NIH announces prize winners of maternal health diagnostics challenge (featuring Raydiant Oximetry)
Newswise — The National Institutes of Health today announced the winners of its NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) for Maternal Health, a prize competition for developers of diagnostic technologies to help improve maternal health around the world. Pregnancy and childbirth... Read More →
Nayam Innovations secures funding to launch technology for correcting refractive errors in the human eye
Nayam Innovations, an IP-driven medical device startup, announced securing an undisclosed amount of funds in their latest investment round. The funding round was led by IAN Fund – a seed/early-stage fund, and Bharat Innovation Fund. The Vinod Jain Family office, Mr. Sameer Desai (Zydus... Read More →
Retia Medical Raises $15M in Funding
Retia Medical, a Valhalla, NY-based innovator in advanced hemodynamic monitoring, secured $15m in Series B funding. The round was led by Fresenius Medical Care Ventures with participation from a second strategic investor, Red Cedar Ventures, and existing investor, the Pritzker-Vlock Family Office. The... Read More →
FDA clears Onkos Surgical’s 3D-printed pelvic reconstruction implants
The field of medicine has moved into a new dimension in recent years as 3D printing technology has become more accurate and been adapted to work with biocompatible and biological materials that can be shaped into implants, drugs, scar tissue... Read More →
FDA Accepts & Closes LimiFlex PMA Module (featuring Empirical Spine)
Empirical Spine, Inc., a medical device company creating a new class of spinal implant that works in parallel with the natural structures of the spine to restore functionality and optimize quality of life, recently had its Premarket Approval (PMA) Module... Read More →
Medtronic lands option to buy artery disease player CathWorks for up to $585M
Dive Brief: Medtronic has secured an option to acquire coronary artery disease management company CathWorks for as much as $585 million plus milestones. The deal sees Medtronic immediately invest $75 million in CathWorks and agree to co-promote its FFRangio System in the... Read More →
FDA Clears Eko’s Heart Disease Detection Ai For Adults And Pediatrics
AKLAND, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Eko, a digital health company advancing heart and lung disease detection, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Eko Murmur Analysis Software (EMAS) for detecting and characterizing murmurs found in... Read More →
This cardiac care startup just landed $20M for virtual rehab services (featuring Moving Analytics)
Moving Analytics (Movn), a virtual at-home intervention program for high-risk cardiac patients, claims to be “the most clinically validated” cardiac rehabilitation program on the market. Though other online-based programs exist, others either address other international markets, like Heart2Heart, or work... Read More →
Anumana Announces Issuance of New American Medical Association CPT Category III Codes for Novel ECG AI Analysis of Cardiac Dysfunction
Ground-breaking codes will facilitate the use, adoption, and pathway for potential reimbursement of AI-enhanced ECG-based algorithms, including Anumana’s pipeline of AI-enhanced ECG-based algorithms July 7, 2022 — Anumana, Inc., an AI-driven health technology company from nference, Inc., today announced the American Medical... Read More →
Surmodics acquires Vetex Medical to boost thrombectomy portfolio
According to the agreement, Surmodics made an upfront payment of $39.9m to Vetex. Medical device and in vitro diagnostics company Surmodics has acquired Ireland-based medical device maker Vetex Medical to extend its thrombectomy portfolio. Vetex Medical focuses on developing solutions... Read More →