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HeartFlow launches new FFRct cardiac imaging platform
HeartFlow said today that it’s launching a new version of its cardiac imaging platform, which uses algorithms to generate a 3D model of blood as it flows through the heart. Redwood City, Calif.-based...
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GI Dynamics releases final data from EndoBarrier trial
GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) today released the results of the pivotal clinical Endo trial of its EndoBarrier device designed for weight loss, touting meaningful losses in HbA1c and weight, while...
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Smells are smart sensors’ last frontier
(Reuters) — Phones or watches may be smart enough to detect sound, light, motion, touch, direction, acceleration and even the weather, but they can’t smell. That’s created a technology bottleneck that...
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Denmark’s Ambu pays $16m for ETView Medical
Ambu (CPH:AMBU-B) agreed to pay $16 million to acquire ETView Medical (TLV:TLV) and its portfolio of airway management devices. The deal calls for Copenhagen-based Ambu to put up $12.3 million in cash...
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Appeals court upholds Thermomedic win over Exergen
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision from the lower courts invalidating a series of Exergen’s patents in a spat between Exergen and Thermomedics. The spat is over patents...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 23, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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Oticon launches Internet-connected hearing aid
Oticon said today it launched its internet-of-things connectible Oticon Opn hearing aid, touting its ability to handle noisy environments, reduce cognitive load for users and provide dual communication...
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The Future of Devices is NOT in Devices (as we know them today)
By Aidan Petrie, Chief Innovation Officer & Co-Founder, Ximedica It’s no secret that connectivity technologies are advancing and creating new opportunities within the medical space to provide value...
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Median Technologies, Microsoft ink Big Data deal for cancer diagnostics
Median Technologies (EPA:ALMDT) and Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) said today they inked a deal to develop new cancer detection, diagnosis and monitoring methods using “big data” analytics. Through the deal,...
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SunTech to use Masimo tech in new vital signs device
SunTech Medical said today it will work with Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) to integrate its SET pulse oximetry tech into SunTech’s CT40 next-gen spot-check vital signs device. Masimo’s SET technology is designed...
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Centinel Spine wins Australian clearance for Stalif L implant
Centinel Spine said yesterday it won Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration clearance for its Stalif L no-profile lateral lumbar integrated interbody system. Centinel Spine touts the Stalif L as...
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Brazilian medical device regulators moving to electronic submission system
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group ANVISA, Brazil’s medical device marker regulator, has announced plans to begin accepting electronic submissions of registration documents from manufacturers. The new...
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Johnson & Johnson wants Pinnacle bellwethers stayed after $500m loss
A Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary wants a federal appeals court to hit the pause button in the multi-district litigation over its Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant to give it enough time...
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Arkis BioSciences lands $3m Series A for neurosurgery tools
Arkis BioSciences said today that it raised a $3.4 million Series A round for its line of neurosurgical tools, led by Innova Memphis. Angel Capital Group, the Lighthouse Fund and private investors also...
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Life Spine’s foot & ankle division, Centric Medical, wins FDA nod for...
Centric Medical, the foot & ankle division of Life Spine, said yesterday that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its subtalar arthroereisis implant for treating flatfoot deformities. The...
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U.K. launches study of Dune Medical’s MarginProbe breast cancer device
Dune Medical Devices said this week that the U.K.’s National Health Service is launching a study of its MarginProbe device, which is designed to spot cancerous cells on the margins of breast tumors....
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InVivo Therapeutics touts case study in 1st spine scaffold implant
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) this week touted a case study of the 1st implantation of its spinal scaffold, a bioresorbable device designed to help treat traumatic spinal cord injuries. The study,...
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SonoSim, GE Healthcare re-up ultrasound training deal
Ultrasound education focused SonoSim said this week it is extending a collaboration with GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) to cover ultrasound training and education for GE’s women’s health and urology...
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Fresenius touts 10-year dialysis mortality reduction
Fresenius (NYSE:FMS) this week released data from an internal annual medical report, touting a 27% reduction in mortality and 22% reduction in hospitalizations amongst its permanent dialysis patients...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 24, 2016
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