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 […]
Enclear Therapies wins novel device challenge
EnClear Therapies’ system designed to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases was one of five first-place winners of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (M2D2) $200K Challenge. Cambridge, Mass.-based EnClear Therapies’ device-based system was designed to halt the progression of neurodegenerative diseases by removing toxic proteins that build up in the brain and […]
NuVasive touts results of PEEK implant study
NuVasive (NSDQ:NUVA) today announced the results of a study that showed its Cohere porous polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implant improved early outcomes over structural allograft and smooth PEEK in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures. In the study of 167 patients with degenerative cervical disc disease, those who underwent ACDF using Cohere porous PEEK exhibited significant […]
Pothole jars man’s racing heart back to normal
Hitting a pothole can save your life, even if it wrecks your alignment. A 59-year-old Nebraska man who was being transported to the hospital for a rapid heartbeat had his heart jolted back into a normal rhythm when the ambulance hit a pothole, according to published reports. The man was at work when his heart […]
MedTech Europe warns of device flight to U.S. and China if MDR not ready
Europe’s medical device trade group is again warning the European Commission that its new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) system will not be ready by its 2020 deadline and that E.U. medtech companies are taking their business elsewhere as a result. In an open letter to Jyrki Katainen, the commission’s vice president for jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness, […]
Medline Industries buys Namic business from AngioDynamics
Medline Industries will pay $167.5 million to acquire the Namic fluid management business from AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO), the companies announced today. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the summer. It will allow Medline to acquire the manifolds, contrast management systems, closed fluid systems, guidewires, disposable transducers and interventional accessories offered […]
FDA bans Boston Sci, Coloplast sales of pelvic mesh
The FDA has ordered Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Coloplast — the only remaining companies that sell pelvic mesh in the U.S. — to immediately halt sales and distribution of those products. The two companies have not demonstrated a “reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for these devices” used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) since the […]
Glaukos touts 5-year study of glaucoma stents
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) said today that a study of its iStent trabecular micro-bypass stents reduced eye pressure in glaucoma patients five years after implant. The same study showed that significantly fewer iStent patients needed add-on medications after five years, the company said. The study showed that newly diagnosed, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients who received two […]
More device shortages pegged to sterilization plant shutdown
More medtech companies are experiencing shortages of medical devices due to the sudden closure in February of a Sterigenics sterilization plant. Officials from Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH), and Guerbet (EPA:GBT) have written letters to customers indicating that certain devices are already in short supply or may experience shortages, Medical Device & Outsourcing has learned. The letter from Cardinal Health (Dublin, […]
EO plant shutdown leads to pediatric breathing tube shortage
The February shutdown of an ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization plant has produced the first temporary medical device shortage, according to the FDA. The device in short supply is the Bivona tracheostomy tube manufactured by Smiths Medical and used by many pediatric patients. The FDA anticipates the tube will be made available again the week of April 22, according to […]
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 […]
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