Access Vascular Awarded Breakthrough Technology Agreement with Premier
Access Vascular, Inc. has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for a Breakthrough Technology contract with Premier. Effective September 1, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for the... Read More →
Neural networks and feature-based machine learning: The evolution of applications in Healthcare and Medtech
Nanowear, a New York-based connected care and companion diagnostic platform built on FDA-cleared nanotechnology, is delivering a new standard for remote patient monitoring. Our cloth-based nanosensors capture and transmit 15+ medical grade bio-markers, enabling our machine-learning algorithms to alert care... Read More →
The Conference Forum Announces Tasso Wins DPharm Idol Disrupt 2019 for Patient-Centric Blood Sampling Kits
Tasso was announced the winner of DPharm Idol Disrupt at the 9th annual DPharm: Disrupting Innovations to Advance Clinical Trials Conference. Tasso has a service that provides patient centric blood-sampling kits for use by participants in clinical trials. Tasso’s goal... Read More →
Houston medical device company launches is product in the U.S. and hires new exec
A Houston company is changing the game when it comes to early bleed detection, and now the company can provide its life-saving service to the United States. Saranas Inc., which received FDA approval for its Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System in... Read More →
NIH Awards Subtle Medical, Inc. $1.6 Million Grant to Improve Safety of MRI Exams By Reducing Gadolinium Dose Using AI
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Subtle Medical, a privately-held healthcare technology company focused on improving the quality, efficiency, and safety of medical imaging, announced that it received a Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant valued up to $1.6 million,... Read More →
CoapTech and Fidmi Medical to Collaborate on Groundbreaking G-Tube Systems
Baltimore, MD, 2019-Sep-18 — /EPR Network/ — CoapTech LLC (Baltimore, MD) and Fidmi Medical, Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel) announced today that they will be collaborating on bringing to market a set of next-generation products for the initial placement and long-term maintenance of gastrostomy tubes... Read More →
Osso VR Partners with Sawbones
Osso VR, a validated virtual reality (VR) surgical training platform, is partnering with Sawbones, the originator of “hands-on” orthopedic and medical workshop models worldwide. Together, they’re digitizing Sawbones’ traditional bone models to expand and diversify the products’ application, enabling the models to... Read More →
Grant for Greenville med device firm is a first in Eastern NC
GREENVILLE – RFPi, a Greenville medical device company, has landed the first Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer grant ever awarded by the National Institutes of Health in Eastern North Carolina or with East Carolina University as the academic research partner.... Read More →
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 →