HistoSonics announced today that it agreed with GE Healthcare to use its ultrasound imaging to power novel sonic beam therapy. Minneapolis-based HistoSonics’ agreement formalizes ongoing efforts to use GE Healthcare’s Logiq E10 Series ultrasound imaging platform to power the real-time visualization features of HistoSonics’ sonic beam liver therapy platform. Under the agreement — and upon […]
Imaging
Globus Medical announces first surgeries with Excelsius3D
Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) announced today that the first surgeries were performed with its Excelsius3D imaging platform. Audobon, Pennsylvania-based Globus Medical designed its intelligent, intraoperative 3-in-1 imaging platform as a mobile X-ray system for 2D fluoroscopy, 2D digital radiography and 3D imaging of adult and pediatric patients. Its indication covers where a physician benefits from 2D […]
OncoRes Medical raises another $12.5M
OncoRes Medical announced that it raised $12.5 million for its handheld imaging device for identifying cancer cells. Perth, Western Australia-based OncoRes designed its imaging system to facilitate real-time tumor assessment, helping surgeons more accurately identify and remove cancerous tissue, including for breast cancer. The company won FDA breakthrough device designation in October 2020 for the […]
New FDA clearance expands indications for Xact Robotics’ ablation system
Xact Robotics announced today that it received FDA clearance for a modification to its Xact Ace robotic system for ablation procedures. Hingham, Massachusetts-based Xact Robotics’ FDA clearance allows for a modification to the already-cleared Xact Ace system, expanding the indication for CT-guided percutaneous procedures for the system designed to support robotic insertion and steering of […]
GE Healthcare to invest $50M in Pulsenmore to enter homecare segment
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it entered into an agreement to invest up to $50 million toward homecare ultrasound technology. Chicago-based GE Healthcare’s investment in Israel-based startup Pulsenmore aims to accelerate the global adoption of Pulsenmore’s homecare ultrasound solutions and will also back the company’s efforts to garner FDA clearance and expand commercially. On […]
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, […]
GE Healthcare partners with Alliance Medical to improve healthcare with AI in the UK
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it signed an agreement with Alliance Medical to create a new digital health solution. Under the collaboration, the companies will use advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to bring together tools that streamline daily management and enable problem-solving, specifically for diagnostics in radiology departments. Alliance Medical, a provider […]
FDA approves magnetic resonance labeling for CVRx’s Barostim neuromodulation system
CVRx (Nasdaq:CVRX) announced today that the FDA approved magnetic resonance (MR) conditional labeling for its Barostim system. The Barostim neuromodulation system for treating the symptoms of heart failure now includes instructions to allow for safe MRI scans of the head and lower extremities, offering heart failure patients implanted with Barostim more diagnostic options. Minneapolis-based CVRx […]
FDA clears Philips’ MR 7700 imaging system
Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new MR 7700 3.0T MR imaging system. Amsterdam-based Philips said it designed the MR 7700 system to provide high accuracy to support clinical diagnostics through high-quality diffusion imaging and advanced neuroscience. The company said in a news release that MR 7700 expands scanning […]
Elekta launches its Elekta Esprit radiosurgery system
Elekta (KTA-B.ST) announced today that it launched its Espirit automated treatment planning system. Stockholm, Sweden-based Elekta designed its latest and most advanced system to offer significantly faster, automated treatment planning for clinicians, with more personalized and patient-friendly treatments and a degree of precision capable of protecting the mind and the person. The company said in […]
The cloud is transforming medtech: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, J&J, Philips and GE Healthcare leaders explain
Leaders in medtech and cloud computing discuss payoffs and potential in device connectivity, product development and cross-industry partnerships. If knowledge is power, that power comes from a steady stream of information, and we know there’s no shortage of that in healthcare. The challenge has long been how to capture that information, store it, analyze it […]