It often starts in the doctor’s office or the emergency room. A patient has broken their leg and will be in pain for weeks. Another patient has had back surgery and is on their way home, but it will take time before they’re fully recovered. A third patient has returned for a consult about the […]
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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 […]
Study: Glooko’s mobile app boosts glycemic control in patients with Type II diabetes
Glooko touted data today from a feasibility study evaluating the impact of its mobile insulin dosing system for people with Type II diabetes who are taking long-acting insulin. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it hoped to better understand the extent to which its system can make appropriate insulin titration adjustments and improve a patient’s […]
How slugs, snails & worms inspired Gecko Biomedical’s biocompatible sealant
The story behind Gecko Biomedical’s biocompatible sealant starts in the summer of 2009, when Boston Children’s Hospital‘s chief of cardiac surgery reached out to Jeffrey Karp about a problem he was experiencing in the operating room. Dr. Pedro del Nido told Karp, a professor of medicine at Harvard and the director of the Laboratory for […]
How etectRx’s “smart pill” aims to improve patient compliance trends
When Harry Travis first met Neil Euliano and learned about his medication adherence technology, the pharmaceutical industry was beginning to usher in the age of pricey drugs with Hepatitis C therapies that hit the market at prices like $500 or $1,000 dollars a pill. “It just so happened at the time, really expensive medications were […]
Propeller Health launches API to provide local asthma conditions to orgs, patients
Earlier this week, Propeller Health released an application programming interface to give local asthma conditions to anyone within the U.S. who is interested in using that data. The Air by Propeller API is a free service that uses a machine-learning model based on millions of days of anonymous asthma symptom data and environmental data. The […]
