A group of college students has developed a series of devices for a Michigan-based company that addresses a common problem for healthcare workers: keeping hands sanitized and clean. The students from Grand Valley State University’s applied Medical Device Institute (aMDI) worked with Sterilogy (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) to develop the hand hygiene compliance system with a goal to reduce hospital […]
3M touts new tape that sticks to moist skin, tubes and itself
3M said its new Durapore advanced surgical tape outperformed competitors’ products and an earlier version of its own surgical tape in tests of three key securement areas. The tests measured adhesion to tubing, adhesion to skin after moisture occurs and edge lift. In another company study of the force needed to pull a tube from sweaty, […]
The top 10 medical disruptors of 2019
The Cleveland Clinic for the past 16 years has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year. The health provider seeks input from 150 to 200 of its physicians, hailing from each of its institutes. The result is 300 to 400 suggestions, which the clinic then narrows down to 150. […]
ivWatch inks development, commercialization deal with ICU Medical
ivWatch said today that it inked a long-term development and commercialization deal to integrate its continuous IV monitor into new medical devices and systems made by ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI). The deal paves the way for EHR interoperability, according to ivWatch, by connecting the two companies’ systems and enabling the exchange of data. Get the full story at our […]
Pursuit Vascular expands in U.S., eyes Europe
Pursuit Vascular said yesterday that it expanded its domestic footprint and plans to apply for entrance to the European market next year. Maple Grove, Minn.-based Pursuit Vascular, which makes the ClearGuard HD antimicrobial caps for preventing central-line-associated bloodstream infections, said increased demand for the product prompted it to open new facilities in Dallas, Atlanta and Philadelphia. The […]
Smiths Medical spikes merger talks with ICU Medical
Smiths Group (LON:SMIN) said yesterday that it’s spiking merger talks with ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI) after rejecting a nearly $4 billion offer earlier this month. The British company and San Clemente, Calif.-based ICU revealed negotiations in May about a possible union with Smiths Medical. Smiths, said to be eyeing the exit door last month, reportedly rejected a cash-and-stock offer worth $3.67 billion […]
Medical University of South Carolina, Siemens Healthineers ink healthcare delivery partnership
The Medical University of South Carolina and Siemens Healthineers have forged a partnership to disrupt and reshape healthcare delivery. The partnership will use MUSC’s clinical care, research and education expertise with Siemens Healthineers’s engineering innovations and workflow-improvement capabilities. “We are leveraging a longstanding relationship to reshape what we can both deliver in healthcare,” David J. Cole, […]
Ensuring safety with medical power solutions
Florian Haas, director global marketing, TRACO POWER People and power don’t mix well, and that is especially true when the people are patients – either in a medical facility or, increasingly, in a home environment. In order to ensure the safety of both patients and healthcare professionals, the healthcare business is heavily regulated by a […]
410 Medical drums up $3m for LifeFlow device
410 Medical said yesterday that it added more than $3 million to its coffers for its LifeFlow resuscitation device. The Durham, N.C.-based company said the $3.1 million round was led by angel investor network AIM Group and new backers the North Carolina Venture Capital Multiplier Fund, Kleinheinz Capital and WakeMed Health & Hospitals (where the LifeFlow tech was […]
AngioDynamics nets a win in antitrust case against BD’s Bard
A federal judge in New York this week denied a motion from Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) alleging unfair competition, according to an Albany Business Review report. AngioDynamics filed the suit against Bard last May, claiming that the larger company illegally ties the sales of its […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: August 3, 2018
From Esaote launching its new ultrasound device to Nipro’s Infraredx launching in Japan, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Esaote launches new ultrasound devices Esaote announced in an Aug. 2 press release that it has launched its new MyLab X7, MyLab X6 and MyLab X5 ultrasound […]
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