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Company News
Milestones, partnerships and announcements from across MedTech Innovator.
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MedTech Innovator Announces the 2026 Mid-Stage Grand Prize and Execution Award Winners
Vektor Medical wins the $200,000 Mid-Stage Grand Prize for its AI-enabled arrhythmia mapping from a standard 12-lead ECG; Lenneuro wins the $25,000 Execution Award.
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MedTech Innovator Announces 2026 Grand Prize and Best Video Winners at The MedTech Conference Powered by AdvaMed
Feminai wins the $350,000 Grand Prize for an at-home breast cancer screening tool; GenesisTissue and Imagine Devices win Best Video Awards.
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MedTech Innovator Announces 2026 Mid-Stage Prize and Execution Award Finalists
Ten MTI cohort companies will compete for the $200,000 Mid-Stage Grand Prize and the $25,000 Execution Award at the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit in San Diego, November 3–4.
Alumni News
Where our program graduates are making an impact.
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AION Biosystems selected as one of 15 companies for the Mayo Clinic Platform Surgical Innovation Challenge
AION Biosystems has been selected as one of 15 companies for the Mayo Clinic Platform Surgical Innovation Challenge, Nov. 14–16 in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Powerful Medical granted CPT code for AI ECG heart attack detection, weeks after FDA De Novo authorization of Queen of Hearts™
Category III code 1139T becomes effective January 1, 2027, giving U.S. physicians and hospitals a dedicated procedure code to report AI ECG analysis for heart attacks.
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Little Sparrows Technologies receives Innovative Technology designation from Vizient for bili-hut™ neonatal phototherapy
The Vizient designation recognizes Vizient-contracted products that bring improvement to the healthcare industry.
Patient Stories
First-hand accounts from the people our technology was built for.
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Cooler Heads: How Scalp Cooling Is Changing the Experience of Chemotherapy
For many patients, losing their hair is one of the hardest parts of chemotherapy. Cooler Heads’ portable Amma scalp cooling system helped one breast cancer patient keep her hair, and her privacy, through six rounds of treatment.
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EpiWatch in Action: How Real-Time Seizure Data Is Changing Epilepsy Care
For Rose, who has lived with seizures since she was 8, EpiWatch’s real-time alerts brought her family peace of mind and gave her care team the objective data they needed to fine-tune her implanted neurostimulator.
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A Patient Had a Brain Aneurysm That Wouldn’t Respond to Treatment. MonarchBio’s New Device Changed Everything.
A 74-year-old woman's giant brain aneurysm kept growing despite treatment with the gold-standard flow diverter. A rescue procedure with MonarchBio's Titan stent sealed it within four weeks, and her symptoms fully resolved.
MedTech Innovator Blog
Perspective from the MTI team on where medtech is heading.
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2026 Innovator Summit: Bridging Innovators, Shaping the Future
The 2026 Innovator Summit, held June 2–4 in San Francisco, brought together the MTI, BioTools Innovator, MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific, and U.S. Market Access Program cohorts with partners, mentors, judges, and alumni for three days of learning and connection.
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The 2026 MTI Index
The inaugural 2026 MTI Index tracks 65 MTI Index Companies, the top 3.6% of more than 1,800 global applicants, as a live, scored class starting at 1,000 points on June 1, 2026.
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The 2026 Radar Forum Recap: Our Biggest Event Yet
More than 140 early-stage medtech companies pitched in person at the 2026 Radar Forum in Manhattan Beach, evaluated by investors, regulators, clinicians, payers, and strategics. Here's what stood out and why it matters.