Medical Product Outsourcing

AI-Powered Stroke Guidewire Granted Breakthrough Device Status

The Clotild Smart Guidewire System from Sensome provides physicians with critical information on a blood clot.

Business Wire 09.07.21

Neurological

Viz.ai Earns CE Mark for AI-Powered Stroke Care Software

Prepares to bring its life-saving intelligent care coordination system to Europe.

Viz.ai 06.30.21

Positioning controller with extreme power density

The EPOS4 micro 24/5 EtherCAT is the latest addition to the maxon family of positioning controllers.

Power at the press of a button.

Compact drive with integrated positioning controller.

Digital Health

Philips, Ibex Medical Analytics Partner to Accelerate Adoption of AI-Powered Digital Pathology

Combination of Philips’ digital pathology solutions and Ibex’s AI-powered Galen platform has improved reporting efficiency by 27 percent.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.27.21

Contract Manufacturing

Empowering Connected Medtech Manufacturing Workers

With a worker shortage on the horizon and lessons learned from the pandemic, connected workers could help ease the challenges ahead.

Online Exclusives Louis Columbus, Enterprise Software Strategist, DELMIAWORKS 05.13.21

Digital Health

Empowering Value-Based Care Through Interoperability

EHR interoperability and medical device connectivity enable healthcare providers to meet the shift toward value-based care and reimbursement.

Online Exclusives Josh Hetler, Executive Vice President, Business Intelligence, DataLink 05.13.21

Patient Monitoring

Biobeat Receives CE Mark for AI-Powered Remote Patient Monitoring Platform

Provides continuous vital sign measurement and patient deterioration identification capabilities in hospital and home settings.

Charles Sternberg, Assistant Editor 05.04.21

Software & IT

How AI-Empowered Quality Systems Shorten the Journey to Proactive Quality

A look into Quality 4.0’s impact on achieving proactive quality, the applications of AI in the life sciences, and use cases for the AI-empowered quality system.

Steve McCarthy, Vice President of Digital Innovation, Sparta Systems 05.03.21

Digital Health

FDA Clears AI-Powered Software for Early Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Virtual Nodule Clinic empowers clinicians to make optimal clinical decisions when catching lung cancer in its early stages.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.28.21

Viz.ai’s AI-Powered Platform Can Improve Outcomes for Stroke Patients

New data demonstrate reduced door-in door-out times, improved door-in-to-puncture times, and higher rates of good reperfusion.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.21.21

Digital Health | Software & IT

3M Bags Contract from Michigan Medicine for AI-Powered Clinician, Revenue Cycle Tech

Solutions aim to help Michigan Medicine reduce physician stress, bolster thorough clinical documentation.

Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 03.10.21

Diagnostics

FDA OKs Canon Medical's AI-Powered, 90cm Bore CT

Company claims the Aquilion Exceed LB CT offers the industry's largest bore opening.

Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 01.21.21

Diagnostics

FDA Clears AI-Powered Full Field Peripheral Blood Smear Application

Israel-based Scopio Labs' solution is tailored to augment hematology diagnostics.

Scopio Labs 12.02.20

Diagnostics

RSNA News: RADLogics’ AI-Powered COVID-19 Medical Imaging Solutions

The company’s latest algorithm enhancements to help radiologists distinguish between coronavirus and other abnormalities.

RADLogics 11.30.20

Diagnostics

Hologic Launches 3DQuorum Imaging Tech, Powered by Genius AI, in Europe

Designed to help improve mammography efficiency and workflow.

Business Wire 10.26.20

Cardiovascular | Patient Monitoring

FDA OKs GE Healthcare's Vivid Ultra Edition AI-Powered Cardiovascular Ultrasound

System is designed to shorten diagnostic exam time and improve measurement consistency.

Business Wire 10.12.20

CE Marking Received for Osprey Medical's DyeVert Power XT Device

Second-generation device is expected to be a core product in the product portfolio being commercialized by GE Healthcare.

