Smith & Nephew release 3D printed titanium hip implant
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) today launched its fully 3D-printed titanium Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology. The device was released at the American Academy of...
View ArticleMassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for March 1, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
View ArticleDiabetes: J&J’s LifeScan inks collab deal with WellDoc
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary LifeScan said today it inked a strategic collaboration deal with WellDoc Corporation and joined in a Series B round of financing for the company, with goals...
View ArticleMasimo launches Iris Gateway medical device data integration software
Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) said today it launched the Iris Gateway server-based medical device data integration software. The release was announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems...
View ArticleAOSS roundup: JNJ inks deal for bundled payments for hip & knee replacements
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes today announced an exclusive strategic alliance with Value Stream Partners, a company specializing in knee and hip replacement bundled payment...
View ArticleRecent US FDA regulatory updates you should know about
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The US FDA has been busy since late 2015, issuing several new and updated guidance documents related to Human Factors, eCopy submissions, oversight of lab developed...
View ArticleVirtual Incision’s inside-the-body surgical robot logs 1st-in-human use
Virtual Incision this week announced the 1st-in-human use of its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device, which was used in a colon resection procedures in Paraguay. The RASD is designed to...
View ArticleFDA approves Medtronic’s Specify SureScan MRI-safe neurostim leads
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that the FDA approved its MRI-safe Specify SureScan spinal cord stimulation leads for treating chronic pain. The Fridley, Minn.-based medtech titan said the approval...
View ArticleSunshine Heart halts trial, ousts CEO Rosa
Sunshine Heart (NSDQ:SSH) said today that it replace CEO David Rosa with John Erb and halted a pair of clinical trials of its C-Pulse heart failure device. The C-Pulse system is designed to use...
View ArticleGore wins FDA nod for Excluder stent graft
W.L. Gore & Assoc. said today that it won FDA approval for its Excluder stent graft for treating abdominal aortic aneurisms. The Excluder device is designed to treat aneurysms in the iliac arteries...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson unit inks spine implant development deal with Rainbow Medical
Rainbow Medical said today that it inked a deal with a unit of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes to co-develop a minimally invasive implant to treat degenerative disc disease....
View ArticleFDA clears Zimmer Biomet’s elbow-shoulder combo
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that the FDA cleared the combination of its Nexel total elbow system and the Comprehensive segmental revision system, which the company said was its 1st clearance...
View ArticleNovocure wins reimbursement from Humana for Optune brain cancer device
NovoCure (NSDQ:NVCR) said today it won reimbursement from Humana for treatments with its Optune device for patients with recurrent glioblastoma. The Optune is a mobile device that delivers...
View ArticleInVivo continues the roll, adds another site to Inspire study
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) is continuing its momentum, saying today it added another clinical site, this time at the University of Louisville Hospital in Ky., to the Inspire trial testing its...
View ArticleBoston Scientific releases ureteral stent tracker app
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has launched a new app designed to help urologists track ureteral stents implanted in patients with kidney stones. The app was developed as a joint operation between the...
View ArticleMassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for March 3, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
View ArticleXtant Medical wins CE Marks for Aranax, Irix-A spine devices
Xtant Medical said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Aranax cervical plating system and and Irix-A stand alone anterior lumbar fusion device. The company’s Aranax cervical...
View ArticleFujifilm, Canon lead the running in $6B race for Toshiba Medical
Fujifilm Holdings (TSE:4901) and Canon (NYSE:CAJ) are at the head of the crowd looking to pick up Toshiba‘s (TYO:6502) medical device business, according to The Wall Street Journal, at a price...
View ArticleStryker reups PGA Tour deal
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today it extended its relationship with the PGA Tour as the “Official Joint Replacement Products” of the PGA through the 2016 season, expanding its presence at both the PGA Tour...
View ArticleFDA expands Draeger ventilator recall, includes power supply batteries
The FDA today said it expanded its recall of Draeger Medical‘s Evita V500 and Babylog VN500 ventilators to include the optional PS500 batteries after they were updated with new power supply firmware...
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