Stimwave said yesterday it won FDA 510(k) clearance for an Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iOS device version of its WaveCrest Mobile platform patient controller application for pain management. The newly cleared system from the Pompano Beach, Fla.-based company allows patients with iPhone and Apple Watch devices to control WaveMaster multi-waveform automated programming for the company’s Wireless Freedom spinal […]
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Dr. Gawande tapped to lead Amazon-JPM-Berkshire health play | Personnel Moves – June 21, 2018
The joint healthcare venture between Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase said this week it named Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeon, New Yorker magazine staff writer and bestselling author Dr. Atul Gawande as its CEO, effective July 9. The joint venture said that the newly formed company will be headquartered in Boston, and will operate […]
Stimwave raises $50m for consumer launch of chronic pain neuromod device
Stimwave said this week that it raised more than $50 million from a consortium of unnamed investors for the consumer launch of its Freedom neuromodulation device for treating chronic pain. Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Stimwave said the Freedom stimulator is the sole FDA-approved wireless, micro-sized device cleared for treating neuropathic pain. The device uses a tiny injectable microchip […]
5 medtech stories we missed this week: Dec. 22, 2017
From Hepa Wash’s new collaboration to Stimwave’s FDA clearance, here are five medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Hepa Wash collaborates with GALS program Hepa Wash announced in a Dec. 7 press release that it has collaborated with the German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS) program to expand its […]
7 medical devices combating the opioid crisis
Opioid-related deaths have become an epidemic in the U.S., garnering attention from the White House, the FDA and many other governmental bodies. From 2000 to 2014, nearly half a million Americans died from drug overdoses. In 2015, more than 50,000 people died from drug overdoses, and 33,000 were opioid-related. Prescription overdoses continue to cause more […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: Dec. 8, 2017
From Minimus Spine’s European distribution deal to Stimwave receiving FDA clearance, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Minimus Spine inks EU distribution deal Minimus Spine announced in a Dec. 4 press release that it has signed its first European distribution deal with Italian company Moss […]
Dentsply Sirona clears the deck, ousting chairman, CEO & COO | Personnel Moves, Oct. 3, 2017
Dentsply Sirona (NSDQ:XRAY) yesterday cleared the deck of its upper management, ousting its chairman, CEO and COO, appointing an interim chief executive and promoting from within for the interim operating chief role. That means chairman Bret Wise, CEO Jeffrey Slovin and COO Christopher Clark are out, replaced temporarily by Eric Brandt, Mark Thierer and Bob […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: July 14, 2017
From Novarad touting its VR-surgical guidance system to Zynex paying off its $2.2M loan, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Stimwave announces first patient in Brazil Stimwave announced in a July 5 press release that its first patients in Brazil have received Stimwave’s wireless pain relief […]
Stimwave Tech wins CE Mark for SandShark neurostim anchor system
Stimwave Technologies won CE Mark approval for its SandShark percutaneous injectable anchor system designed to be used in conjunction with its wireless neurostimulator devices to treat chronic pain, according to its distributor Freedom Neuro BV. The SandShark anchor system is designed to affix the neurostimulator device once the stimulator has been injected. The system slides […]
LivaNova snags former J&J exec Huston as CFO | Personnel Moves, May 24, 2017
LivaNova (NSDQ:LIVN) said last week that it picked up former Johnson & Johnson medical device group chief financial officer Thad Huston as its new CFO, effective May 20. Huston will replace former CFO Vivid Sehgal, who coordinated with Huston during the transition. Huston spent more than 25 years with Johnson & Johnson, and held various positions, […]
Stimwave wins 5-year DoD contract to supply SCS devices
Stimwave Technologies said today it won a Distribution and Pricing Agreement with the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency. Through the 5-year contract, Stimwave will supply the Agency with its Freedom spinal cord stimulation systems. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based company touted the contract as the 1st global agreement for SCS devices by a US government agency. […]