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Cardiovascular | Surgical
Abbott Wins Expanded Medicare Coverage for MitraClip
Includes patients with secondary (or functional) mitral regurgitation resulting from heart failure.Abbott Laboratories 01.20.21
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Smiths Medical Launches EchoGlo Peripheral Nerve Block Portfolio
The technology aims to help clinicians confidently place local anesthetic.Smiths Medical 01.12.21
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Cardiovascular | Surgical
Foldax Earns FDA Approval for Biopolymer Mitral Heart Valve Study
Valve designs intended to resist calcification, withstand stresses and strains without failure.Business Wire 12.14.20
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Summit Medical, Practico Solutions Develop Tracking Module for Robotic Instrument Reprocessing
Medical device manufacturer responds to recent FDA guidance update to ensure hospital compliance.Business Wire 10.22.20
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Cardiovascular
Medtronic, The Foundry to Develop Mitral Valve Repair Technology
Half Moon Medical’s technology now ready for evaluation in early feasibility study.Medtronic plc 10.15.20
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Cutera Taps Smith+Nephew Executive for CFO Position
New hire has more than two decades of finance and business development experience in the medical device industry.Business Wire 09.29.20
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Cardiovascular
Abbott’s MitraClip G4 Receives CE Mark
Offers physicians an innovative system with more options for mitral valve repair using proven clip-based technology.Abbott 09.21.20
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Cardiovascular
CardioMech Gains $18.5M Series A for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Technology
The Series A will fund CardioMech's journey to treat patients in a first-in-human feasibility trial.PR Newswire 08.05.20
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Electronics | Patient Monitoring
Implantable Transmitter Provides Wireless Option for Biomedical Devices
Micro-chip technology could be used to monitor people with glaucoma and heart disease.Purdue University 08.05.20
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Smiths Medical Receives $20M Federal Funding for COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts
Investment will support increased syringe and needle device production for Operation Warp Speed vaccine program.Business Wire 07.15.20
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Diagnostics
3M, MIT Developing Rapid, POC COVID-19 Test
Accelerated research is underway to learn if a simple-to-use, diagnostic device can produce highly accurate results in minutes.Business Wire 07.14.20
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Diagnostics | Testing
Neoteryx's Mitra Device Registered with Australian TGA
Can now be imported into Australia for use in research and clinical diagnostic applications.PRNewswire 06.22.20
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Australia's Clinical Trial Ecosystem Commitment to Benefit Medtech Industry
Country's health department dedicated $614 million in 2019 towards clinical trials being conducted in rural, regional, and remote areas.GlobalData 06.05.20
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Smith+Nephew Launches Tula Ear Tube Placement System
Ear tubes can be placed in an awake child during an office visit without need for general anesthesia.PR Newswire 05.29.20
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Cardiovascular
Smiths Medical Expands Vascular Access Offering with Access Scientific Buy
The company acquires the POWERWAND midline and extended dwell catheters.Business Wire 05.13.20
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Winning from the Sidelines: What Can We Do Now to Mitigate Pandemic Fallout?
