Medtech continues to show strength amid the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession, with a medical imaging company’s plans to go public catching the attention of MassDevice readers over the past week. Want to hear more about the week’s top medtech news on MassDevice? Executive editor Chris Newmarker and Tom Salemi will discuss the week’s “Newmarker’s Newsmakers” […]
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MedTech 100 roundup: Medtech stocks stagnant over holidays
Following the medtech industry’s rapid rise early in the month, a plateau was inevitable, and that trend continued through the holiday week. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — finished last week at 98.23 (Nov. 27), marking a 0.2% uptick from the 97.99 points registered at the […]
Butterfly Network to go public via merger
Butterfly Network announced that it entered into a definitive business combination agreement and will go public with Longview Acquisition Corp. Upon the closing of the deal between Butterfly, a medical imaging technology developer, and Longview, a special purpose acquisition company, the combined company’s Class A common stock is expected to be traded on the New […]
Butterfly Network expands ultrasound access to Android devices
Butterfly Network announced that it expanded the compatibility of its Butterfly iQ imaging device to include 10 Samsung and Google devices, and added financing options from Affirm. Butterfly iQ is a handheld, single-probe whole-body ultrasound imaging system. The Guilford, Conn.-based company’s goal is to make ultrasound technology universally accessible and affordable. According to the company, […]
Report: Doctor self-diagnoses cancer while testing Butterfly iQ ultrasound
A vascular surgeon was able to diagnose his own cancer while testing the Butterfly Network’s Butterfly iQ ultrasound-on-a-chip device, according to a report from USA Today. After experiencing some throat discomfort Dr. John Martin self-tested the device, designed to send images to and operate in conjunction with Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhones, and found a mass that he […]
FDA clears Butterfly Network’s iQ ‘ultrasound-on-a-chip’
Medical device developer Butterfly Network said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for the Butterfly iQ Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone-connected Ultrasound system, which claims is the world’s first ultrasound-on-a-chip system. The device is now indicated for 13 clinical applications, which the Guilford, Conn.-based company touts as the “broadest every for a single ultrasound transducer.” “Offering a unique blend […]