Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it launched the Ultrasound Workspace echocardiography image analysis and reporting platform. Amsterdam-based Philips designed the Ultrasound Workspace system for clinicians to access it remotely via browser, allowing them to leverage diagnostic workflows from the ultrasound exam room to the reporting room and beyond to wherever echocardiography data needs to […]
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Study produces ‘promising results’ for Carthera’s SonoCloud tech for mild Alzheimer’s symptoms
Carthera announced positive results from a trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the use of its SonoCloud technology. Results from the investigator-sponsored trial of SonoCloud in patients with mild Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) were published this week in the Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy Journal. Paris-based Carthera designed SonoCloud, an implantable 1 MHz ultrasound device, to be […]
Qure.ai raises $40M for AI-powered medical imaging diagnostics
Qure.ai announced today that it closed a funding round worth $40 million as it looks to extend the global reach of its diagnostic offerings. Mumbai-based Qure.ai develops artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology designed to read and interpret medical images (such as x-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds) in less than one minute. The FDA-cleared and CE-marked AI […]
Zeta Surgical raises $5.2M for robotic surgery platform
Surgical robotics and mixed reality company Zeta Surgical announced today that it closed a $5.2 million financing round. Boston-based Zeta Surgical’s financing round was led by Innospark Ventures, with participation from TSVC, Y Combinator, Trevor Fetter and more. The company said in a news release that it will use the funds to finalize the development […]
Exo unveils cloud-based, point-of-care ultrasound offering
Exo announced today that it unveiled its Exo Works point-of-care ultrasound workflow solution. Redwood City, California-based Exo designed Exo Works to enable physicians to easily document, review, bill and manage quality assurance all from one platform within seconds. According to a news release, Exo aims for its Exo Works platform to make it easier to […]
Fujifilm Sonosite files patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network over handheld ultrasound
Fujifilm Sonosite announced today that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY). Bothell, Washington–based Fujifilm Sonosite filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, asserting seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,169,108; 7,867,168; 8,128,050; 8,861,822; 9,538,985; 6,901,157; and 8,360,981) pertaining to fundamental technologies for acquiring ultrasound images at the point […]
Butterfly Network receives $5M grant to provide technology to Sub-Saharan Africa
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 […]
Butterfly Network beats Q4 expectations, projects big losses in 2022
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) shares dipped today as the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report included projections of large losses in 2022. BFLY shares were down more than 9% at $5.16 per share by later afternoon trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — was down slightly. The […]
Butterfly Network partners with Ambra Health on cloud-based ultrasound data integration
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it partnered with Ambra Health (an Intelerad company) to improve interoperability for bedside imaging data. The partnership aims to accelerate and simplify bedside imaging data interoperability by strengthening the scalability of Butterfly’s Blueprint enterprise platform and enhancing access to and shareability of valuable ultrasound information across hospitals and health […]
Butterfly Network stock up on preliminary Q4 revenue numbers
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) is on the rise following the announcement of preliminary fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street projections. Guilford, Connecticut–based Butterfly Network’s shares are trading up more than 18% at $7.48 apiece as of late afternoon trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — […]
GE Healthcare completes $1.45B acquisition of BK Medical
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it completed its previously announced $1.45 billion acquisition of BK Medical. Boston-based GE Healthcare confirmed in September that the companies had entered into a definitive agreement for GE to purchase BK Medical, a developer of surgical visualization technologies. The acquisition adds real-time surgical visualization offerings to its pre-operative and […]