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DTW Podcast: Geoff Martha updates Medtronic’s new course; AJAX CEO Duke Rohlen is funding innovation differently

February 26, 2021 By Tom Salemi

Less than a year into his role as CEO, Geoff Martha and the Medtronic leadership has overseen a significant reorganization of medtech’s largest player. In our closing keynote conversation, Martha says the company is clearing a minor COVID-19 bump and sees open road for the company to continue to grab share from competitors. Martha details […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Device Talks Podcasts, Featured, Special Content Tagged With: Abiomed, ajaxhealth, Asensus Surgical, becton dickinson, DeviceTalks Weekly, Medtronic, Pavmed, Scanwell Health, TransEnterix, Verb Surgical, VIDA FLaSH Acquisitions, Zeus

Medtechs can’t set digital strategies aside – DTW Podcast

January 19, 2021 By Tom Salemi

Digital connectivity no longer belongs in the final slides of a medtech company’s pitch deck. In the latest DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, three leaders pushing for connected medical devices explain the need to incorporate data collection and monitoring functionality in new devices. Scott Huennekens, who advanced the “digital surgery” strategy when he helped launch Verb Surgical, […]

Filed Under: Device Talks Podcasts, Digital Health, Featured, Health Information Technology, Robotics, Surgical Tagged With: Abbott Laboratories, BrightInsight, Cantel Medical Corp., Corindus Vascular Robotics, Johnson and Johnson, Steris Corp., Theranos, Verb Surgical

CEO Ryan explains how Cala Health is building bioelectronic medicine business

June 12, 2020 By Tom Salemi

In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi, editorial director of DeviceTalks events and content, visits with Renee Ryan, the CEO of neuromodulation startup Cala Health. Ryan came to Cala from the venerable medtech investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., where she made over 15 investments helping to create companies including Auris Surgical, Cala […]

Filed Under: Bioelectronic Medicine, Device Talks Podcasts, Neurological Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Cala Health, Johnson and Johnson, Verb Surgical

J&J to acquire remaining stake in Verb Surgical

December 20, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced today that it agreed to acquire the remaining stake in Verb Surgical, following a successful strategic collaboration with Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL) life sciences unit Verily. Verb Surgical’s robotics and data science capabilities were the driving force behind Johnson & Johnson’s decision to combine with the company as it seeks to advance medical interventions, making […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Mergers & Acquisitions, Robotics, Surgical Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Johnson and Johnson, Verb Surgical, Verily

Huennekens out, Azarbarzin in at Verb Surgical | Personnel Moves, July 24, 2019

July 24, 2019 By Brad Perriello

Veteran medtech executive Scott Huennekens is out as CEO of Verb Surgical, the robot-assisted surgery joint venture between Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Google parent Alphabet (NSDQ:GOOGL), which today installed Kurt Azarbarzin in the corner office. Azarbarzin, himself a medical device industry longtimer, was co-founder & CEO of SurgiQuest until its 2016 acquisition by ConMed (NSDQ:CNMD), where he was named […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Robotics Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), currenthealth, Hologic, Johnson and Johnson, maxqai, micronsolutions, NeuroPace, Optum, Personnel Moves, Sorrel Medical, Tactile Systems Technology, Verb Surgical, Zynex

Johnson & Johnson CEO Gorsky: Verb Surgical robotics program ‘on track’

July 19, 2017 By Brad Perriello

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) executives yesterday said the company is “on track” with its Verb Surgical prototype robot-assisted surgery platform, with chairman & CEO Alex Gorsky labeling the healthcare giant’s approach with Alphabet‘s (NSDQ:GOOGL) Verily Life Sciences as “computerized surgery.” “We are quite excited about our computerized surgery program. Everything up to this point in time is on track. […]

Filed Under: Robotics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Verb Surgical

Robotic surgery: Here’s everything you need to know

May 17, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

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Filed Under: News Well, Robotics Tagged With: Auris Surgical Robotics, CMR Surgical, Corindus Vascular Robotics, Intuitive Surgical, mazorrobotics, Medrobotics, Robotic Surgery, surgical robotics, Verb Surgical

DeviceTalks Q&A: Verb Surgical CEO Scott Huennekens

December 21, 2016 By MassDevice

Few CEOs have been given the mandate Scott Huennekens was charged with as employee No. 1 at Verb Surgical, the robotics spinout backed by Google (NSDQ:GOOG) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ): Go forth and change the world. “Don’t worry about capital, don’t worry about funding,” Huennekens told MassDevice.com publisher Brian Johnson recently. “Just go out and change the world.” Many CEOs […]

Filed Under: Device Talks Podcasts, DeviceTalks Q&A, Robotics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Verb Surgical, Volcano Corp.

J&J and Google’s Verb Surgical looks to define, lift robotic surgery

October 20, 2016 By Fink Densford

Robotic surgery units available on the market right now are not technically “robots,” according to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) worldwide medical devices chairman Gary Pruden. But Verb Surgical, J&J’s joint venture with Google parent Alphabet‘s (NSDQ:GOOGL) Verily Life Sciences, will be looking to produce a system that is truly robotic, and that will help improve surgical outcomes worldwide. According to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Research & Development, Robotics Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Intuitive Surgical, Johnson and Johnson, Verb Surgical, Verily

New crop of robots to vie for space in the operating room

July 28, 2016 By MassDevice

(Reuters) – Even though many doctors see need for improvement, surgical robots are poised for big gains in operating rooms around the world. Within 5 years, 1 in 3 U.S. surgeries – more than double current levels – is expected to be performed with robotic systems, with surgeons sitting at computer consoles guiding mechanical arms. Companies developing new […]

Filed Under: Robotics Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Intuitive Surgical, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, titanmedical, TransEnterix, Verb Surgical

Johnson & Johnson’s robotics unit Verb Surgical aims for end-of-year unveiling

May 20, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) expects its Verb Surgical robot-assisted surgery business to move from concept to product design by the end of the year, company officials said this week as they updated investors on their plans for the world’s largest medical device business. Gary Pruden, chairman of J&J’s $25.1 billion medical device division, said Verb Surgical expects to […]

Filed Under: Robotics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Johnson and Johnson, Verb Surgical

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