Asensus Surgical (NYSE:ASXC) named Mayo Clinic as the previously unidentified hospital customer that has leased the company’s surgical robotics system for pediatric cases. The Mayo Clinic Hospital at the Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minnesota, is already using the Asensus Senhance system for pediatric operations, the device developer said in a recent regulatory filing. Research […]
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Anumana wins FDA clearance for ECG-AI algorithm
Anumana announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI-powered ECG-AI LEF medical device. Cambridge, Massachusetts–based Anumana, an Nference portfolio company, worked in collaboration with Mayo Clinic. They designed the breakthrough medical device to detect low ejection fraction (LEF) in patients at risk of heart failure. The company’s pulmonary hypertension (PH) early detection algorithm […]
GE HealthCare, Mayo Clinic partner on medical imaging, theranostics
Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare today announced a strategic collaboration aimed at improving radiology practice and therapy delivery. It marks the second collaboration between GE HealthCare and a major hospital this month alone. Last week, the company announced an AI-focused partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital. The Strategic Collaboration for Innovation in Medical Imaging and Theranostics […]
Mayo Clinic takes a stake in PillBot developer Endiatx
Mayo Clinic and Endiatx have signed a know-how license agreement covering the ongoing development of Endiatx’s PillBot. The deal gives Mayo Clinic an equity stake in the robotic stomach camera startup, Endiatx co-founder and CEO Torrey Smith told MassDevice. He declined to share the precise size of the single-digit percentage equity stake or other financial […]
BD, Mayo Clinic team up to improve patient care
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it will collaborate with Mayo Clinic Platform to perform detailed post-market surveillance. Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD’s collaboration with Mayo Clinic Platform will access de-identified patient data from the Mayo Clinic Platform_Discover to perform post-market surveillance of the company’s products and fuel innovation, unlocking a faster, more efficient path to […]
Anumana wins FDA breakthrough nod for AI algorithm that detects pulmonary hypertension
Anumana announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its pulmonary hypertension (PH) early detection algorithm. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Anumana, formed by Mayo Clinic and nference and launched in 2021, designed its AI-enhanced, electrocardiograph (ECG)-based PH early detection algorithm as a precise, non-invasive screening tool to provide earlier diagnosis for patients with PH that […]
gBETA Medtech accelerator picks its next startups
The gBETA Medtech virtual accelerator today named the five startups that will participate in the spring program leading up to the June 21 showcase day. “We’re so fortunate to have such a diverse set of founders with expertise across the healthcare continuum,” gBETA Medtech Director KC Caine said in a news release. “Our founders are […]
Mayo Clinic’s new Apple Watch app uses AI to detect left-ventricular dysfunction
The Mayo Clinic developed a new app that transmits ECG signals from Apple Watches for AI analysis to identify heart disease. The application securely transmits ECG (electrocardiograms) signals recorded in non-clinical environments to a medical center so that the AI analysis can identify left-ventricular dysfunction, a life-threatening, asymptomatic heart disease. According to a news release, […]
This CEO is swallowing his own devices to fund his swimming PillBot
As he prepared to swallow his robot for the first time, Torrey Smith’s doctors warned that the battery was his greatest threat. If the capsule came apart and the battery burned the tissue lining his stomach, it would only be the beginning of a very bad experience. “I was just hoping that we would get […]
Deadline nears for gBETA Medtech startup accelerator
The gBETA program for medtech startups is seeking applicants from across the globe on or before March 14 for its spring session. The seven-week gBETA Medtech virtual accelerator runs April 18 through June 14. gBETA is a program of startup accelerator Gener8tor and the University Enterprise Labs business incubator in St. Paul, Minnesota, with support […]
Mayo Clinic helps launch two new companies for improved diagnostics
Mayo Clinic announced that it is introducing a new technology platform to support two new companies it has launched. Rochester, Minn.–based Mayo Clinic’s Remote Diagnostics & Management Platform (RDMP) is designed to connect data with new AI algorithms and augment human decision-making within existing clinical workflows, according to a news release. “The dramatically increased use […]
