Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and nonprofit org Tidepool announced last week that the groups will work together to develop an interoperable, automated insulin delivery system. The medtech giant reported that it plans to build a Bluetooth-enabled MiniMed pump that is compatible with Tidepool’s Loop app, an open-source app for automated insulin delivery. Get the full story at our sister site, […]
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Zoll Medical launches wearable heart failure management system
Asahi Kasei (TYO:3407) subsidiary Zoll Medical announced the launch of and first patient prescription for the Zoll µCor (pronounced “micro core”) heart failure and arrhythmia management system (HFAMS), designed to help clinicians improve outcomes and reduce hospitalizations for heart failure patients with fluid management problems. Zoll HFAMS is an FDA-cleared, patch-based, wireless system that employs […]
Diabetes patients could soon replace fingersticks with Senseonics implantable CGM
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) recently announced that the U.S. FDA has approved using the Eversense implantable continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system as a replacement for fingersticks. Officials at the Germantown, Md.–based medical device company described the FDA approval for the non-adjunctive indication (dosing claim) as a major milestone. The company will make a new app available in coming months […]
CyMedica launches another trial of muscle-strengthening device
CyMedica Orthopedics said it has launched a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of its E-vive muscle-strengthening device and patient engagement system in knee osteoarthritis patients. Researchers will combine the data generated by the E-vive neuromuscular electrical stimulation device with the activity and health data collected by commercially available wearable smartwatch devices to determine the effect […]
How can medical device companies walk the digital health tightrope?
There are a host of digital and data tools out there that could improve medical devices. So how do medtech companies embrace digital health? It’s actually possible for medical device companies to run into trouble in opposite ways, according to Huzefa Neemuchwala, VP of North America education solutions at Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices. On […]
Report: Comcast to join home-health-monitoring fray
Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA) is reportedly preparing to jump into the in-home health-monitoring market. The company will begin conducting pilot tests later this year and intends to launch a health monitoring device in 2020, according to a report by CNBC. Targeted toward seniors and people with disabilities, the device would use ambient sensors to determine whether they’re making extra […]
iRhythm rises on Q1 beats, raised sales outlook
iRhythm Technologies (NSDQ:IRTC) posted a classic beat-and-raise first quarter yesterday, topping the consensus forecasts on Wall Street and boosting its top-line outlook on the rest of the year. The San Francisco-based wearable heart monitor maker cut its losses by -27.9% to -$8.0 million, or -33¢ per share, on sales growth of 54.5% to $47.2 million […]
Medtronic wins FDA approval for CareLink SmartSync CRM device manager
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it won pre-market approval from the FDA for the CareLink SmartSync device manager for use with its cardiac rhythm management devices. The approval gives the ability to use Apple iPads to program and manage data from pacemakers enabled with Medtronic’s BlueSync and an app that allows its Azure, Percepta, Serena, […]
Best Buy wants to get mHealth into seniors’ homes: Here’s how
Want to get mHealth and other medical devices into seniors’ homes? Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and its Geek Squad may be the way in the door. “For companies looking to bring healthcare interactions into the home, we could be a fairly useful partner,” Asheesh Saksena, president of Best Buy Health, told hundreds of medical device industry […]
5 digital health startups you need to watch in 2019
Funding for digital health companies continues to rise, with 2018 the biggest year so far this decade, according to healthcare investment firm StartUp Health. Investors took a greater interest in machine learning, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Digital health funding was 14 times greater than it was eight years ago, when New York-based StartUp Health began […]
Morgan Stanley: Apple’s mHealth play could triple entire mobile market
Though Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) has only begun to step into the healthcare market, a group of Morgan Stanley analysts estimate the company’s opportunity in the U.S. healthcare market to be three times larger than the global smartphone market, according to a Bloomberg report. The analysts estimated that Apple’s healthcare market opportunities could be worth between $15 billion […]