Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced today that it acquired Gauss Surgical and its Triton platform for an undisclosed amount. Menlo Park, California-based Gauss Surgical designed the Triton artificial intelligence-enabled platform for the real-time monitoring of blood loss during surgery. The platform has demonstrated improvements in maternal and surgical care through earlier recognition of hemorrhage leading to earlier […]
Patient Monitoring
Medtronic and Stasis announce patient monitoring partnership in India
Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) India-based subsidiary announced a strategic partnership with Stasis Health and its AI-based bedside monitoring system. India Medtronic Private Limited and Stasis Health (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stasis Labs) partnered to scale up and expand access to the Stasis Monitor, a connected care bedside multi-parameter monitoring system, according to a news release. The Stasis […]
Baxter to acquire Hillrom for $12.4B
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hillrom (NYSE:HRC) for approximately $12.4 billion. Rumblings of a potential deal surfaced earlier this week, leading to a massive rise for Hillrom’s stock. The expectation was that the companies would reach a deal by midweek so long as talks didn’t fall apart. Those […]
Zimmer Biomet touts data supporting its MyMobility with Apple Watch
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) today touted data highlighting the clinical value of its MyMobility platform with Apple Watch. Warsaw, Indiana-based Zimmer Biomet announced four data presentations on MyMobility with Apple Watch, which it touts as a first-of-its-kind remote care management platform for helping healthcare professionals remotely support and guide patients during their preparation for and recovery from […]
Hillrom stock skyrockets amid reports that Baxter is close to acquisition
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Hillrom (NYSE:HRC) for approximately $10 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the talks were ongoing at an advanced stage. WSH previously reported on rumblings of a potential deal last month. Hillrom’s stock shot up when that report came out, and it’s rising again today, […]
How iRhythm sought to outdo the old-school Holter monitor
iRhythm is changing the game in a heart rhythm monitoring space that has been dominated for years by the Holter Monitor. Here’s how. About 14 years ago, when Mark Day was interviewing at iRhythm, he could see the unmet needs that a project out of Stanford’s Biodesign program addressed. While that was a start, there […]
Ultrahuman raises $17.5M Series B for wearable glucose monitoring tech
Ultrahuman announced today that it raised $17.5 million in a Series B financing round for its wearable glucose tracking technology. Bangalore, India-based Ultrahuman develops the Ultrahuman Cyborg, a continuous metabolism tracker designed to help people with diabetes track blood glucose in real-time and optimize their diet and exercise. Get the full story at our sister site, […]
FDA approves Kestra Medical Technologies’s wearable cardioverter defibrillator
Kestra Medical Technologies announced today that it received FDA approval for its Assure wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system. Kirkland, Wash.-based Kestra designed its Assure WCD system as a modern, comfortable wearable device with integrated sensors, a cardiac rhythm monitor and a miniaturized automated external defibrillator, according to a news release. The system, designed to protect […]
FDA clears Abbott’s iPhone app for FreeStyle Libre 2
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its FreeStyle Libre 2 iOS application for use with compatible iPhones. The Abbott Park, Ill.-based company designed the new FreeStyle Libre 2 app to enable users to get glucose readings directly on their iPhones without the use of a reader, allowing caregivers to remotely monitor glucose […]
Dexcom beats Street — but remains coy on U.S. G7 launch
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) shares are up more than 13% today — a day after Q2 results that topped the consensus forecast. The San Diego-based continuous glucose monitor developer also announced continued clinical and regulatory progress with its next-gen G7, though the timing of a U.S. G7 release is still an open question. Dexcom posted profits of […]
Abbott launches latest insertable cardiac monitor
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced that it launched the Jot Dx — its latest insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) — in the U.S. Jot Dx offers clinicians and hospitals control of the management of the flow of information through a feature that allows the viewing of abnormal heart rhythm data. It can simplify which irregular heart rhythms are […]