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Butterfly Network names new CEO before going public via merger

January 25, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Butterfly Network announced today that it named Dr. Todd Fruchterman as its new president & CEO, effective Feb. 1. Fruchterman is set to take over for outgoing CEO Laurent Faracci, who stepped down this past weekend. Fruchterman assumes the role in advance of the closing of Butterfly Network’s announced merger with Longview Acquisition Corp., after […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Technology, Imaging, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software / IT, Ultrasound Tagged With: Butterfly Network, Personnel Moves

Boston Scientific to acquire Preventice Solutions

January 21, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Preventice Solutions. Minneapolis-based Preventice designs mobile health solutions and remote monitoring services for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. Its wearables include the PatientCare platform and BodyGuardian family of monitors. Preventice’s BodyGuardian monitors use a fully-integrated, cloud-based platform for clinical technicians and AI algorithms […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Diagnostics, Featured, Health Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software / IT Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Preventice

NIH increases PhysIQ contract to $6.6M

January 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

PhysIQ announced today that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) entered into Phase II of a contract for its AI-based COVID-19 biomarker. A Purdue University-affiliated artificial intelligence company, PhysIQ’s AI-based COVID-19 digital biomarker is being developed to address the rapid decompensation of high-risk COVID-19 patients, according to a news release. PhysIQ’s technology’s cloud platform continuously […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Featured, Funding Roundup, Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, national cancer institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), physiq

TransEnterix receives CE Mark for AI for its robotic surgery system

January 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) announced today that it received CE Mark approval for its Intelligent Surgical Unit for the Senhance system. The Intelligent Surgical Unit (ISU) enables machine vision capabilities on the Senhance surgical system, providing Senhance digital laparoscopic programs in Europe augmented intelligence capabilities in surgical settings, according to a news release. The FDA cleared the ISU […]

Filed Under: Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, Imaging, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT, Surgical Tagged With: CE Mark, TransEnterix

Philips acquires Capsule Technologies and its medical device data tech

January 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it agreed to acquire Capsule Technologies in a deal worth $635 million. Andover, Mass.-based Capsule Technologies develops medical device integration and data technologies for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Its offerings include a medical device information platform for integration, vital signs monitoring and clinical surveillance services, according to a news release. […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Capsule Tech Inc., Philips

Masimo launches iSirona connectivity hub

January 19, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Masimo

These medtech stocks performed the best in 2020

January 15, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

While 2020 did not go as planned for anyone, with the twists and turns came opportunities for medtech companies to power forward. Innovations came both as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and perhaps in spite of the challenges brought on by the virus, highlighted by the increased efforts to produce vaccines and testing while […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Big Data, Business/Financial News, Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Diagnostics, Drug-Device Combinations, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Funding Roundup, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Health Technology, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, Orthopedics, Regulatory/Compliance, Replacement Heart Valves, Research & Development, Respiratory, Robotics, Software / IT, Structural Heart, Surgical, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Abiomed, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dexcom, Edwards Lifesciences, Hologic, Intuitive Surgical, iRhythm Technologies Inc., Masimo, ResMed, ResMed Inc., Stryker

FDA debuts plan for AI-based Software as a Medical Device

January 12, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

The FDA today released its first plan to regulate artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD). The plan is a response to feedback received from the agency’s April 2019 discussion paper, “Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Based Software as a Medical Device.” Get the full story on our sister site, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms

Apple, Biogen partner on using smart devices to track cognitive health

January 11, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Biogen (NSDQ:BIIB) today announced a virtual research study in collaboration with Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) for monitoring and screening cognitive health. The multi-year, observational research study, set to be launched later this year, is slated to investigate the role Apple Watch and iPhone could play in monitoring cognitive performance and screening for a decline in cognitive health, including […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Featured, Health Technology, Neurological, Software / IT Tagged With: Apple, Biogen

Medtronic’s Kowal explains how remote medtech got its groove back

January 8, 2021 By Tom Salemi

In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Dr. Robert Kowal CMO of Medtronic’s cardiac rhythm and heart failure business and vice president of medical affairs, explains how new tech, savvy patients, eager physicians and, yes, COVID-19, has fueled a renaissance for remote technology, once seen as a mature, staid business. Kowal, who left clinical practice to […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Device Talks Podcasts, Featured, Health Technology, Software / IT, Structural Heart, Structural Heart Tagged With: haven, Medtronic, Silicon Valley Bank, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, svbleerink

Volta Medical raises $28M for Afib treatment tech

January 7, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Volta Medical announced this week that it raised $28 million in a financing round for its AI algorithms for treating cardiac arrhythmias. Marseille, France-based Volta Medical said in a news release that the $28 million, raised in a round led by Gilde Healthcare with participation from existing shareholder Pasteur Mutualité, will help the company establish […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Featured, Funding Roundup, Health Technology, Software / IT, Structural Heart Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, Volta Medical

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