The joint healthcare venture between Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase said this week it named Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeon, New Yorker magazine staff writer and bestselling author Dr. Atul Gawande as its CEO, effective July 9. The joint venture said that the newly formed company will be headquartered in Boston, and will operate […]
Avantis Medical Systems Inc.
FDA releases PMAs for September 2014 | Regulatory news for the week of November 24, 2014
Medtech approvals: FDA releases September 2014 PMAs
November 19, 2014 by MassDevice
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration releases a list of pre-market approvals granted in September 2014. Read more
FDA approves Avantis Third Eye Panoramic colonoscopy device
Avantis Medical Systems said the FDA approved its Third Eye Panoramic digital imaging device for colonoscopies.
Avantis raises $5M in debt round for Third Eye endoscope
Avantis Medical Systems said it brought in $4.8 million of a hoped-for $10.6 million debt round.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Avantis makes catheter-based endoscopic devices designed to detect and treat and gastrointestinal cancers, according to its website. It’s flagship product is the Third Eye "retrospect" for colonoscopies.
