthesis across multiple domains in regulatory decision-making. Advance tests and methods for predicting […]
Former FDA commissioners want more funding for real-world evidence
Three former FDA commissioners are calling on Congress to fully fund the agency’s $60 million fiscal year 2020 budget for using more real-world evidence to evaluate drugs, biologics and devices. Most of that money — $23 million — is earmarked for medical devices. The document is titled “Expanding the Use of RealWorld Evidence in Regulatory […]
Ultrasound firm Terason partners with DiA Imaging Analysis
Ultrasound imaging company Terason said today that it has inked a deal with y DiA Imaging Analysis to provide DiA Imaging’s cardiac solutions on Terason’s point-of-care ultrasound devices. The partnership fills a market need for more accurate and objective image analysis for clinicians in hospitals and outpatient settings, that commonly analyze ultrasound images visually, according […]
GE Healthcare enters AI-powered aneurysm research effort
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) has joined a research collaboration with Fujitsu Australia and an Australian university and imaging clinic to diagnose and monitor brain aneurysms on scans faster and more efficiently using artificial intelligence (AI). The project with Macquarie University and Macquarie Medical Imaging today landed a $1.4 million grant from the Australian government. Fujitsu will […]
Philips close to sealing Carestream Health imaging IT deal
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said today that it has completed its acquisition of Carestream Health’s imaging IT business in 26 of the 38 countries in which it operates. Philips said the purchase will expand its enterprise diagnostic informatics solutions, including productivity enhancement, imaging data management, and advanced visualization and analysis. The company expects to complete the […]
Henry Schein and Uber want to take telemedicine to the next level: Here’s how
Henry Schein (NSDQ:HSIC) has formed a partnership with Uber Health to enable doctors to have portable medical microcarts driven to people’s homes for remote examinations. Henry Schein’s Henry Schein Medical (Melville, N.Y.) is the exclusive seller, marketer and distributor of the Medpod MobileDoc 2, made by software company Medpod (New York). The new partnership integrates Uber Health […]
Neuronetics updates patient tracking system
Neuronetics (NSDQ:STIM) today announced the launch of a patient data management system designed to simplify administrative tasks and enable doctors to spend more time on patient care. The TrakStar Plus system builds on the Malvern, Penn.-based company’s TrakStar Cloud platform, designed to help physicians track patients implanted with Neuronetics’ NeuroStar device. Neurostar uses strong magnetic […]
Nanowear to launch trial of heart failure-monitoring underwear
Nanowear said today that it has launched a heart failure management and alert diagnostic validation study of its medical-grade, cloth-based nanosensor technology. The SimpleSense undergarment has a closed-loop machine learning platform designed to capture and algorithmically score phonocardiography, impedance cardiography measuring stroke volume and cardiac output, and multi-channel ECG assessing heart rate and heart rate […]
Medtronic inks deal for Viz.ai’s stroke tech
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it inked a deal to distribute the stroke-detection software developed by Viz.ai. San Francisco-based Viz.ai’s LVO Stroke platform is designed to analyze computed tomography results and notify providers of potential strokes. The technology won 510(k) clearance from the FDA in February 2018. The deal with Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic calls for […]
Paige touts study that validates its cancer diagnosis AI
AI-aided pathology company Paige said today that a new study has found that its computational decision-support systems can help clinicians diagnose and treat cancer. Published in Nature Medicine, a paper on the study describes an AI system for computational pathology that achieves clinical-grade accuracy levels. Researchers developed deep-learning algorithms to build a system that can detect prostate cancer, skin cancer […]