Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it received FDA approval for the use of its Patient Controller app on compatible Apple smartphone devices. The company’s Patient Controller app offers management tools for patients with implanted neuromodulation devices to treat conditions such as chronic pain or movement disorders. Now, with the latest approval from the FDA, it’s possible […]
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Nemaura adds activity data to ProBeat app
Nemaura Medical (NSDQ:NMRD) announced today that it commissioned the integration of data to its ProBeat app set for U.S. launch this year. Data from third-party wearable devices can now be integrated into the ProBeat system, which is a wearable, non-invasive glucose monitor designed to gather big data centered around factors that affect blood glucose levels, according […]
Eko lands $2.7m federal grant for heart disease detection study
Eko announced today that it received a $2.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Oakland, Calif.-based Eko said in a news release that the grant will be used to fund its collaborative work with Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute as they validate algorithms to help screen for […]
LifeSignals wireless biosensor wins FDA clearance
LifeSignals Group announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its LifeSignals ECG remote monitoring patch platform. Fremont, Calif.-based LifeSignals developed the platform as a wireless remote monitoring system for healthcare professionals to continuously collect electrocardiography (ECG) and heart rate data in ambulatory, hospital, home and healthcare settings. Data collected from the platform’s wireless […]
NanoVation lands €2.5 million EU grant for respiratory monitor
NanoVation announced today that it received nearly $2.9 million (€2.5 million) in grant funds from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 EIC Accelerator program. Israel-based NanoVation is developing a respiratory monitoring device using its proprietary nano-sensor technology to manage patients with respiratory conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The company said in a news release […]
Masimo debuts patient-info platform
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) this week launched its UniView: 60 Hospital Automation platform. The platform aggregates and displays pertinent patient information on a display outside of a patient’s room. It allows clinicians to familiarize themselves with each patient’s case at the hospital room door in 60 seconds or less before physically seeing a patient. The information included in […]
Philips launches new face scanning tech, partners with BioIntelliSense on telehealth
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) today announced two separate steps toward helping patients receive remote care as telehealth’s importance continues to grow. Amsterdam-based Philips said today that it launched its Philips Respironics mask selector 3D facial scanning system for fitting masks and formed a strategic collaboration with BioIntelliSense to monitor at-risk patients from the hospital into the home. […]
iVWatch lands FDA clearance for continuous intravenous monitoring device
Continuous IV monitoring system developer ivWatch announced that it received FDA clearance for its new SmartTouch disposable sensor. SmartTouch is indicated for the early detection of peripheral IV infiltration and extravasation events. The latest FDA clearance expands ivWatch’s sensor portfolio to include the single-use sensor for all patient age groups. It is miniaturized and disposable and […]
ivWatch pulls in $1.5m
Continuous IV monitoring system developer ivWatch filed an SEC Form D to confirm the sale of $1.5 million in an equity offering. Newport News, Va.-based ivWatch is offering a total of $13 million in equity, leaving $11.5 million remaining to be sold, according to the SEC filing. The company did not disclose the issuer size […]
Abbott wins FDA approval for Bluetooth heart rhythm devices
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its next-generation Gallant implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) devices. The next-generation devices offer a patient-preferred design with Bluetooth technology and a new patient smartphone app while sidestepping any compromise of battery longevity and MRI compatibility, according to a news release. Gallant, which […]
BioSig closes $17.5m offering
BioSig Technologies (NSDQ:BSGM) announced today that it closed a registered direct offering of common stock worth $17.5 million. The Westport, Conn.-based company and its majority-owned subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, sold nearly 2.2 million shares of common stock at $8 per share, closing the offering on June 26. Proceeds from the offering reached $17.5 million before deducting placement […]