Applaud Medical wins FDA breakthrough device designation for urinary stone device
Applaud Medical Inc. has secured breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its acoustic enhancer technology to be used in conjunction with ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy (URS-LL) for the fragmentation of calcium-based urinary stones. The San Francisco-based company is currently... Read More →
Vynca Secures $30 Million in Funding to Expand Integrated Palliative Care Platform
Vynca, a leading technology-enabled provider of holistic care for those with serious illnesses, raised $30 million in growth capital. The investment was led by Questa Capital with participation from existing investors including Generator Ventures, First Trust Capital Partners, 4100 Group... Read More →
SafeHeal Closes €40 Million Financing Co-Led by Sofinnova Partners and Genesis MedTech To Finance Its Colovac Device Through a Pivotal Clinical Trial in the United States
SafeHeal, a leading innovator in the field of digestive surgery and developer of the Colovac device, announced today a successful 40M€ financing, co-led by Sofinnova Partners and Genesis MedTech Group. Sofinnova Partners is a leading venture capital firm based in... Read More →
New Procedure to Revolutionise Paediatric Ear Surgery Performed for the First Time using AventaMed Solo + Tympanostomy Tube Device (TTD)
AventaMed DAC, a Cork, Ireland company announced the first use of its Solo+ TTD in a paediatric patient while the patient was awake. The procedure was performed by Dr. João Pimentel, a prominent otorhinolaryngologist specialist in Lisbon, Portugal at Hospital... Read More →
BioVentrix Expands Heart Failure Treatment Portfolio with Acquisition of MateraCor, Inc.
Revolutionary Heart Failure Therapy Company Also Adds New Executive and Well-Known Board Member to Enhance Expertise BioVentrix, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on less invasive therapies to treat the left ventricle (LV), known to be the root... Read More →
CoapTech Awarded Seed Fund Grant from Pennsylvania Pediatric Device Consortium
CoapTech, Inc, a medical device company focused on delivering transformative solutions for minimally-invasive surgery, announced today it has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (“PPDC”) for its PUMA-G Peds System, a device designed to provide... Read More →
Distalmotion Raises $90M to Accelerate Adoption of Surgical Robot Dexter
Distalmotion announced today the closing of a USD 90 million Series E financing to support the global commercialization of its surgical robot Dexter. Revival Healthcare Capital (Revival) led the round with participation from 415 CAPITAL (415), as well as existing... Read More →
Spect Is Fighting Blindness With a New Portable Eye Camera and Tele-Ophthalmology Platform
Millions of people are at risk of vision loss from diabetic retinopathy, yet they lack access to specialty eye care. Spect is making this care simple, accessible, and affordable by enabling eye diagnostics at home and through primary care providers.... Read More →
Iterative Scopes Announces $150 Million Series B to Advance AI-Driven Precision Medicine for Gastroenterology
Total of $182 million raised in 2021 including a $30 million Series A round that closed in August Series B round co-led by leading global investment firms Insight Partners and Clearlake Capital, with participation from existing investors Funding will accelerate... Read More →
Pops Self-care Platform Users Achieve Significantly Improved HbA1c Results in Clinical Study Published in the International Journal of Digital Health
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The International Journal of Digital Health has published the 24-month clinical study results showing a sustained and significantly improved HbA1c result for people with diabetes utilizing the Pops Self-care Platform for self-management. https://www.graphyonline.com/archives/IJDH/2021/IJDH-107/ “These results show that when digital health... Read More →