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India slashes drug-eluting stent reimbursement by 62% | Wall Street Beat

May 8, 2013 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

The Indian government slashed reimbursement rates for drug-eluting stents by more than 61.5%, down to about $460 from roughly $1,200, aiming to give a boost to its domestic stents industry at the expense of the multinational players.

It’s the 2nd rate cut since October 2011, according to the Business Standard. India cut the rate of reimbursement for U.S.-made stents from 65,000 rupees (about $1,200) to 25,000 rupees (~$461), which is now the standard rate for stents regardless of origin, according to the newspaper.

Filed Under: Digital Health, Emerging Markets, News Well, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Allscripts, Athenahealth Inc., BodyMedia, Epocrates, Exports, InTouch Health, iRobot, Jawbone, Massive Health, Natus Medical Inc.

Ocular Therapeutix eyes a $24M Series D extension | Wall Street Beat

January 28, 2013 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

Ocular Therapeutix said it closed a $23.8 million Series D extension round from existing backers for its sustained drug release technology to treat eye diseases.

The Bedford, Mass.-based medical device company said all of its current institutional investors ponied up for the round, including Polaris Ventures, Versant Ventures, SV Life Sciences, Sparta LLC, and Ascension Health Ventures.

Ocular Therapeutix is developing a punctum plug for the entry of the tear duct to release drug therapy to the surface of the eye over several months.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well, Optical/Ophthalmic, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: dextera, Given Imaging, InTouch Health, iRobot, oculartherapeutix, Organovo

FDA clears InTouch Health’s remote presence robot

January 10, 2013 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

InTouch Health

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based InTouch Health said it won FDA clearance for its RP-VITA, touting it as the first remote presence solution for acute patient care.

The RP-VITA allows doctors to take command of any clinical, patient or care team management process remotely, according a press release.

Filed Under: 510(k), Digital Health, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), News Well, Robotics Tagged With: InTouch Health, iRobot

iRobot, InTouch partner on acute care robot

July 24, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

iRobot
InTouch Health

InTouch Health and iRobot (NSDQ:IRBT) said they plan to unveil their co-developed acute care robot this week in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Filed Under: News Well, Robotics Tagged With: Acute Care, InTouch Health, iRobot

InTouch Health and iRobot unveil the RP-VITA Telemedicine Robot

July 24, 2012 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

First to combine the latest in telemedicine with state-of-the-art autonomous navigation and mobility

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: iRobot, Main Videos

Keeping the elderly at home – with robots

April 13, 2012 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

iRobot's Ava illustration

Bedford, Mass.-based robotics maker iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), best known for its autonomous floor-cleaning Roomba and bomb-defusing military robots, is making a foray into health care with an emphasis on robots that can help at home.

Filed Under: Health Information Technology, News Well Tagged With: InTouch Health, iRobot, Technologies

Hacker demonstrates insulin pump attack from 300 ft. away | MassDevice.com On Call

March 1, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — A modern insulin pump can be hacked from 300 feet away and told to deliver a lethal dose of insulin, a hacker and researcher for computer security giant McAfee proved.

Using a laptop and a custom-made antennae, Barnaby Jack’s software broke through the insulin pump’s security and altered its program to dump its contents, injected a potentially lethal dose of the hormone into a dummy pancreas used for demonstration purposes.

Filed Under: Health Information Technology, News Well, Recalls, Robotics Tagged With: Apple, Cybersecurity, Hips, iRobot, McAfee, On Call

iRobot invests $6M into telemedicine company | Funding Roundup

February 2, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

iRobot
InTouch Health

iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), famous for their Roomba automated cleaning robots, invested $6 million and launched an extended partnership with InTouch Health, which develops telemedicine systems for providing remote health care.

The venture builds on an existing relationship that the companies announced last summer, under which the companies engaged in a development and licensing agreement.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Athersys Inc., CartiHeal Ltd., Checkpoint Surgical, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, EDAP TMS SA, InterValve Inc., InTouch Health, iRobot, Joslin Diabetes Center, Mevion Medical Systems, nContact Inc., ProUroCare Medical Inc., Remote Patient Monitoring, S.E.A. Medical Systems Inc., SpectraScience Inc., Synchro Medical Solutions, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Robot makers iRobot and InTouch explore health care instruments

July 20, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

iRobot
InTouch Health

iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), famous for their Roomba automated cleaning robots, announced a development and licensing agreement with InTouch Health, makers of remote presence telemedicine systems.

Filed Under: Health Information Technology, News Well Tagged With: Deals Roundup, InTouch Health, iRobot

Tod Loofbourrow out at iRobot | Personnel moves

April 17, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Personnel Moves

After less than two years at the helm of iRobot Corp.’s stealthy healthcare business, Tod Loofbourrow is apparently out as co-founder and president of the division, which will be rolled into the robot maker’s larger consumer operation.

Loofbourrow’s departure was first reported in a Tweet by Boston Globe tech mavenScott Kirsner, citing iRobot CEO Colin Angle. Mass High Tech confirmed the news with Angle in an email.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Geriatrics, iRobot, Kinetic Concepts Inc., Personnel Moves, Revolutions Medical Corp.

Tod Loofbourrow out as iRobot Healthcare is folded into consumer group

April 15, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

iRobot

After less than two years at the helm of iRobot’s stealthy healthcare business, Tod Loofbourrow is apparently out as co-founder and president of the division, which will be rolled into the robot maker’s larger consumer operation.

Loofbourrow’s departure was first reported in a Tweet by Boston Globe tech maven Scott Kirsner, citing iRobot CEO Colin Angle. Mass High Tech confirmed the news with Angle in an email.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Geriatrics, iRobot, Personnel Moves

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