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How medical device companies are responding to abortion bans

June 28, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade’s protection of abortion rights, medical device companies are among those reassuring workers about healthcare access. Corporate communications to employees and the public at large come as trigger laws in nearly half of the states outlaw abortion immediately. Some medtech companies are not using […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, News Well, Women's Health Tagged With: 3m, Boston Scientific, Medtronic

Medtronic appoints Pfizer EVP as independent board director

June 27, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it appointed Lidia Fonseca to its board of directors as an independent director. Fonseca, who serves as EVP and chief digital and technology officer at Pfizer, will become a director effective today. She will serve on the board’s Compensation Committee and Science and Technology Committee. “We are thrilled to welcome […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Technology, Pharmaceutical, Robotics, Software / IT Tagged With: Medtronic, Personnel Moves

They said it at DeviceTalks Boston

June 24, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Medtech insiders convened at DeviceTalks Boston 2022 in May to discuss device design, innovation and trends shaping the industry now and in the years and decades ahead. Here are some of the most quotable insights from panelists and speakers at our live event. And make sure to save the date — and save your seat […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, News Well Tagged With: Activ Surgical, Avail Medsystems, Boston Scientific, DeviceTalks Boston, Harvard, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Insulet, Medtech Innovator, Medtronic, Proximie, Stryker

Another Medtronic HVAD recall is serious

June 23, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

A year after Medtronic ceded the LVAD market to Abbott, it has yet another Class I recall involving HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device pumps still implanted in patients. The FDA today designated a Medtronic recall involving the HVADs as Class I, the most serious level. It’s the second Class I recall designation for the HVADs this […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Featured, News Well, Recalls, Regulatory/Compliance, Structural Heart Tagged With: Abbott, LVAD, Medtronic

FDA clears Medtronic’s ligament augmentation system for spine surgery

June 21, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance and breakthrough device designation for its LigaPASS 2.0. According to a news release, LigaPass is the first and only FDA-cleared device with an indication for ligament augmentation in spine surgery. The company designed the LigaPASS 2.0 ligament augmentation system due to its positive impact on […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, News Well, Orthopedics, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT, Spine Tagged With: Medtronic

FDA designates new Medtronic HVAD pump implant recall as Class I

June 8, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is recalling 1,614 of its HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) pump implant kits due to defective welds connected to at least one death. The Class I recall — the most serious type of FDA recall, in which use of the device may cause serious injuries or death — is the latest of more than 15 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Implants, News Well, Recalls, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: FDA, Medtronic

The biggest stories from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2022 Scientific Sessions

June 8, 2022 By Sean Whooley

For the 82nd time, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions convened to highlight all the innovations within the diabetes technology space. Major players like Dexcom, Medtronic, Abbott and more continue to plug along, while companies like Bigfoot Biomedical, One Drop and others shared data backing the technology that they bring to the table. The […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Drug Pumps, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Abbott, Bigfoot Biomedical, DarioHealth Corp, Dexcom, Insulet, Medtronic, One Drop, Tandem Diabetes Care, Virta Health

Medtronic announces new chief medical officer for neuromodulation unit

June 7, 2022 By Danielle Kirsh

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) this week announced that it has appointed Dr. Ashwini Sharan as its neuromodulation operation unit chief medical officer. Sharan will be responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the Fridley, Minnesota-based company’s innovation and clinical evidence plans and help guide physician, society and education engagements. He will also serve as a medical advisor […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well Tagged With: Medtronic, Personnel Moves

Real-world data backs Medtronic’s next-gen MiniMed 780G insulin pump

June 6, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced positive real-world data supporting its next-generation MiniMed 780G insulin pump system. Results from real-world analyses in Europe and Chile, along with clinical data, were presented by Medtronic at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 82nd Scientific Sessions in New Orleans. According to a news release, the MiniMed 780G advanced hybrid closed loop system, designed with […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Drug Pumps, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, News Well, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: American Diabetes Association, Medtronic

What is pulsed-field ablation? Here’s what you need to know

June 3, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

Top experts at Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Acutus Medical shared insights about pulsed-field ablation’s potential at DeviceTalks Boston. Pulsed-field ablation is a non-thermal method for cardiac ablation that has the potential to positively disrupt the way atrial fibrillation is treated. PFA’s roots go back to the dc ablation tech of the 1980s. These days, PFA […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Catheters, Featured, News Well, Research & Development, Vascular Tagged With: Acutus Medical, Boston Scientific, DeviceTalks Boston, Medtronic, pulsed-field ablation (PFA)

FDA clears integration of Medtronic’s monitoring platforms with GE Healthcare’s Carescape

June 1, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) Microstream capnography (CO2) and Invos regional oximetry (rSO2) platforms can now be integrated with GE Healthcare’s Carescape. The two companies announced today that they received FDA clearance and CE mark approval for the integration of Medtronic’s Microstream and Invos technologies for perioperative and ICU care on the GE Healthcare Carescape precision monitoring platform. According […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Business/Financial News, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: FDA, GE Healthcare, Medtronic

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