Cohort Company News - MedTech Innovator

How the future of minimally invasive surgery could revolutionize healthcare, featuring Centerline Biomedical

DateFeb 21 2019

Minimally invasive surgery promised faster recoveries, less pain, less ‘collateral’ damage to healthy parts of the body and fewer complications, thus reducing costs and improving...

Tech Kentucky businesses awarded $2.18M in SBIR/STTR match funding, featuring Liberate Medical

DateFeb 20 2019

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Ten high-tech Kentucky companies will receive $2.18 million in state matching funds to promote growth and job creation in high-paying research and technological...

General Electric : Picturing the Path to Precision Health and Better Care

DateFeb 12 2019

One-third of hospitalized sepsis patients die, according to research published in 2017 in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. Yet there’s recent research...

Redox To Power EHR Integration in Microsoft Teams Through FHIR

DateFeb 07 2019

MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Redox today announced that it is integrating with Microsoft Teams to enable secure, bidirectional data exchange with electronic health record (EHR) software at provider organizations using...

CathWorks FFRangio System Receives FDA Clearance

DateFeb 07 2019

CathWorks announced that its FFRangio System has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The FFRangio system demonstrated accuracy versus the invasive FFR...

Osso VR Awarded More Than $200,000 from the National Science Foundation to Advance its Surgical Skill Assessment Platform

DateFeb 06 2019

Osso VR Awarded More Than $200,000 from the National Science Foundation to Advance its Surgical Skill Assessment Platform Leading VR-based surgical training platform using NSF’s...

CathWorks Announces Completion of $30 Million Financing

DateFeb 04 2019

KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced the completion of a $30 million Series C financing round led by Deerfield Management. Jim Corbett, CathWorks...

GT Medical Technologies Announces $10 Million Financing to Support Launch of Targeted Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Brain Tumors

DateJan 31 2019

TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GT Medical Technologies, Inc., a company dedicated to improving the lives of patients with brain tumors, today announced that it has raised $10...

FDA Designates VentFree Muscle Stimulator a Breakthrough Device

DateJan 25 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation to the VentFree muscle stimulator. The device is being developed to prevent atrophy...

These Goggles Act Like Surgical X-Ray Specs

DateJan 25 2019

Augmedics’ Xvision headset superimposes CT scans and other medical imaging over a patient’s body during an operation. Augmedics’ surgical “X-ray specs” are really an augmented-reality...

Multi-Spectral Device Images Blood Flow and Perfusion

DateJan 24 2019

A new device reveals real-time blood flow and perfusion in vascular structures and critical tissues during surgery. The RFPi (Greenville, NC, USA) iCertainty platform provides...

Machine Learning Algorithm Detects Cervical Cancer

DateJan 24 2019

A novel colposcope uses an automated visual evaluation (AVE) algorithm to detect cervical cancer from even a single image. The MobileODT (Tel Aviv, Israel) Enhanced...

MobileODT deploys EVA System in first large scale AI pilot for cervical cancer screenings

DateJan 15 2019

MobileODT is rolling out its Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System in what it’s calling the first large-scale pilot program to examine the use of augmented...

FDA OKs Greenville firm to produce surgical device

DateJan 12 2019

The Daily Reflector Saturday, January 12, 2019 A Greenville company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing a hi-tech...

SafeHeal Completes First-in-Human Clinical Study of Endoluminal Bypass Sheath

DateJan 11 2019

SafeHeal, an innovator in the field of digestive surgery, has concluded its first-in-human clinical study for its novel Colovac bypass sheath in patients undergoing colorectal...

An Observational Study of Deep Learning and Automated Evaluation of Cervical Images for Cancer Screening

DateJan 07 2019

Background Human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening are lacking in most lower resource settings, where approximately 80% of more than 500 000 cancer cases occur annually....

MobileODT and partners to launch first wide-scale deployment of AI screening for Cervical Cancer

DateJan 07 2019

Chennai, India – January 7, 2019 – MobileODT, developer of the Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System, will partner with Genworks and Apollo Hospitals to deliver its FDA-cleared...

Vetex Medical Announces First Patient Treated in FIM Study of Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatment Designed to Remove Wall-Adherent Clot in Single Session, Without Thrombolytic Drugs

DateDec 19 2018

GALWAY, Ireland – December 19, 2018 – Vetex™ Medical Ltd. announced that the first patient has been treated in the VETEX (Venous Thrombus Extraction) Study, a...

Say goodbye to ‘what if’ in surgery — Dr. Jonathan Schoenecker on how VR helps orthopedic surgeons train for the OR

DateDec 18 2018

Surgical training technology company Osso VR launched its first pediatric orthopedic procedure module in partnership with the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Board-certified orthopedic...

Irish Medical Device Start-up Curing Irregular Heart Rhythms Wins the Prestigious ICI Innovation Award

DateDec 12 2018

GALWAY, Ireland, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — An Irish medical device’s company, AuriGen Medical has won the prestigious Global Innovation Award at the ICI conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. ICI...