Getinge today announced a new EVP of quality compliance, regulatory & medical affairs. Joanna Engelke will also join the Gothenburg, Sweden–based company’s executive team. Her experience includes a decade at Boston Scientific, with her final four years spent as the company’s SVP of global quality and regulatory. Engelke most recently was chief quality officer at […]
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Getinge partners with Medtronic to make Radiant balloon-expandable covered stent
Getinge announced today announced a partnership with Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) over the Radiant balloon-expandable stent, which received CE mark. Radiant is designed for use in chimney endovascular aneurysm repair (ChEVAR) with the Endurant II/IIs stent graft system. It maintains perfusion to renal arteries when used in combination with the stent graft. The medtech giant said that […]
Getinge anesthesia systems recall is Class I
The FDA today issued a notice confirming that Getinge’s recall of certain anesthesia systems is Class I, the most serious kind. Getinge initiated the recall of its Flow-c and Flow-e anesthesia systems (product codes 6887700 and 6887900) due to cracked or broken suction system power switches on May 2, 2022. The systems provide inhalation anesthesia […]
Getinge wins new infection control contract with HealthTrust
Getinge announced today that national group purchasing organization HealthTrust awarded it an infection control contract. According to a news release, the HealthTrust contract allows the organization’s members to have access to Getinge’s infection control product portfolio for the first time in more than a decade. “We are proud that HealthTrust has awarded their respected infection […]
Getinge appoints three new executives
Getinge announced that it appointed three new executives, including a new president of its business for the North America region. Gothenburg, Sweden-based Getinge confirmed that Patricia Fitch will succeed Eric Honroth as president of the North America region. Honroth has been appointed as president of life science at Getinge. Additionally, Elin Frostehav, who had been […]
Getinge intra-aortic balloon pump recall is Class I
The FDA determined that Getinge’s recall of its Cardiosave Hybrid and CardioSave Rescue devices is Class I, the most serious kind. Datascope/Getinge/Maquet designed the CardioSave Hybrid and CardioSave Rescue intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP) as cardiac assist devices for patients undergoing cardiac and non-cardiac surgery. They are used in adults who have acute coronary syndrome or […]
How medtech fared in the first waves of the pandemic
Medtech industry revenue, research spending and employment declined in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcing analysis of financial data. Total sales, R&D spending and employment for the world’s largest medical device companies declined in 2020 and early 2021, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcing analysis tallying the ongoing pandemic’s initial […]
Getinge adds AI to its OR management software
Getinge announced today that it launched the Torin AI-based operation room management system in the U.S. Sweden-based Getinge’s Torin software uses AI to quickly and seamlessly improve the speed and efficiency of scheduling surgical procedures. The platform launched in 2020. The company today introduced a new suite of advanced functions for the platform, expanding its […]
MedTech 100 roundup: Return to normal following recent spike
After back-to-back all-time best performances, the medtech industry had a slight regression over the course of the last week. MassDevice‘s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — had been continuously ticking up since the beginning of April, with its mark of 112.25 on April 16 representing an all-time […]
DTW Podcast: Can Proximie bring safer surgery to the wider world?
In this week’s podcast, senior executives from Getinge and Proximie – two very different sized companies – explain how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated their business. In the opening keynote conversation, Eric Honroth, president, Getinge North America, explained how the company more than doubled its production of ventilators in 2020. He also discusses recent FDA clearances […]
Getinge wins 3 FDA clearances for ventilators
Getinge announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for three products to expand its Servo platform of ventilators. Gothenburg, Sweden-based Getinge’s latest clearances are for new software options for the Servo-u and Servo-n ventilators, as well as clearance for use of the new Servo-u MR ventilator in the MRI room, according to a news release. […]
