The federal government and GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that the certain of the company’s patient monitoring devices are vulnerable to cyberattack. If attacked, some versions of the Carescape and ApexPro telemetry servers, the Carescape Central Station version 1 and Central Information Center systems could stop monitoring patients, silence alarms or produce unnecessary alarms during […]
CVRx CEO Nadim Yared keeps his edge
CVRx CEO Nadim Yared has emerged as a fearless, outspoken leader in medtech. Tom Salemi, Editorial Director, DeviceTalks Throughout his career, Nadim Yared — the CEO of surging neurostimulation company CVRx — has pushed to assume new responsibilities and duties. However, during one moment in 2006, Yared adamantly refused to discuss leaving Medtronic to become CEO of […]
GE warns on ApexPro telemetry server
GE (NYSE:GE) issued an urgent field safety notice in the United Kingdom for an issue with the server of its ApexPro telemetry system. The issue with the telemetry system is that the central monitoring station or bedside monitor may not provide visual or audible alarms for electrocardiogram arrhythmias, lead failures or SpO2 monitoring when affected. The […]
GE recalls Giraffe Incubators and OmniBeds due to potential for infants to fall
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) issued a recall for its Giraffe Incubator, Giraffe OmniBed and the Carestations that accompany both after determining the potential for infants to fall. The FDA labeled it a Class I recall, and it’s not the first for GE Healthcare’s Giraffe products. Giraffe Incubators were recalled in October 2013 due to components that […]
Fujifilm to acquire Hitachi’s medical imaging biz for $1.56 billion
Fujifilm (TSE:4901) announced today that it plans to buy Hitachi’s (NYSE:HIT) medical imaging business for about $1.56 billion. The boards of both companies are scheduled to vote on the acquisition today. The deal could improve Fujifilm’s ability to compete globally against medical imaging giants GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE), Philips (NYSE:PHG), Siemens (NYSE:SI) and Canon (NYSE:CAJ). GE, […]
GE Healthcare partnering on regenerative tissue manufacturing
GE Healthcare Life Sciences said today that it has entered into a strategic R&D and distribution partnership with Advanced Solutions Life Sciences — with a goal of personalized tissue regeneration. The partnership with Advanced Solutions Life Sciences is the latest in a string of investments and partnerships that GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) has been making to further […]
How GE Healthcare is investing in medtech innovation
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) appears to be taking the “throw it against the wall and see what sticks” approach when it comes to medtech innovation. GE’s Chicago-based healthcare subsidiary today announced a medtech 3D printing partnership with Formlabs (Somerville, Mass.). GE Healthcare also disclosed its participation in the recent $243 million Series C round of robot-assisted surgery […]
GE Healthcare wants to expand the use of AI in healthcare: Here’s how
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) announced today that it is launching the Edison Developer Program for accelerating the adoption and impact of artificial intelligence applications and developer services across health systems. The EDP is setting out to offer healthcare services to accelerate the ability to build innovations for improving operational and clinical outcomes while offering access GE Healthcare’s […]
GE Healthcare, Fujifilm team up with Harvard, MIT on new $50m biotech center
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Fujifilm (TSE:4901) are entering into a partnership with Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a new $50 million center for advanced biological manufacturing and engineering. Harvard, MIT, GE Healthcare and Fujifilm are slated to comprise the center’s board of directors, along with Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical […]
GE Healthcare safety notice: Telemetry alarms may not sound
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) released an urgent field safety notice to warn of six potential safety issues with its ApexPro telemetry system under certain conditions. The ApexPro is supposed to provide vital patient information in healthcare settings. But when the ApexPro telemetry transmitter is out of wireless range, its battery has been depleted or a communication failure […]
Report: Imaging industry put $9m into pushing 3D mammograms despite lack of evidence
Companies that make 3D mammography equipment have spent millions on marketing the devices, even though scientific evidence of their superiority to traditional mammography is lacking, according to a new report. The report by Kaiser Health News says that Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX), GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE), Siemens Healthineers and Fujifilm (TSE:4901) have paid doctors and teaching hospitals a collective $9.2 […]
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