Linear Health Sciences Gets FDA Clearance for Its Orchid Safety Release Valve
Linear Health Sciences has received the FDA’s 510(k) clearance and Health Canada approval for its Orchid SRV safety release valve. The tension-activated valve is designed to reduce the risk of intravenous (IV) catheter failure and replacement in hospitals. In a... Read More →
Sidekick and Pfizer launch digital therapeutics solution to tackle Atopic Dermatitis
Iceland-based international digital therapeutics innovator, Sidekick Health, has partnered with Pfizer Inc., one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies. This news follows the $55 million Series B funding that Sidekick secured recently in Iceland’s biggest round in 2022. With this, the total funding... Read More →
Malpani Ventures invests in Nesa Medtech
Why we invested in Nesa Medtech We are pleased to announce our investment in Nesa Medtech, a healthcare technology company focused on transforming women’s health through micro-invasive treatment for uterine fibroids. Malpani Ventures led the seed round in Nesa with existing... Read More →
Australian medical device company secures additional $12.5m to advance its breast cancer imaging system towards clinical trials (featuring OncoRes Medical)
OncoRes Medical’s imaging system may be a game-changer for breast cancer surgeons Australian medical device company OncoRes Medical today announces it has secured $12.5m to advance its innovative imaging system, to facilitate real-time tumour assessment to help surgeons more accurately... Read More →
How to Apply an Engineering Mindset to Your Medical Device Startup: Interview with Access Vascular CEO Jim Biggins
It’s easy to see that Jim Biggins, Founder and CEO of Access Vascular, is an entrepreneur at heart. He started business ventures as a teenager and has since strategically steered his career path to strengthen the skills needed to eventually launch his... Read More →
San Diego startup creates first portable “cold cap” to save chemotherapy patients’ hair
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – For many cancer patients, one of the worst parts of the disease stems from the treatment itself: hair loss from chemotherapy. But a San Diego entrepreneur has invented a new solution that will begin shipping to... Read More →
DTx firm Sidekick eyeing new partnerships after $55m round
Sidekick Health is already working with pharma heavyweights Pfizer and Bayer on gamified apps that can be paired with drug therapies to improve patient outcomes – and says it is poised to announce three more in the coming months. The... Read More →
Strados Labs Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Home Use of its Smart Sensor Platform for Respiratory Health, RESP®
Philadelphia, PA May 3, 2022 — Strados Labs, a medical technology company harnessing the power of smart sensors, machine learning and proprietary algorithms to provide early detection and predictions of worsening respiratory diseases, today announced it has received FDA Class II 510(k) clearance... Read More →
Ictero Medical Closes $6M Series A Financing
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ictero Medical, Inc., a medical device startup developing a novel cryoablation system to treat high-risk patients with gallstone disease, raised an oversubscribed $6M Series A financing led by MedTex Ventures, S3 Ventures, and an undisclosed strategic investor. The funding... Read More →
FDA Clears Caretaker Medical’s Patient Monitor for Continuous Hemodynamic Parameters
Caretaker Medical, a digital health provider of wireless patient monitoring technologies, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for four new continuous hemodynamic parameters, adding cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate variability, and left ventricular ejection time to its VitalStream non-invasive patient monitoring platform. The... Read More →