Livongo Health said yesterday it acquired weight-management and disease-prevention program developer Retrofit for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition, Mountain View, Calif.-based Livongo Health said it will make Retrofit’s Diabetes Prevention program available as Livongo DPP, powered by Retrofit. Livongo said the acquisition acts as a compliment to its Livongo for Diabetes and Livongo for Hypertension […]
Livongo raises $105m for digital diabetes management platform
Livongo Health closed a $105 million round led by a group of investors including General Catalyst, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Echo Health Ventures. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has developed Livongo for Diabetes – a collection of connected devices that enable people with diabetes to interact with a virtual care team. “We are particularly […]
FDA approves first AI-powered device to detect diabetic retinopathy
The FDA today approved the first medical device to harness artificial intelligence for the detection of diabetic retinopathy in adults who have diabetes. IDx’s software uses an algorithm to analyze images of the eye taken with a retinal camera. A doctor uploads the images to a cloud server with IDx-DR software, which then tells the […]
Machine-learning model helps detect diabetic patients at risk for kidney damage
Medial EarlySign touted data today from a study of its algorithm designed to identify diabetic patients who have the highest risk of developing renal dysfunction. The company’s machine-learning model looks at data from electronic health records to make predictions about patients’ health. In this study, the company reported that the algorithm identified 45% of patients who […]
How conversations with virtual people could help mitigate the opioid crisis
Medtech stories we missed this week: Dec. 8, 2017
From Minimus Spine’s European distribution deal to Stimwave receiving FDA clearance, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Minimus Spine inks EU distribution deal Minimus Spine announced in a Dec. 4 press release that it has signed its first European distribution deal with Italian company Moss […]
Silicone patch for laser-assisted tattoo removal wins new FDA clearance
Merz North America said today that its Describe PFD patch was cleared by the FDA for all commonly-used lasers. The single-use, perfluorodecalin-infused patch is used during laser-assisted tattoo removal to allow for multiple passes in a single treatment session. Merz’s dual-layer patch was first cleared by the FDA in April 2015 for use with the 755 […]
QuiO, SHL Group partner for connected drug-delivery tech
SHL Group and the New York-based startup QuiO announced today that the two companies have inked a strategic partnership to combine SHL’s drug-delivery systems and QuiO’s ConnectedRx solution. As part of their collaboration, the companies hope to integrate connectivity into drug-delivery devices in an effort to boost user experience and improve adherence. “SHL has pushed […]
Rivanna tackles epidural failure rates with its hand-held imaging device
When they were students in the biomedical engineering department at the University of Virginia, Will Mauldin and Kevin Owen found a problem that needed solving – anesthesiologists often fail to successfully place an epidural on their first try. It’s a problem that costs the medical system more than $1.5 billion each year, according to Rivanna Medical. […]
Draper develops novel device to deliver drugs to the inner ear
Millions of people around the world are losing their hearing thanks to inner ear disorders and the pharmaceutical industry has spent years working to develop therapeutics to help address this patient population. But Jeff Borenstein, lead scientist for drug delivery at Draper, discovered by talking to experts in the hearing loss field that many of […]
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