Business Wire 10.05.20

Understanding the Power of the FDA Pre-Sub: Tips for a Successful Meeting

On Sept 30, Nelson Labs will cover what the pre-submission process is, how to initiate a meeting and how to prepare and run the meeting to gain the best results

08.18.20

Surgical

Study Shows Efficacy of Echelon Powered Staplers

Demonstrated lower rate of bleeding complications during sleeve gastrectomy compared to other surgical stapling systems.

Ethicon 08.06.20

Powering Medical Sensors From Sea Creature Shells

A Purdue University team used a natural biopolymer from marine crustacean shells to create triboelectric nanogenerators.

Purdue University 06.11.20

Neurological

Rice Team Makes Tiny, Magnetically Powered Neural Stimulator

Electrically stimulates the brain and nervous system without using a battery or wired power supply.

Rice University 06.08.20

Patent for AI-powered Medical Device Safety Monitoring Granted in Indonesia

The patent ensures rights to a system that enables AI-powered supervision of the functionality of mobile medical equipment with injection apparatus.

news.cision.com 05.28.20

3M, Ford Begin Shipping New Powered Air-Purifying Respirators

More than 10,000 newly designed PAPRs are ready to be shipped to healthcare workers fighting COVID-19.

Business Wire 05.07.20

R&D & Design

Medtech R&D Must Address Outcomes in Value-Based Care

Clinical requirements are no longer the only cornerstone of medical device development.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.24.20

Electronics | Patient Monitoring

Sweat-Powered Electronic Skin Can Monitor Health

Can be embedded with sensors to measure heart rate, body temperature, levels of blood sugar, and metabolic byproducts .

California Institute of Technology 04.23.20

The Medtech Supply Chain and COVID-19

How are service providers and component suppliers adjusting to life during a pandemic to ensure they maintain quality?

Online Exclusives Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 04.22.20

Non-Traditional Thinking Can Help Drive Medtech R&D

Non-healthcare-related companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple can provide the medtech industry with unique solutions to age-old problems.

Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.21.20

3M, Cummins Partner to Boost Powered Air Purifying Respirator Filter Production

The 3M designed filters will be made in Cummins’ Neillsville, Wis. plant.

Business Wire 04.15.20

Contract Manufacturing

Philips Partners with Flex, Jabil to Speed Hospital Ventilator Production

Philips hopes to manufacture 4,000 units per week by the third quarter.

Philips 04.14.20

Tolomatic Develops Open-Source, Ventilator Actuation Prototypes

The proposed technologies are the first step in creating innovative emergency ventilators for patients around the world.

Tolomatic 04.13.20

Polarity Medical Developing Virus-Killing UV-C Light

Technology is designed to automatically sterilize doorknobs, railings, pin pads and other CDC-defined high-touch areas.

PR Newswire 04.08.20

PhysIQ Expands Patent Portfolio for Artificial Intelligence Analytics in Wearables

Company receives patent for deep net approach to estimating functional capacity daily from continuous wearable sensor data.

PhysIQ 04.07.20

R&D & Design

Examining the Usability of Medical Software

Developers need to consider the ‘human factor’ when it comes to testing medical device software.

Bruce Johnston, Senior Software Engineering Specialist, MedAcuity Software 04.01.20

Digital Health

Digital Defenders: COVID-19 Creates a Spotlight on Digital Health Tools

Digital health tools like telemedicine, AI algorithms, and connectivity are playing an increasingly important role in helping prevent and manage disease.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.01.20

Tubing & Extrusion

Pathways to Care: Tubing Technologies

Tubing is incorporated into a variety of medical technologies, which is why the demands on manufacturers of the components are increasing substantially.

Mark Crawford, Contributing Writer 04.01.20

Diagnostics

Gaining a Clearer Picture of Hitachi

Diagnostic imaging is gaining the attention of many in healthcare as the technologies shrink in size and become available to those outside the hospital.

Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 04.01.20

Diagnostics