The “For Such a Time as This OrthoChallenge” is a contest to determine the top 10 ideas that will best serve orthopedic patients.Dawn A. Lissy, Empirical 05.01.20
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Electronics | Patient Monitoring
Sensors Woven into a Shirt Can Monitor Vital Signs
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients' health.Massachusetts Institute of Technology 04.24.20
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BEAT19 Crowdsourcing Study Jump Starts Data Collection for Coronavirus Research
Two hundred forty million Americans can play a vital role in the search for a vaccine or treatment by contributing critical data from home.Globe Newswire 04.16.20
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MIT Begins Mass Manufacture of Disposable Face Shields
A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass-produced.Videos Mary Beth Gallagher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Circadia Health Commits $3 Million in Respiratory Monitors to Combat COVID-19
Effort is in response to FDA’s latest guidance to expand the availability and capability of non-invasive remote respiratory monitoring devices.Globe Newswire 04.02.20
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Georgia Permits Shuttered Sterilization Facility to Reopen to Help Fight Pandemic
State temporarily allows Sterigenics to sterilize personal protective equipment and increases BD's device sterilization caseload.Staff and Wire Reports 03.31.20
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Neurological
3D Printed Soft, Rubbery Brain Implants
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.Massachusetts Institute of Technology 03.30.20
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Cardiovascular
Edwards Pauses Enrollments in Pivotal Mitral, Tricuspid Trials
Decision was made in response to hospitals' focus on COVID-19.PR Newswire 03.30.20
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
Risks of Using 3D Printing to Make Personal Protective Equipment
There are a lot of issues with certain types of 3D printed parts with respect to their use in a clinical setting.Mary Beth Gallagher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 03.27.20
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Digital Health
MobileSmith Health's Mobile Apps Support Hospital Response to COVID-19
Apps allow hospitals to share reliable, accurate information on the coronavirus pandemic with the community, hospital employees, and volunteers.Globe Newswire 03.24.20
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Optimizing Medtech Founder Value
Would optimizing valuation at seed and A rounds minimize founder dilution for better outcomes?Scott Phillips, CEO, StarFish Medical 03.04.20
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R&D & Design
The New Source of Medtech R&D
Do alliances between academia and the medical device industry represent the future of research and development in the medical device industry?Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 03.04.20
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Ingestible Medical Devices Can Be Broken Down with Light
New light-sensitive material could eliminate some of the endoscopic procedures needed to remove gastrointestinal devices.Massachusetts Institute of Technology 02.28.20
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Smiths Medical Launches Portex Tracheostomy Tubes and Kits
Tubes are available with or without inner cannula, cuffed or uncuffed.Business Wire 02.21.20
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Patient Monitoring
Low-Cost 'Smart' Diaper Notifies Caregiver When Wet
Design combines a common diaper material with RFID technology.Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office 02.18.20
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Companies Partner to Develop Needle-Free Drug Delivery Device
Portal Instruments has created a needle-free jet injector platform to address patient needs.Business Wire 01.28.20
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Chronic Disease | Patient Monitoring
Noninvasive Spectroscopy Could Monitor Blood Glucose
MIT study hopes to make needle pricks for diabetics a thing of the past.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office 01.27.20
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Smith+Nephew Acquires Tusker Medical
Adds the Tula in-office ear tube delivery system to its ENT portfolio.Smith+Nephew 01.24.20
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Cardiovascular | Surgical
Abbott to Begin MitraClip Trial for Moderate Risk Patients
Will assess transcatheter mitral valve repair against the current standard of care surgery.Abbott Laboratories 01.13.20
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TISSIUM Closes 39 Million Euro Series B Funding Round
Money will be used to expand the firm's platform of polymers across various therapeutic fields, including nerve repair, cardiovascular and gastroenterology.TISSIUM 01.10.20
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Materials
Nanoparticle Orientation Could Enhance Drug Delivery
Coating particles with “right-handed” molecules could help them penetrate cancer cells more easily.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office 11.06.19
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Contract Manufacturing | Materials | R&D & Design
Delivering the Goods: The Evolving World of Combination Products
This extremely diverse market fosters relationships between medical device and pharmaceutical companies.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 11.04.19
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Diagnostics
From Genome Sequencing to the World’s First Portable MRI
Dr. Jonathan Rothberg has risen about as high as a scientist can, save for the Nobel Prize.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 11.04.19
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Impeachment, Executive Orders, and Must-Pass Congressional Legislation: A Fall Update
The final quarter of 2019 has begun, which means Congress and the Trump Administration are hard at work finalizing healthcare initiatives before year's end.Jeffrey J. Kimbell, David C. Rudloff and Caroline P. Tucker, Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates Inc. 11.04.19
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Materials | Surgical
Double-Sided Tape for Tissues Could Replace Surgical Sutures
New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.Videos Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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Diagnostics
A Timely Triage Test for TB
New blood test could help millions of people infected with tuberculosis.Videos Lindsay Brownell
