OncoRes Medical announced that it raised $12.5 million for its handheld imaging device for identifying cancer cells. Perth, Western Australia-based OncoRes designed its imaging system to facilitate real-time tumor assessment, helping surgeons more accurately identify and remove cancerous tissue, including for breast cancer. The company won FDA breakthrough device designation in October 2020 for the […]
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This imaging device could be a breast cancer treatment breakthrough
OncoRes Medical’s system may detect cancer cells on a microscopic scale during a lumpectomy, potentially averting the need for a second breast cancer surgery. Having breast surgery to remove a cancerous lump is traumatic enough. Learning that you’ll need another operation to remove cancer cells that the surgeon couldn’t detect the first time only adds […]
Forest Devices wins 2019 MedTech Innovator competition
MedTech Innovator this week announced Forest Devices as the winner of its 2019 global competition at the annual AdvaMed MedTech conference in Boston. Pittsburgh-based Forest is developing a portable device to use electroencephalogram monitoring and machine learning to diagnose large-vessel occlusions and other stroke subtypes. The technology is designed to enable first responders to triage […]
MedTech Innovator announces five finalists in competition
MedTech Innovator last week announced the five finalists for its $500,000 competition. The organization will award more than $500,000 in prizes to the finalists with first place taking $350,000 and the four remaining finalists taking $25,000. Five finalists will have seven minutes to pitch their technologies to a panel of four judges. The audience will […]
50 medtech startups you need to know
Medical device industry accelerator MedTech Innovator today announced about 50 medtech startups participating in its annual four-month program. Half are early-stage companies participating in MedTech Innovator’s Accelerator and Showcase program, and the other half are mid-stage companies in the organization’s Showcase program. The list of companies is a who’s who of people around the world […]
