Ibex Medical Analytics announced today that it won CE Mark approval for its artificial intelligence-powered Galen Prostate software for identifying suspected cancer on prostate core needle biopsies. Tel Aviv-based Ibex touts its Galen prostate solution as the first-ever AI-based software for cancer detection used in routine clinical practice, and it is already deployed in pathology […]
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PhysIQ touts VA study showing AI predicting hospitalizations
PhysIQ today is touting results from a study testing the ability to detect heart failure exacerbation using wearable sensors and personalized analytics based on artificial intelligence. The Link-HF study set out to assess the ability to predict rehospitalization due to heart failure exacerbation using analytics applied to continuous wearable sensor data, according to a news […]
PhysIQ raises $6m for its AI for wearable insights
Purdue University-affiliated artificial intelligence company PhysIQ has reaised $6 million in equity, according to an amended SEC Form D. West Lafayette, Ind.-based PhysIQ listed the first sale of the amended equity offering as occurring on Nov. 15, 2019. The company does not intend for the offering to last for more than one year, according to […]
FDA authorizes use of Caption Health’s AI software to capture heart images via ultrasound
The FDA announced today that it has authorized the marketing of Caption Health’s Caption Guidance software for assisting in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound or echocardiography images. Caption Guidance is an accessory to compatible diagnostic ultrasound systems designed to use artificial intelligence to help capture images of a patient’s heart that are of acceptable diagnostic […]
PhysIQ awarded $500,000 for AI research
PhysIQ, a Purdue University-affiliated artificial intelligence company, announced today that it received a $500,000 investment from the Purdue Research Foundation’s Foundry Investment Fund to help the company advance its medical technology. West Lafayette, Ind.–based PhysIQ develops healthcare solutions by applying AI to real-time physiological data from wearable sensors. The company’s FDA-cleared technology is designed to […]
Eko AFib and heart murmur algorithms win FDA clearance
Eko announced today that it won FDA clearance for its suite of algorithms that combine with the company’s digital stethoscopes to screen for heart conditions during routine physical exams. The San Francisco-based company develops an artificial intelligence-powered, cloud-based software application designed to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart sound/phonocardiogram (PCG) data, using signal processing and convolutional […]
New 510(k) boosts iRhythm, Verily efforts for AFib screening
The latest 510(k) clearance for the Verily Study Watch will further the efforts of the Google sister company and iRhythm Technologies (NSDQ:IRTC) to improve atrial fibrillation treatment. Verily — a life science company under Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL) — recently received an FDA 510(k) clearance to include an irregular pulse monitor in its Study Watch wearable. “We’ve worked carefully […]
Zebra Medical Vision appoints new CEO, seeks to grow in U.S.
Zebra Medical Vision announced that it appointed Ohad Arazi as its new CEO as the company as it looks to expand its footprint in the U.S. Arazi’s appointment is set to be made effective on March 1, 2020, at which point he will succeed Zebra co-founder Eyal Gura, who will continue as board chairman. Arazi […]
TransEnterix wants to use more AI in surgical robotics: Here’s how
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) has filed a 510(k) submission to add an artificial intelligence feature to its robot-assisted surgery system in which the system can automatically move the camera for a surgeon. Surgeons have been able to move the camera on TransEnterix’s Senhance System via eye sensing. But the new Intelligent Surgical Unit would allow a surgeon, for […]
3Derm lands FDA breakthrough device designations for autonomous skin cancer AI
3Derm Systems announced that it won two FDA breakthrough device designations for its 3DermSpot autonomous artificial intelligence imaging system for detecting skin cancer. The 3DermSpot is an algorithm designed to use AI and highly standardized skin images to autonomously detect melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Autonomous AI has the potential to provide […]
The 10 greatest medtech advances of the 2010s
From disposable endoscopes to TAVR to robotic surgery, there’s a whole host of medtech advances widely available now that weren’t around much 10 years ago. “In terms of technological advances, I would put this past decade as one of the most important for medical technology. From connected devices and robotics, to advances in material sciences […]