Medtech in a Minute: COVID-19 Fraud, a Virtual AFib Trial, and More
FDA Cracks Down on Fraudulent COVID-19 Tests
The agency revised its earlier policy on COVID-19 antibody tests to cut down on false and inappropriate marketing claims that have cropped up. In March it was critical for FDA to provide regulatory flexibility for serology test developers, given the nature of this public health emergency. But officials said this week that flexibility never meant they would allow fraud.
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Now May Not Be the Best Time for an IPO
Pulmonx was poised to go public but the global pandemic forced the company to switch gears. Still, Pulmonx managed to raise $66 million...
Source: MDDI - May 8, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news
Pulmonx Delays IPO and Reels in $66M Financing
Pulmonx has raised $66 million in a financing round despite a lull in procedures and a turbulent economy caused by the negative impact of the novel coronavirus [COVID-19].
The commercial-stage medical device firm, which was on the list of 16 Promising Private Medtech Companies in 2019, developed the Zephyr Valve System, a minimally invasive treatment from patients suffering from emphysema.
The financing round comes a little more than a month after Pulmonx delayed its $86 million IPO.
“We were poised to take the company public,†Pulmonx CEO Glen French told MD+DI. “What ...
Source: MDDI - May 5, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Implants Business Source Type: news
Coronavirus Fears Have People With Asthma, Emphysema Avoiding the ER
(Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - April 21, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Cardiology, Family Medicine, Infections, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Asthma, News, Source Type: news
Coronavirus Fears Have People With Asthma, Emphysema Avoiding the ER
TUESDAY, April 21, 2020 -- Doctors are increasingly worried that people are mistaking stay-at-home orders to mean they should avoid emergency medical care -- including for serious lung diseases.
People with chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 21, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Texture analysis could help quantify COPD on CT
CT image texture analysis may enable low-dose CT lung cancer screening exams...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Seattle: COVID-19 patients compromised by comorbidities
AI can accurately quantify emphysema on CT
Should CT be added to criteria for diagnosing COPD?
U.K. group uses math to characterize lung disease on CT
Genetic variation in lung airways elevates risk of COPD (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 13, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Pneumorrachis and pneumocephalus associated with neck injury after stabbing - Akgul MH.
We present a case of pneumorrachis and pnemocephalus developing in the literature for... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The Surprisingly Long History of the Ventilator, the Machine You Never Want to Need
With millions of people across the U.S. and the world battling COVID-19 infections, many of them struggling to breathe, ventilators have become a top priority for the health-care workers trying desperately to keep patients alive. And those machines, which help patients breathe or breathe for them, are in startlingly short supply.
For doctors, resorting to a ventilator is an extreme measure, used when a patient’s lungs cannot supply enough oxygen on their own. Ventilators can also give a patient’s body time to rest when breathing is difficult, and allow doctors to more easily remove lung secretions or deliver me...
Source: TIME: Science - April 7, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Alejandro de la Garza Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Source Type: news
Can Remote Patient Monitoring Curb COVID-19?
BioIntelliSense’s BioSticker wearable sensor for monitoring patient vital signs remotely could prove useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. FDA cleared early this year to continuously monitor a patient’s respiratory rate, heart rate, and skin temperature, BioSticker can now also measure the frequency of a patient's coughing, sneezing, and vomiting, Jim Mault, CEO of BioIntelliSense, told MD+DI. In addition, “the BioIntelliSense Data Service in combination with the FDA-cleared BioSticker remote monitoring device and 5G-enabled BioHub allows for continuous health data for e...
Source: MDDI - March 16, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news
AI can accurately quantify emphysema on CT
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can provide fully automated quantification...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
From lab to clinic: How AI can help
What issues are hindering AI's utility in radiology?
Imaging shows rising scourge of black lung in coal miners
Should CT be added to criteria for diagnosing COPD? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Targeting deadly emphysema, Peninsula med device company seeks $86M IPO
The company has accumulated a deficit of $210 million over its 25 years, but it has a product on the market. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 28, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Targeting deadly emphysema, Peninsula med device company seeks $86M IPO
The company has accumulated a deficit of $210 million over its 25 years, but it has a product on the market. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 28, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Disseminated pneumocephalus secondary to air compressor injury - Suisa H, Sviri GE.
We report an unusual case of a young male patient who presented with severe pain and swelling of his left eyelid following an air compressor tip accident. He suffered extensive facial edema accompanied by deep tissue emphysema and an elevated intraocular p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
20 Private Companies to Watch in 2020
MD+DI has taken a hard look at the private medtech sector and developed this list of 20 private companies we will be paying particularly close attention to in the new year. It was not an easy task. There are so many interesting private companies in the industry right now that we started with a much longer list and whittled it down to the 20 companies that stood out most to us.
So without further ado, here are the 20 companies that made the cut:
4C Medical is developing the AltaValve, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) platform designed to address mitr...
Source: MDDI - December 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news
20 Private Medtech Companies to Watch in 2020
MD+DI has taken a hard look at the private medtech sector and developed this list of 20 private companies we will be paying particularly close attention to in the new year. It was not an easy task. There are so many interesting private companies in the industry right now that we started with a much longer list and whittled it down to the 20 companies that stood out most to us.
So without further ado, here are the 20 companies that made the cut:
4C Medical is developing the AltaValve, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) platform designed to address mitr...
Source: MDDI - December 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news
Vaping increases risk of lung disease by a third, U.S. study suggests
Using e-cigarettes significantly increases the risk of respiratory disease such as asthma and emphysema, a U.S. study suggests in one of the first studies to show these potential long-term harms. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
