Heart failure detection startup Respirix has reported raising $1.3 million, according to a securities filing. The San Francisco-based company has developed the handheld Cardiospire device to acquire data on cardiogenic oscillation from a patient’s airway to determine whether the patient is approaching congestive heart failure decompensation before experiencing symptoms. Respirix, which was named one of […]
RenalSense’s urine flow monitoring system wins CE Mark
RenalSense today announced that it won CE Mark approval from its Clarity RMS system that monitors urine flow in critical care and perioperative settings. The Clarity RMS system continuously measures urine flow and automatically transmits real-time data and notifications of fluctuations to help with rapid intervention while monitoring treatment efficacy and fluid management. Jerusalem-based RenalSense […]
Bigfoot Biomedical inks deal with Pittsburgh health system
Bigfoot Biomedical today announced an agreement with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) to further develop Bigfoot’s Unity investigational insulin delivery wireless platform. The diabetes startup described Unity as a first-in-kind data-driven solution for optimizing insulin dosing and delivery. Bigfoot will work alongside AHN endocrinologists and primary care doctors to refine Unity’s clinical workflow features. Get the full […]
Masimo Q2 results exceed expectations
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) announced second-quarter results today that beat The Street, raising its guidance for the rest of the year. The Irvine, Calif.–based patient monitoring technology company reported profits of $44.9 million, or $0.79 per share, on sales of $229.7 million for the three months ended June 29, with net income up 2.4% and sales increasing 13.6% compared […]
Hamilton Medical, Draeger win DoD deals
The U.S. Defense Dept. said yesterday that Hamilton Medical and Draeger won Pentagon contracts worth $75 million and $60 million, respectively. Hamilton Medical won a contract with the agency for patient monitoring and capital equipment systems and accessories, the DoD said. The company topped 36 other companies for the contract. The five-year base contract with […]
DHS warns on GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices
The U.S. Homeland Security Dept. yesterday warned of cybersecurity vulnerabilities with the GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices. The DHS Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, acting on weaknesses discovered by researchers at CyberMDX, said the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely modify GE Healthcare anesthesia device parameters. The vulnerability comes from a […]
5 Wearable Technologies Conference exhibitors you should know
The 34th edition of the Wearable Technologies Conferenceseries is taking place today and tomorrow in San Francisco. Co-located with Semicon West, the Wearable Technologies Conference offers a number of panels to discuss wearables in healthcare and IoT, as well as conference exhibitors and networking opportunities. Here are five companies touting their latest wearable technologies at this […]
FDA clears Biotronik’s third-gen injectable cardiac monitor
Biotronik said today that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Biomonitor III injectable cardiac monitor. Oswego Lake, Ore.-based Biotronik said the Biomonitor III is 60% smaller than its predecessor and offers increased signal quality and a patient app that reports system diagnostics. The device is approved as MR-conditional for both 1.5T and 3.0T […]
How one medtech company is working on solving the data dilemma
The electronic medical record was designed to better track patient care, but it has had unintended consequences. Physicians are bombarded with digital patient information all day long, reducing their patient eye-to-eye interactions and adding hours to their workday. A 2016 American Medical Association study found that physicians spent about two hours on electronic health record […]
Biocorp, Sanofi ink €4m Mallya sensor deal
Biocorp (PAR:ALCOR) said today that it inked a deal with pharma giant Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) to integrate its Mallya sensor into Sanofi’s diabetes management platform. Issoire, France-based Biocorp’s Mallya is designed to clip to an injection pen to automatically log and transmit dosage data. The deal calls for Sanofi to pay Biocorp €4 million, or about $4.5 million, “to […]
Philips issues another external defibrillator warning
Philips Healthcare (NYSE:PHG) is alerting customers worldwide that an AC power module in its HeartStart MRx defibrillator/monitor may fail at a higher-than-expected rate. In a letter dated “June 2019,” the company said the problems could stem from an internal component failure, excess solder during manufacture, physical damage in the field, or the power module reaching […]
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