Boston Scientific announced today that the FDA cleared its Avvigo+ multi-modality guidance system. The next-generation system provides intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and fractional flow reserve (FFR). It uses advanced software and hardware to provide high-quality IVUS vessel imaging and physiology experience. The system’s uses include percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. Boston Scientific’s PCI business continues to […]
Ultrasound
Exo unveils new handheld ultrasound device
Exo today unveiled its Iris handheld ultrasound device for versatile imaging performance in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Santa Clara, California-based Exo said Iris delivers high-performance medical imaging at a fraction of the size and cost of cart-based ultrasound. The system, built on Exo’s advanced silicon technology, fits in the pockets of caregivers. It enables immediate answers […]
Insightec scores positive coverage for ultrasound-based essential tremor treatment
Insightec announced today that Humana became the fifth national payor in the U.S. to cover its ultrasound treatment for essential tremor. The Haiefa, Israel, and Miami, Florida–based company develops the Exablate Neuro system. It uses focused sound waves safely guided by MRI. The system provides tremor treatment to patients with medication-refractory essential tremor and Parkinson’s […]
Gates Foundation backs GE HealthCare AI-based ultrasound
GE HealthCare today announced that it received a $44 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation issued the grant for GE HealthCare to create user-friendly, AI-assisted ultrasound imaging auto-assessment tools. These tools could aid healthcare professionals with clinical decision information to support more effective ultrasound scans. Such scans include obstetric and […]
Procept BioRobotics wins FDA IDE for Aquablation prostate cancer therapy
Procept BioRobotics (Nasdaq:PRCT) announced today that it received FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for its Aquablation therapy. The IDE allows Procept to initiate a single-arm feasibility study for the Aquablation prostate cancer therapy in the U.S. Data generated from the study could support future research and regulatory applications in the U.S. The company plans to […]
Philips launches utrasound tech to boost cancer diagnostics
Philips recently announced that it has incorporated a super-resolution contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) application into its EPIQ Elite ultrasound system. The addition of microvascular imaging super-resolution CEUS enables three times better spatial resolution than previous models, according to Philips. It could potentially improve the diagnostic accuracy for assessing lesion blood flow in cancer patients. Understanding blood […]
Gradient Denervation raises $15M Series A for catheter tech
Gradient Denervation Technologies announced that it closed a $15 million (€14 million) Series A financing round. Paris-based Gradient develops a catheter-based solution for treating pulmonary hypertension. It expects the financing to support the ongoing clinical development and evaluation of the ultrasound-based device. Asabys Partners led the round through its new fund, Sabadell Asabys II. Thuja […]
Mindray launches 2-in-1 handheld ultrasound system
Mindray announced today that it launched its TE Air wireless handheld ultrasound device with multi-device connectivity. Mahwah, New Jersey-based Mindray says it’s the industry’s first handheld ultrasound device that can connect to either a mobile device or the touch-based TE X ultrasound system. This expands the utility and accessibility of the handheld, wireless device originally […]
GE HealthCare unveils wireless, handheld ultrasound device
GE HealthCare announced today that it launched its Vscan Air SL handheld ultrasound imaging system. The company debuted the first Vscan color pocket-sized ultrasound in 2010. Today, more than 50,000 Vscan platform devices are out in the field. The FDA cleared the initial GE HealthCare Vscan Air CL system in late 2020. The company then […]
Exo tabs Kurt Hammond as new chief commercial officer
Exo announced today that it appointed healthcare software veteran Kurt Hammond as its chief commercial officer (CCO). Hammond, a more than 30-year veteran of healthcare software brand scaling, joins from eMed Digital Healthcare. As chief growth officer there, he oversaw sales, customer success, product management, marketing and partnership development functions. Before eMed, he led six […]
FDA approves multiple AFib ablation devices from Biosense Webster
Johnson & Johnson’s Biosense Webster announced today that the FDA approved several products in its cardiac ablation portfolio for zero fluoroscopy workflow. Products that received approval include the ThermoCool SmartTouch SF catheter, the most commonly used ablation catheter for radiofrequency ablation. The portfolio’s approved products also include the standard ThermoCool SmartTouch and Carto Vizigo bi-directional […]
