Auris Grows Surgical Robotics Business With $80M Hansen Acquisition
Auris is expanding its robotic surgery portfolio with the acquisition of Hansen Medical in a deal worth $80 million. Hansen specializes in intravascular robotic catheter systems and was co-founded by Frederic Moll, a serial entrepreneur and current CEO of Auris. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Novartis' Alcon Partners With Eye Device Startup PowerVision
Alcon, the eye care business of Novartis, has announced an alliance with privately-held medical device startup PowerVision, which has developed a fluid-based lens implant for cataract patients who also have presbyopia, the age-related visual condition that makes it difficult to focus on close objects. The deal also provides Alcon the option to acquire PowerVision. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Boston Scientific Announces CE Mark For MRI Labeling Of Emblem™ S-ICD Systems
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has received CE Mark approval for the new EMBLEM™ MRI Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System, as well as magnetic resonance (MR) conditional labeling for all previously implanted EMBLEM S-ICD Systems. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
J&J Gains Momentum In Med Devices, Remains 'Disciplined' With Acquisitions
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is regaining momentum in medical devices, with several categories exceeding expectations in the first quarter. Also, the company is open to executing more M&A deals, but will do so with a "disciplined" approach. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Philips, Elekta Build MR-guided Linear Accelerator In The Netherlands
The National Cancer Institute (NKI) has begun construction on a high-field MR-guided linear accelerator (MR-linac) system, making it the third member of the Elekta MR-linac Consortium to do so since Elekta partnered with Philips in 2012. The MR-linac system, which combines MRI with radiation delivery, allows oncologists to better target difficult cancers and reduce the amount of radiation used in cancer therapies. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Propeller Partners With AMC Health To Improve Care Management And Outcomes For Chronic Respiratory Disease
Propeller Health, the leading digital health solution for respiratory medicine, and AMC Health, the leading provider of proven remote patient monitoring and engagement solutions that are exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, recently announced a partnership to help patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma better manage their disease and reduce symptoms and hospital visits. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Avedro Receives FDA Approval For Photrexa Viscous, Photrexa And The KXL System For Corneal Cross-Linking
Avedro, Inc., an ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical device company, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Photrexa Viscous, Photrexa and the KXL System. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
04.21.16 -- Fitbit Moving Into Medical | MIT's Tumor-Shrinking Implant
04/21/16Med Device Online Newsletter (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Insiders' Guide To Winning In the Drug Delivery Device Market — Part 5: The Internet of Things
To learn more about how the IoT will impact medtech as a whole, and drug delivery in particular, I interviewedStephen Wilcox, principal and founder of Design Science, Inc. Wediscussed his thoughts on trends in the drug delivery device market, how he sees the evolution of the IoT transforming healthcare technology, and what implications the technology holds for device developers. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
FDA Down-Classifies External Pacemaker Pulse Generators, Pacing System Analyzers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final order to reclassify external pacemaker pulse generators (EPPGs) and pacing system analyzers (PSAs) from Class III to Class II (special controls) medical devices. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Ultrasonic Wireless Signal Capable Of Streaming Video Through Human Body
Implanted devices may one day stream high-definition “Netflix-quality” video from inside the body, said scientists from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). By replacing radio frequency with an ultrasonic wireless signal, scientists have demonstrated a dramatic increase data rates through animal tissue, which would be enough to stream video or control small devices. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Germany's ‘Transcatheter Technologies' Sells Its Technology Portfolio To China's ‘Venus Medtech'
Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, a medical device company that has developed a full range of transcatheter valve implantation systems for catheter-based heart valve therapy, announced recently that it has sold its technology portfolio to Venus Medtech. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Fujitsu Successfully Develops A Breath Sensor Device That Quickly Measures Gas Components In People's Breath
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. recently announced that it has developed a portable breath sensor that can extract and quickly measure the concentration of only specified gas components, such as ammonia, that are included at low concentrations in people's breath and are suggested to be correlated with lifestyle diseases. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Material In Medtronic Leads Inducted Into Space Technology Hall Of Fame
The Space Foundation has inducted NASA Langley Research Center-Soluble Imide (LaRC-SI) - used in Medtronic plc leads connected to implantable cardiac devices - into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
St. Jude Medical Announces Launch And First US Implants Of MultiPoint Pacing Technology
St. Jude Medical, Inc. , a global medical device company, recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the company’s proprietary, first-to-market MultiPoint Pacing technology and today announced the U.S. launch and first U.S. implants of the Quadra Assura MP cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - April 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
