Ambu today said it has hired board member Britt Meelby Jensen to replace CEO Juan Jose Gonzalez, effective tomorrow. “Since Juan Jose Gonzalez joined as CEO in 2019, Ambu has made good progress and achieved important milestones on the strategic transformation into the world’s largest single-use endoscopy company,” Ambu Chair Jørgen Jensen said in a […]
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Thanks, mom! Medtech leaders reflect on Mother’s Day
Everyone has a story about how they got into medtech, and it’s no surprise that many of those stories start with how we were raised. As Mother’s Day approaches, Medical Design & Outsourcing asked medtech leaders to share some thoughts about how their moms inspired their careers, the products they make and the companies they’ve built. We […]
Ambu makes single-use scopes available for swallowing evaluation procedures
Ambu today announced new capabilities for its single-use aScope 4 RhinoLaryngo Slim and aView 2 Advance HD monitor. The new capabilities bring Ambu single-use endoscopy to bear on fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) procedures, which Ambu officials take place more than 1 million times a year across key markets in North America, Europe and […]
FDA clears Ambu’s single-use gastroscope and next-gen display unit
Ambu announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ambu aScope Gastro and Ambu aBox 2 platforms. Ballerup, Denmark–based Ambu designed the aScope Gastro as its first sterile, single-use gastroscope with new advanced imaging and design features in a combined offering with next-generation display and processor technology. The aBox 2 includes HD capabilities […]
Ambu awarded single-use endoscopy contract with Vizient
Ambu today announced that it has been awarded a contract for single-use visualization devices with Vizient, effective Feb. 1, 2022. The contract will help Ballerup, Denmark-based Ambu expand its single-use endoscope market by offering Vizient members pre-negotiated pricing and terms for Ambu’s single-use products, which include bronchoscopy, urology, ENT and GI. The agreement also includes […]
How medtech fared in the first waves of the pandemic
Medtech industry revenue, research spending and employment declined in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcing analysis of financial data. Total sales, R&D spending and employment for the world’s largest medical device companies declined in 2020 and early 2021, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcing analysis tallying the ongoing pandemic’s initial […]
Study finds single-use bronchoscopes reduce hospital readmission rates by half
A study of 14,228 bronchoscopy procedures found sterile, disposable scopes reduced readmission rates by more than half. The study, authored by Ambu consultant Dr. Hudson Garrett, analyzed procedures at inpatient hospitals as well as outpatient ambulatory facilities. He found that 3.6 percent of patients treated with a single-use, flexible bronchoscope were readmitted within 30 days, […]
Ambu secures CE mark for single-use bronchoscope and sampling system
Ambu recently announced that its single-use bronchoscope and specimen sampling system won CE mark approval. Ambu’s aScope 4 Broncho sampler set is a sterile, single-use device for bronchial wash and bronchoalveolar lavage procedures. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Tubing + Extrusion.
Ambu nabs Health Canada clearance for single-use cystoscope
Ambu (CPH:AMBU-B) today said it received Health Canada clearance for its aScope 4 Cysto single-use cystoscope. The cystoscope is a flexible, single-use endoscope that is designed to eliminate significant capital, repair and cleaning costs with a patient-ready instrument for every procedure, according to Ambu. The device is used for diagnosing, managing and treating lower urinary disorders […]
Ambu single-use endoscope wins Frost & Sullivan innovation award
Frost & Sullivan today announced that it awarded Ambu with a 2021 Global New Product Innovation Award. Ambu received the award for its single-use flexible endoscopes that are designed to make the devices safe, affordable and accessible. It has aView and aBox all-in-one video displays that eliminate the traditional video endoscopy tower size and expense to be […]
Ambu expands single-use endoscopy contracts with GPOs
Ambu (CPH:AMBU-B) announced today that it has secured national single-use endoscopy contract expansions with two major U.S. group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Ballerup, Denmark–based Ambu is now on contract with all four major GPOs in the U.S. Customers served by the GPOs now have access to either a full or partial portfolio of single-use endoscopy categories. […]
