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    Masimo’s preliminary Q4 results, 2024 outlook exceed analyst expectations

    Analysts see the update as evidence Masimo may be rebounding after failing to meet their expectations earlier in the year.

    By • Jan. 11, 2024
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    ‘Healthy pullback’: GSR Ventures’ Sunny Kumar on normalizing digital health funding, accelerating M&A in 2024

    Sunny Kumar discusses digital healthcare investment, the landscape for M&A and when the public markets could open back up. 

    By Emily Olsen • Jan. 8, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from MedTech Dive

    From haphazard layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration to the industry’s current IPO environment and tracking FDA-authorized AI devices, here is a collection of top stories from MedTech Dive.

    By MedTech Dive staff
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    The power of generative AI in healthcare: Unmasking 5 key factors beyond the hype

    With hundreds of startups emerging in the healthcare AI market, here are the five factors every clinical and business leader should consider when assessing a generative AI solution and vendor.

    By Rebecca Schechter | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) • Jan. 8, 2024
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    Nanowear gets FDA clearance for undergarment that estimates blood pressure

    The company’s continuous blood pressure monitor allows clinical investigators to remotely capture data on patients.

    By • Jan. 5, 2024
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    Apple Watch sales resume after latest twist in Masimo patent case

    An appeals court has granted Apple’s emergency motion to pause the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ban on sales of its watches with a pulse oximetry feature.

    By • Jan. 3, 2024
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    Apple to pause US sales of smartwatches with pulse oximetry

    The tech giant’s move follows a USITC ruling that found the watches infringed some of Masimo's patents for measuring blood oxygen.

    By • Dec. 20, 2023
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    Tandem completes US launch of revamped diabetes management platform

    The platform, Tandem Source, combines the features of the company’s legacy t:connect offerings with new data reports.

    By • Dec. 15, 2023
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    Medtronic expands AI endoscopy partnership with Cosmo

    The collaboration will focus on Cosmo Intelligent Medical Devices’ GI Genius module, which Medtronic distributes globally.

    By • Dec. 11, 2023
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    Dexcom, Hologic picked to outperform in 2024: William Blair

    For the medtech industry overall, the analysts wrote that procedure volume growth is likely to normalize after declining due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By • Dec. 7, 2023
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    Intuitive’s venture capital arm launches second investment fund

    The $150 million fund will back early-stage companies focused on healthcare access, digital health, and precision diagnostics and interventions.

    By • Dec. 5, 2023
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    Resmed’s new C-suite focused on growing sleep apnea device demand: analysts

    After gaining market share during the Philips recall, Resmed can keep growing by stimulating demand through marketing initiatives and new products, William Blair analysts wrote.

    By • Dec. 4, 2023
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    Empatica aims to develop seizure-forecasting algorithm based on wearable data

    The company plans a study using its wrist-worn device to capture real-world data that could help understand and predict seizures for people with epilepsy.

    By • Dec. 1, 2023
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    GE HealthCare, Hologic put AI at center of radiology pitches

    BTIG analysts said GE HealthCare believes AI can help clinicians and radiologists do their jobs better, which is important due to the “ongoing shortage of radiologists and the high rates of burn out.”

    By • Dec. 1, 2023
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    Cleveland Clinic, Canon to establish medical imaging research center

    Joint research projects will focus on pre-clinical imaging, human imaging and image analysis in cardiology, neurology and musculoskeletal medicine.

    By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 30, 2023
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    GE HealthCare gets 510(k) clearance for algorithm to detect collapsed lungs

    The system provides immediate notifications to support the triaging of emergency room patients.

    By • Nov. 29, 2023
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    AstraZeneca creates digital health unit, with big-name partnerships already in place

    Called Evinova, the unit will operate as a separate business within AstraZeneca, which sees digital health solutions as a market primed for growth.

    By Jacob Bell • Nov. 20, 2023
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    Resmed overhauls C-suite, creating 3 posts and parting ways with 2 execs

    The company recently laid off 5% of its staff and stopped certain projects to lower operating costs.

    By • Nov. 13, 2023
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    Masimo lowers outlook, citing constrained hospital budgets

    The patient monitoring company is also facing a slowdown in demand for the consumer audio products it acquired in a deal last year.

    By • Nov. 8, 2023
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    White House orders HHS to start collecting reports on the safety of AI in healthcare

    President Joe Biden outlined the planned program as part of an executive order on “safe, secure, and trustworthy” artificial intelligence.

    By • Nov. 1, 2023
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    Resmed cuts 5% of staff amid profitability push

    The company has stopped some projects that were not working well as it seeks to cut operating costs, CEO Mick Farrell told investors. 

    By • Oct. 30, 2023
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    Fresenius to develop AI models for dialysis care with new database of over 540,000 patients

    The company said the project is “the largest multinational, longitudinal database of its kind.”

    By • Oct. 30, 2023
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    Masimo prevails against Apple in USITC patent investigation

    The patent dispute over pulse oximetry functions could result in a ban on imports of some Apple Watches.

    By • Oct. 27, 2023
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    GE HealthCare’s imaging AI will become ‘increasingly meaningful’ to growth: Moody’s

    Even if modestly accretive, AI could support longer-term revenue targets at GE HealthCare and its competitors, Moody’s analysts wrote.

    By • Oct. 27, 2023
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    5 takeaways from the FDA’s updated list of cleared AI/ML medical devices

    The agency recently added 171 new devices to its list, with radiology once again accounting for the most authorizations.

    By • Oct. 24, 2023
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    Anumana names Boston Scientific veteran Maulik Nanavaty as CEO

    Nanavaty has taken up the post after spending 18 years at Boston Scientific, where he held senior roles in interventional cardiology and neuromodulation.

    By • Oct. 20, 2023