Clarius Mobile Health announced today that it partnered with ImaCor to make available a handheld transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) system. According to a news release, the partnership will enable the availability of the world’s first handheld TEE system designed to manage and guide care for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). ImaCor designed […]
Hospital Care
GE Healthcare’s Carescape ventilator battery recall is Class I
The FDA issued a notice today labeling the recall of GE Healthcare’s (NYSE:GE) Carescape R860 ventilator as Class I, the most serious kind. GE Healthcare recalled the Carescape R860 ventilator backup batteries, including replacement backup batteries, because the batteries may run out before they are expected to do so. If the ventilator is running on […]
Hamilton Medical warns on some ventilators
Hamilton Medical recently issued a field safety notice to warn on issues with some of its Hamilton-C6 ventilators. Analysis of customer complaints revealed a hardware issue related to the status indicator board on the C6 ventilators. The board can become loose and may result in a loose contact to the mainboard and potential oxidation of […]
GE Healthcare unveils wireless patient monitoring platform
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) today introduced a continuous monitoring platform with wearable sensors for detecting patient deterioration. The technology, aimed to detect deterioration earlier than traditional sampling methods to improve patient outcomes, was developed at GE Healthcare’s global center of excellence for monitoring solutions in Helsinki, Finland. GE Healthcare’s Portrait Mobile platform wirelessly monitors throughout the […]
How Avail Medsystems seeks to create a connected OR experience
Much like a normal Starbucks-goer expects the coffee to taste a certain way at any location, Daniel Hawkins wants that type of experience in the operating room. Hawkins is the CEO of Avail Medsystems, a company developing telemedicine equipment that can connect surgeons, interventional specialists and medical device sales reps. Hawkins and the team at […]
Aidoc raises $110M for AI-powered care platform
Artificial intelligence-based healthcare technology developer Aidoc announced today that it raised $110 million in a Series D financing round. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Aidoc’s latest fundraising round brings its total funding to $250 million. The company aims to use the funds to power the expansion of its Aidoc AI Care Platform designed to empower radiologists and […]
FDA seeking innovations to move beyond heater-cooler device problems
The FDA issued a notice today saying that it is working to evaluate new strategies to mitigate infections associated with heater-cooler devices. According to the notice, the administration is collaborating with professional societies, public health partners, heater-cooler manufacturers, and experts on the matter surrounding the heater-cooler devices used during medical and surgical procedures to warm or […]
BD, Mayo Clinic team up to improve patient care
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it will collaborate with Mayo Clinic Platform to perform detailed post-market surveillance. Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD’s collaboration with Mayo Clinic Platform will access de-identified patient data from the Mayo Clinic Platform_Discover to perform post-market surveillance of the company’s products and fuel innovation, unlocking a faster, more efficient path to […]
How Glytec is advancing insulin management in the hospital
Growth and new partnerships have Glytec excited for the future of its Glucommander insulin dosing decision support software. After years of running a hospitalist group and mentoring hospitals on quality improvement, blood clot prevention and more, Dr. Jordan Messler found himself falling into a lot of work on diabetes. Messler cut his teeth on quality improvement around […]
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 […]
