Forcing manufacturers to repurpose their production lines to make equipment to fight the coronavirus epidemic might actually hurt the U.S. supply of those items, the head of medtech trade group AdvaMed said today. AdvaMed officials have talked with U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn about medtech […]
GE Healthcare quadruples ventilator production at Wisconsin plant
General Electric Healthcare (NYSE:GE) this week announced that it is doubling its production capacity for ventilators and expanding its Madison, Wisconsin, production line to 24-hour operation. In a report on GE’s website, the company shared that it has doubled its capacity of ventilator production with plans to double it again by the end of the second […]
Software is enabling medical 3D printing innovation: Here’s how
The 3D printers themselves get a lot of attention, but for 3D-printing to become ubiquitous in the medtech space, software will have to play a key role. A 3D printer without software to tell it where to place the material is a really nice, expensive coffee table, according to Scott Rader, a former Stratasys GM […]
Former GE medtech chief and imaging pioneer Walter Robb dies of coronavirus
Walter Robb — who led the medical business at General Electric (NYSE:GE) through much of the 1970s and ’80s as it became a profitable maker of CT scanners and MRI systems — is dead from coronavirus at age 92, according to media reports. Robb died early on the morning of March 23 at a hospital […]
Here’s some recent medical 3D printing news
Innovation in the medical 3D printing space continues to accelerate. Here are some of the top stories that got our attention at Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice over the past year. June 2019 Digital manufacturing company Protolabs (Maple Plain, Minn.) rolls out metal 3D printing production capabilities. Materialise announced FDA clearance for its Mimics Enlight — a […]
GE Healthcare recalls nearly 3,600 anesthesia systems
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) is recalling certain Carestation anesthesia systems in the U.S. due to a problem that could halt patient ventilation, according to the FDA. FDA labeled the recall as Class I, the most serious type of medical device recall. The Carestation 620/650/650c A1 models may have a loose interior cable connection that could cause […]
GE Healthcare respiratory analyzer recall is Class I
The FDA has designated a recall of certain GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) respiratory analyzers used in patient monitoring as Class I, the most serious type of recall. GE Healthcare began the recall of Carescape respiratory modules and Airway Gas Option NCAiO units in September 2019 because faulty oxygen sensors may cause them to display incorrect patient oxygen […]
These medical device companies provide the most research payments
The worlds largest medical device companies are spending tens of millions of dollars a year on research payments to doctors and teaching hospitals — but the payments only make up a tiny fraction of their budgets. That was a big takeaway from an analysis of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s annual Big 100 and the most […]
GE Healthcare is playing an important role in its parent’s turnaround
General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock jumped 10% after the industrial conglomerate posted Street-beating Q4 results, with CEO Larry Culp describing the company’s healthcare and aviation businesses as “exceptional franchises.” GE shares were down about nearly 3% to 12.56 apiece by midday trading today, a day after they shot up to $12.94 on the earnings news. Boston-based GE […]
Certain GE Healthcare patient-monitoring devices vulnerable to cyberattack
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 […]
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