Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it received a $5 million grant to improve maternal and fetal health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Guilford, Connecticut-based Butterfly Network will provide 1,000 healthcare workers in Sub-Saharan Africa with its Butterfly iQ+ handheld, whole-body point-of-care ultrasound probe with the funds from the grant provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates […]
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Medtronic inks deal to add Hugo-compatible, AI-based surgical system to Vizient’s offerings
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it entered into a contract that adds its Touch Surgery Enterprise platform to Vizient’s offerings. The medtech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surgical video management and analytics platform for the operating room (OR) offers surgeons a performance-improving tool as well as a method to train others. It will be added to […]
Tandem Diabetes warns on some t:slim X2 insulin pumps
Tandem Diabetes Care (Nasdaq:TNDM) issued an urgent field safety notice in Europe for its t:slim X2 insulin pump with Basal-IQ technology. The notice, dated February 2022, alerts users of Tandem’s insulin pump with a software version of 6.3.0.1 that there may be a potential safety risk when using the pump within its normal specifications. Tandem’s t:slim […]
Pearl’s AI for dental X-rays wins FDA clearance
Pearl (Los Angeles) announced today that FDA has cleared its AI-powered, real-time pathology detection software Second Opinion. The system can help dentists accurately identify a broad range of common dental conditions in patient X-rays, according to Pearl. Second Opinion applies computer vision to identify and highlight key pathologic and nonpathologic findings. Displays are displayed immediately. Dentists […]
Inspirata wins FDA clearance for digital pathology software
Inspirata announced today that it received FDA clearance for its Dynamyx digital pathology software. Tampa, Florida-based Inspirata’s Dynamyx software platform allows for the use of whole slide images (WSIs) for primary diagnosis in place of traditional glass slides. According to a news release, Inspirata’s regulatory win marks the first FDA clearance for digital pathology software […]
Implantable cardiac device data could help predict hospitalization, death
A new study out of Manchester in the U.K. suggests that data from implantable cardiac devices could help health providers predict whether patients are at greater risk of hospitalization or death. Out of more than 400 people with Medtronic cardiac devices, those with a high-risk score based on cardiac implantable electronic device physiological data had […]
Many infusion pumps are vulnerable to hackers, study says
Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 released results from a study showing that 75% of infusion pumps observed had known cybersecurity gaps. The results involved crowdsourced data from scans of more than 200,000 infusion pumps on the network of health providers using IoT Security for Healthcare from Palo Alto Networks. Get the full story at our […]
Three GE Healthcare leaders outline their vision for AI and the cloud in medtech
Set to spin off from parent company GE (NYSE:GE) next year, GE Healthcare leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help providers improve efficiency, patient outcomes and access to care. The medtech giant’s offerings include AI-based imaging applications and its Edison Health Services platform. As part of the Medical Design & Outsourcing cloud conversation series with medtech […]
HeartFlow announces new CEO
HeartFlow announced today that John Farquhar has been appointed as the company’s president and CEO, effective today. Farquhar, a former Medtronic executive, was appointed as COO of HeartFlow in August 2021 and has served as the company’s president and a member of the board since Jan. 1, 2022. According to a news release, co-founder and […]
Ascensia launches Senseonics’ remote monitoring app for Android devices in Europe
Ascensia Diabetes Care announced today that it launched Senseonics‘ (NYSE:SENS) Eversense NOW remote monitoring app for Androids in Europe. The launch makes remote monitoring capabilities available for all of Senseonics Eversense and Eversense XL continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) users on Android and iOS operating systems in the U.S. and Europe, respectively. Get the full story at our […]
Pear Therapeutics advances in efforts to get CMS to cover prescription digital therapeutics
Pear Therapeutics (NSDQ:PEAR) announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established new coding relevant to its prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs). CMS established a new Level II Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code to describe prescription digital behavioral therapy — FDA-cleared — per course of treatment, which extends to PDTs including Pear’s reSET, […]