Medtronic today announced advancements for its AI-powered GI Genius system, as well as a new collaboration. The company unveiled its ColonPRO latest-generation software for the GI Genius intelligent endoscopy system. GI Genius, a computer-aided polyp detection system powered by AI, has been available in the U.S. since 2021. Medtronic designed it to redefine GI screening by […]
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After Intuitive, Shockwave and Avail, Daniel Hawkins is now CEO at AI-powered MRI software startup Vista.ai
Avail Medsystems founder and former CEO Daniel Hawkins has a new job as president and CEO of MRI software startup Vista.ai. Palo Alto, California-based Vista.ai (founded and incorporated as HeartVista) makes AI-guided software for automating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. “Vista is the only MRI-related AI company that is not doing just post-processing — Vista […]
Baxter touts data supporting use of machine learning for infusion pump programming
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) announced today that data shows the potential for machine learning supporting decision-making with infusion pump programming. Deerfield, Illinois-based Baxter presented the data from a retrospective study — part of a collaboration with MedAware aimed to develop next-generation dose error reduction software — at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2021 Midyear Clinical Meeting. […]
Philips adds new AI-enabled platforms to CT imaging portfolio
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it made two new artificial intelligence-powered additions to its CT imaging portfolio. Amsterdam-based Philips unveiled the new CT 5100 Incisive platform with CT Smart Workflow at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago. According to a news release, the company designed the new AI-enabled CT […]
The advantages of an AI/ML-enabled search engine for FDA records
The FDA’s new list of artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled devices highlights opportunity for improvement. Craig Coombs and Qiang Kou, Nyquist Data The FDA released a list of cleared or approved artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled devices in September, documenting much of the agency’s work in the innovative area of AI/ML. Extracting this information from […]
How Olympus is using AI to find patients for its COPD device
Olympus recently announced its SeleCT Connect program, which uses diagnostic imaging AI to automatically screen which people might benefit from its Spiration valve system. Spiration is an FDA-designated breakthrough device for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. SeleCT Connect — offered as part of Olympus’ SeleCT quantitative computer tomography (QCT) analysis service — is […]
Latest iCad 3D mammography AI gains CE mark
iCad (NSDQ:ICAD) today announced that the third version of its ProFound AI for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has won CE mark approval. Compared with previous software versions, the latest generation of ProFound AI offers up to a 10% improvement in specificity performance while maintaining a high sensitivity level, and approximately 40% faster processing on the new […]
AI-aided colon cancer tech gets FDA nod
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals announced today that it received marketing authorization for its GI Genius AI-based lesion detecting system. GI Genius is an intelligent endoscopy system that uses AI/machine learning to detect lesions in the colon such as polyps or suspected tumors in real-time during a colonoscopy, according to a news release. The device, which received FDA […]
FDA clears Activ Surgical hardware for enhanced surgical visualization
Activ Surgical announced today that it’s won FDA 510(k) clearance for ActivSight, the company’s intraoperative imaging module for enhanced surgical visualization. Todd Usen, the Boston-based company’s CEO, described the clearance as “big news” in a LinkedIn post. “This clearance gets us one step closer to bringing our technology to ORs around the world and enabling […]
Google, Varian partner on AI to boost cancer radiation therapy
Varian (NYSE: VAR) announced today that it is working with Google Cloud to build an AI-based diagnostic platform. The companies’ focus is on AI models for organ segmentation — a crucial, labor-intensive step in radiation oncology that can often turn into a clinical workflow bottleneck. It involves identifying the organs and tissues in diagnostic images […]
Philips, DiA partner on AI-based applications for ultrasound
Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with DiA Imaging Analysis to incorporate DiA’s AI library of automated solutions with Philips ultrasound. Be’er Sheva, Israel–based DiA’s AI-enabled 2D ultrasound applications have FDA clearance and a CE Mark. The applications are geared toward reducing variability and increasing the efficiency […]
