CroíValve Secures €4M in Additional Funding to Initiate Clinical Trials
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–€4 million in additional financing has been secured by CroíValve, a high potential start-up (HPSU) supported by Enterprise Ireland developing a treatment for tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This is an issue affecting over half-a-million people every year in the US... Read More →
Pfizer launches pilot with home robot Mabu to study patient response to AI
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer today announced plans to launch a one-year pilot program with robotics company Catalia Health, maker of Mabu, a home robot that coaches patients on health and prescription drugs. Mabu uses voice interactions powered by conversational AI to assess... Read More →
FDA Clears 14-Day Carnation Ambulatory Monitor Patch
Seattle-based Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., a provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, announces that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA for the 14-day version of the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM), a P-wave centric ambulatory cardiac patch monitor... Read More →
Houston Business Journal announced that Texas Halo Fund invested $150,000 in TMCx03 alumni company, Allotrope Medical
Houston Business Journal announced that Texas Halo Fund invested $150,000 in TMCx03 alumni company, Allotrope Medical! We’re lucky to have Allotrope’s CEO & FounderAlbert Huang, MD, as our Innovation Strategist. Congratulations, Albert!! Cheers!🥂 http://bit.ly/2Zdh9x0 hashtag#medicaldevice hashtag#innovation hashtag#startups hashtag#Congratulations hashtag#houstontx hashtag#Texas... Read More →
Redox Announces Free Support for USCDI on FHIR
Redox, the leading cloud interoperability platform, announced today that the company has expanded further support for open standards including U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) on the FHIR standard. Accessing patient data through this functionality will be free for Redox customers. As... Read More →
Bone Solutions, Onkos ink private label deal
Bone Solutions said today that it entered into a private label licensing agreement with Onkos Surgical for its OsteoCrete bone void-filling technology. Colleyville, Texas-based BSI’s OsteoCrete is an FDA 510(k)-cleared magnesium-based injectable, moldable solution designed to attaching ligaments and tendons to bone and... Read More →
Miracor secures FDA breakthrough status for its heart attack device
Belgian devicemaker Miracor Medical received a breakthrough designation from the FDA for its treatment designed to limit the damage of a heart attack. Miracor’s PiCSO Impulse System is delivered to the heart’s coronary vessels through a minimally invasive procedure in patients... Read More →
Results support feasibility of entirely extracardiac, minimally invasive, temporary pacing system
New results support the feasibility of an entirely extracardiac pacing method in a heterogeneous patient population, using a minimally invasive, parasternal delivery approach, with adequate sensing and thresholds suited for temporary pacing. The study, authored by Anne-Floor BE Quast, Niek... Read More →
Gore’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center Fosters Collaboration At Newly Opened Prototyping Lab
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 15, 2019 — W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), continues to contribute its more than 60 years of material science expertise to Silicon Valley’s startup community through its Santa Clara based Innovation Center. To further... Read More →
Virtual and augmented reality can save lives by improving surgeons’ training
Rapid advances in the development of medical devices in the 21st century are contributing to healthier lives, but bring with them a new challenge: teaching clinicians how to use these often-complicated technologies. Teaching them poorly, or failing to do it... Read More →