Canon Medical (NYSE:CAJ) announced today that it launched one-beat spectral cardiac CT capabilities on the Aquilion One/Prism Edition. Tustin, Calif.-based Canon Medical’s deep-learning spectral CT for cardiovascular imaging offers the one-beat spectral CT capabilities, thanks to a 16 cm-wide area detector which allows for one rotation to image the entire heart in as little as 0.275 […]
Imaging
This AI algorithm could detect COVID-19 in chest X-rays
Northwestern University researchers are touting a new AI platform that can detect COVID-19 in X-ray images of the lungs. DeepCOVID-XR, a machine-learning algorithm, performed better than a team of specialized thoracic radiologists by spotting COVID-19 in X-rays about 10 times faster and 1%-6% more accurately, according to a news release. Get the full story at […]
Butterfly Network to go public via merger
Butterfly Network announced that it entered into a definitive business combination agreement and will go public with Longview Acquisition Corp. Upon the closing of the deal between Butterfly, a medical imaging technology developer, and Longview, a special purpose acquisition company, the combined company’s Class A common stock is expected to be traded on the New […]
GE Healthcare touts new AI for COVID-19 patients’ breathing tubes
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) today unveiled a new artificial intelligence algorithm for assessing endotracheal tube (ETT) placements in COVID-19 patients. Included in GE Healthcare’s Critical Care Suite 2.0, the AI solution helps clinicians assess the ETT placements during the process of ventilating critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a news release. Critical Care Suite 2.0 uses […]
FDA clears Allotrope StimSite
Allotrope Medical this week said it received FDA clearance for its StimSite. The device is designed to help surgeons locate and identify ureters during surgery. StimSite provides electrical stimulation to ureter smooth muscle tissue by testing ureter smooth muscle excitability. It can be used by OB/GYNs, general and colorectal surgeons with existing surgical instruments. “Whether […]
How has COVID-19 changed healthcare’s appetite for buying medical devices
This week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast examines medtech’s readiness for the next COVID-19 surge. Hospitals are ready, but their appetite for expensive medical devices has changed, forcing medtech companies to change how they sell or lose out entirely. Justin Cassidy and Henry Soch of Vizient reveal why hospital executives are forced to divert funds away from […]
Lantheus gains FDA clearance for bone scan AI
Lantheus Holdings (NSDQ:LNTH) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its automated bone scan index (aBSI). The North Billerica, Mass.-based parent company of Lanthus Medical Imaging, Progenics Pharmaceuticals and Exini Diagnostics said in a news release that the clearance is for the artificial intelligence-enabled aBSI product for use on GE Healthcare’s Xeleris platform. In […]
Hologic launches hysteroscopy system
Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) announced today that it launched the Omni suite for optimizing diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy. Marlborough, Mass.-based Hologic’s newly launched suite includes the Omni 30° hysteroscope along with Omni 4K video technology to complement its existing portfolio of GYN surgical solutions, according to a news release. The new Omni hysteroscope offers diagnostic and operative versatility […]
Accuray ticks up on Street-beating Q1
Accuray (NSDQ:ARAY) shares ticked up today on first-quarter results that came in ahead of the consensus forecast. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based radiotherapy device maker posted profits of $402,000, breaking even on a per-share basis, on sales of $85.3 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2020, for a bottom-line gain from losses of more than -$9.3 […]
Abbott launches next-gen 3D cardiac mapping platform in Europe, Australia
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it received CE Mark and Australian approval for its new EnSite X EP system. EnSite X EP is touted as the only system that allows for navigation of the cardiac anatomy in two different ways through the same lone platform. The new cardiac mapping platform builds upon Abbott’s electrophysiology portfolio with […]
DTW Podcast: Hear the future of AI, 3D, and Dx from Edwards, Stryker, Evercore, Checkable
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly we review the Medical Design & Outsourcing’s Women in Medtech issue — bringing you insights through interviews with Katie Syzman, corporate VP and the GM of critical care at Edwards Lifesciences, Naomi Murray, Stryker’s director of advanced operations, and Patty Post, CEO of Startup Checkable Medical. Szyman […]
