In late 2018, Apple received FDA Clearance for their ECG app on the Apple Watch Series 4. Now Verily, part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced that the Verily Study Watch has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA as a Class II medical device for its on-demand ECG feature....
We recently launched Medtechy Deals, which helps source deals on gadgets, everyday carry essentials and online courses for employees in the healthcare industry....
Today the FDA issued a Letter to Health Care Providers about a recent publication in the Journal of the American Heart Association that suggests a possible increased risk of death at two years and beyond in patients with a type of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)...
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, which increases stroke risk five-fold, and accounts for almost one-third of all strokes. In the U.S. alone, AFib is responsible for approximately 130,000 deaths and 750,000 hospitalizations every year....
Abbott ($ABT) announced today that it has exercised its option to purchase Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device company developing a less-invasive heart valve replacement technology...
Medtronic just launched one of the cooler medical device applications in an effort to help patients' pacemakers and mobile devices communicate with one another....
From CNET Magazine: Medical advances can keep the tiniest hearts beating.https://t.co/jPDCujs7Jx
— CNET News (@CNETNews) January 15, 2019
We first caught wind of the FDA clearance for the TransEnterix Ultrasonic System via the TRXC Stock Group on Facebook and now TransEnterix shared an official announcement this morning....
Titan Medical ($TMDI) announced that a peer-reviewed multi-faculty paper featuring Titan’s single-port platform has been published in the January 2019 issue of Surgical Endoscopy. The paper highlights the feasibility, safety and ease of use of Titan’s single-port robotic technology for general surgery procedures and is available here....
Olympus recently announced a plan to develop the company into a truly global medical technology company. The transformation plan is called, “Transform Olympus”, and will start April 1, 2019....