CathWorks FFRangio System Receives Regulatory Approval in Japan
CathWorks today announced the approval of The CathWorks FFRangio™ System by the Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). The CathWorks FFRangio System is a non-invasive diagnostic technology that is used at the time of a routine angiography. The CathWorks... Read More →
Neural Analytics Enrolls First Patient With Its Next-Generation Lucid Robotic System
Neural Analytics Inc., a medical robotics company developing and commercializing technologies to measure and track brain health, announced the first subjects enrolled with its next-generation robotic platform as part of the IRB approved CODEX study, a prospective, single arm, multi-center,... Read More →
Sudbury med-tech company counts down to product launch
A Sudbury startup medical device company is about six months away from commercializing its product after winning a prestigious award in Boston this fall. Flosonics Medical, founded in February 2015, is focused on making a wearable ultrasound monitor to help... Read More →
Empirical Spine completes enrollment in LimiFlex pivotal trial
Empirical Spine announced that it completed enrollment in the investigational arm of its U.S. investigative device exemption trial studying its LimiFlex therapy for patients suffering from degenerative spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis. The trial reached its target of 135 LimiFlex patients... Read More →
Arterys Launches the First Viewer-Based AI Marketplace for Medical Imaging, Fueling Open Innovation
Arterys, the San Francisco–based pioneering AI startup known for its internet platform for medical imaging, will debut its open innovation platform, the Arterys Marketplace, at RSNA 2019. The Arterys Marketplace makes medical imaging AI available to anyone in the world.... Read More →
How GE Healthcare is investing in MedTech Innovation
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) appears to be taking the “throw it against the wall and see what sticks” approach when it comes to medtech innovation. GE’s Chicago-based healthcare subsidiary today announced a medtech 3D printing partnership with Formlabs (Somerville, Mass.). GE Healthcare also disclosed... Read More →
FDA approves ApiFix MID-C system for progressive AIS
Israeli medical devices manufacturer ApiFix has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing its minimally invasive deformity correction system (MID-C system) or the treatment of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) through a humanitarian device exemption... Read More →
PhotoniCare Takes Home First Place at HealthTECH Startup Competition
Illinois Ventures portfolio company PhotoniCare won first place and $25,000 at the 7th Annual Insight Product Development 2019 HealthTECH Startup Competition. The annual competition brings together entreprenuers and industry leaders and aims to improve lives by bringing innovative health solutions to... Read More →
Medable Powers University of Connecticut Department of Kinesiology and Hartford Healthcare Virtual Study on Statin-Related Adverse Events
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Medable Inc., a leading provider of a digital trials platform that connects patients, sites and clinical trial teams, today announced that the University of Connecticut (UConn) Department of Kinesiology and Hartford Healthcare, has selected its cloud-based platform... Read More →
Top UT Inventions and Innovations of 2019
Dell Seton Medical Center’s John Uecker performs about 350 laparoscopic surgeries a year and was frustrated by constantly having to stop surgery to clean the camera lens. Cleaning the lens meant breaking concentration; removing the camera from the patient’s body; cleaning the... Read More →