Outset Medical (NSDQ:OM) CEO Leslie Trigg took the helm at the dialysis start-up in 2013, moving from an executive-in-residence post at private equity firm Warburg Pincus. Before that she held senior positions at Lutonix, AccessClosure and FoxHollow, helping to position those companies to be acquired by CR Bard, Cardinal Health, and ev3/Covidien, respectively. This week, […]
Quest lets consumers order COVID-19 tests online
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) today announced that consumers will be able to order one of its COVID-19 diagnostics online and collect the specimen at home, without visiting a doctor’s office. QuestDirect Active Infection is also available by drive-through at more than 500 Walmart Neighborhood Market locations. Results are interpreted by a physician and provided digitally through the […]
NIH awards contracts to develop digital health technologies for COVID-19
The National Institutes of Health announced that it awarded seven contracts to companies to develop digital health solutions for addressing COVID-19. NIH said in a news release that the technology developed to help address the pandemic could lead to user-friendly tools like smartphone apps, wearable devices and software that can identify and trace contacts of […]
Medigate completes $30M Series B
Medical device security firm Medigate announced today that it completed a $30 million Series B financing round. New York-based Medigate’s funding round was led by new investor Partech, with participation from existing investors YL Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and Blumberg Capital and new investor Maor Investments. The $30 million brings Medigate’s total funding to $50 […]
FDA authorizes mobile COVID-19 test kit
The FDA has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for a mobile COVID-19 test kit developed by handheld detection system maker DetectaChem. Stafford, Texas-based DetectaChem develops the MobileDetect Bio BCC19 test kit is designed to test for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal, anterior nasal swabs, mid-turbinate nasal swabs and oropharyngeal swab specimens. […]
Smith & Nephew is using vibrating bracelets to encourage social distancing
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) is utilizing devices made by Tharsus to help with social distancing as the company returns to the office. A report in The Telegraph outlines how the London-based medtech company is being providing vibrating bracelets from Blythe, England-based Tharsus to keep the six-foot (two-meter) distance widely recommended for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Get the full story […]
IBM uncovers software vulnerability that could affect insulin pumps
A team of IBM security researchers uncovered a potential vulnerability in software from Thales that could affect insulin pumps. IBM’s “X-Force Red” team discovered the internet of things (IoT) vulnerability that can be remotely exploited in September 2019 with Thales’ Cinterion EHS8 M2M module, according to a report from SecurityIntelligence. The software is used in […]
Abbott wins EUA for COVID-19 test that runs off a card
FDA has announced an emergency use authorization for Abbott’s BinaxNow COVID-19 Ag Card — a speedy antigen test for the virus that can be directly read off the testing card. The agency in the announcement yesterday evening compared the test’s design to some pregnancy tests. A healthcare provider swabs the patient’s nose and twirls the […]
Philips, Google, ResMed among companies joining digital therapeutics standards initiative
Major companies in the medtech space — including Philips, Google and ResMed — are among those joining the Consumer Technology Association’s new digital therapeutics standards initiative. “With the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing faster innovation across all aspects of digital health including digital therapeutics,” said Gary Shapiro, CEO of the CTA. “This field takes the […]
Smith+Nephew Launches Aria care management platform
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced today that it launched its ARIA digital platform for connecting patient care delivery with providers. Aria is designed to help clinicians shorten a patient’s post-acute recovery time, develop efficiencies that reduce costs and generate key patient-reported outcome measures, according to a news release. London-based Smith & Nephew’s platform is powered by […]
This telemedicine system could get medtech sales reps back to ORs
Daniel Hawkins’ surprise isn’t a matter of what, but when. The successful medtech executive and former Shockwave Medical CEO fully expected medical device makers would see Avail Medsystem’s telemedicine system as a more efficient way for sales reps to sit in on surgeries. By Hawkins’ projections, Avail’s system would eliminate much of the time sales […]
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