7 medtech stories we missed this week: May 5, 2017

[Image from unsplash.com]From Biomerics’s $38.5 million expansion in Salt Lake City to new study results and partnerships, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Biomerics opening new corporate HQ Biomerics announced in a May 1 press release that it is moving its corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City. The new facility will be 230,000 sq. ft and will be located in the International Center. It will have corporate offices, engineering offices, research and development labs and cleanroom manufacturing. Biomerics is expected to invest $38.5 million in the expansion and add more than 380 jobs over the next 8 years. It is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2018 and plans to be FDA and ISO-13485 registered for medical device manufacturing. 2. Refocus completes 1-year follow-up for clinical trial Refocus Group announced in a May 4 press release that it has successfully completed a 12-month follow-up on the 360 patients in its VisAbility Micro-Insert System for presbyopia clinical trial. The next step for Refocus will be preparing for Pre-Market Approval submission to the FDA. The VisAbility Micro-Insert System is the first presbyopic procedure performed outside the line-of-sight of the eyes that is designed to restore vision without the potential of compromising distance vision or depth perception. 3. Glytec touts study Glytec’s eGlycemic Management System study results show that the system has a 19% re...
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Tags: Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Imaging Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Regulatory/Compliance Research & Development Accuray Inc. Biomerics Glytec medPhoton MedTech Mevion Medical Systems Neural Analytics RAPS Refocu Source Type: news