Duke researchers find app improves autism screening in NIH-funded study

Participants who screened positive for autism had a nearly 41% probability of being diagnosed with the condition.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 4, 2023

Healthtech companies dealing with complex device fleets, new report finds

Four ways HealthTech companies are using modern solutions to manage their mission-critical devices.

Oct. 2, 2023

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Medical device industry continues to turn to AI

While the industry continues to embrace artificial intelligence, there are still questions about how the new technologies need to be regulated and if they are effective.

By MedTech Dive staff

Medtronic receives CE mark for CGM sensor, boosting challenge to Abbott and Dexcom

Medtronic has made the sensor smaller and eliminated the need for fingersticks to calibrate the device, bringing a challenger to market leaders Abbott and Dexcom. 

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 25, 2023

How can medical device OEMs support the circular economy?

Discover how medical device OEMs can be part of the circular economy for a more sustainable future.

Sept. 25, 2023

Is bigger better? McKinsey predicts the return of large medtech mergers

The analysts argue that pressure to improve margins and become the partner of choice to hospitals favors large deals.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 22, 2023

CMS leader defends breakthrough device reimbursement proposal at House hearing

Dora Hughes made the case for restricting the Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies pathway to five reviews a year.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 20, 2023

Gates Foundation grants GE HealthCare $44M for AI ultrasound tech

The money will go to subsidiary Caption Health to make AI tools to help with maternal care and pediatric lung health.

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 19, 2023

Beacon Biosignals receives FDA clearance for sleep tracking headband

The company’s at-home device, the Dreem 3S, has six EEG electrodes to capture brain activity.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 18, 2023

GE HealthCare partners with Mayo Clinic to accelerate work on imaging and AI

The organizations will collaborate on the application of AI to MRI and the automation of diagnostic and interventional ultrasound.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 15, 2023

Akili cuts 40% of workforce, plans shift to non-prescription model

The digital therapeutics company expects to extend its cash runway into 2025 with the changes.

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 13, 2023

Study suggests AI could provide second reading of mammograms

In a separate commentary, researchers described the study as launching “the arrival of prospective trials of AI in the breast screening setting.”

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 12, 2023

Intuitive’s Tony Jarc on how AI is improving robotic surgery

The company aims to help surgeons achieve better results for patients and hospitals.

By Susan Kelly • Sept. 8, 2023

Microsoft, Paige team to use supercomputers to train cancer pathology AI models

Microsoft will support development of a new model that is “orders-of-magnitude larger” than any in use today.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 8, 2023

Medtronic sued for allegedly sharing ‘treasure trove’ of diabetes patient data with Google

The plaintiff said disclosures to Google are “particularly problematic” because his use of Gmail meant his personal information was “automatically linked to his real identity.”

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 5, 2023

Beta Bionics raises $100M to challenge Medtronic, Tandem for automated insulin dosing market

The company’s iLet Bionic Pancreas automates insulin dosing without requiring mealtime carb counting. 

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 1, 2023

Withings wins FDA clearance for scale with AFib detection

The device records the electrical signal from the heart, assesses the number of calories the body burns at rest and tracks other health variables.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 30, 2023

GE HealthCare rolls out software to speed assessment of AFib patients

The program aims to cut the time physicians spend searching multiple systems to understand the cardiac history of AFib patients.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 29, 2023

VC funding in medtech ticks up, raising hopes that slump has bottomed

Analysts also forecast renewed interest in M&A now that large companies have worked through a string of spinoffs.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 25, 2023

Medtronic’s endovascular artificial intelligence pilot program treats first patient

A physician in the pilot used a 3D map of patient tissue in the image-guided minimally invasive surgery.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 25, 2023

Bayer inks deal to commercialize Mahana’s prescription digital therapeutics

The multimillion-dollar distribution and marketing partnership comes amid a decline in funding for prescription digital therapeutic companies. 

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 23, 2023

Generative AI in healthcare: Google Cloud’s Amy Waldron on the tech giant’s health ambitions

Google Cloud’s Amy Waldron discussed the company’s plans — and the potential risks — for generative AI in healthcare.

By Brian T. Horowitz • Aug. 18, 2023

GE HealthCare wins FDA clearance for wireless hospital vital sign monitor

The Portrait Mobile device is one of GE HealthCare’s “first major introductions in monitoring in recent years,” according to the company.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2023

It just got easier to navigate digital health product regulations

Learn how to navigate digital product regs and build a strong regulatory strategy with DiMe’s new course.

Aug. 14, 2023

Q&A: ‘Chaotic’ digital health market needs independent evaluation, new institute says

Independent evaluation could help the healthcare industry figure out which digital health products are backed by evidence, argues Caroline Pearson, executive director of the nonprofit Peterson Center on Healthcare.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 11, 2023

Stryker touts Mako robot in DTC ads, as device makers eye broader patient populations

The company is taking its message on the benefits of robotic orthopedic surgery directly to patients at a time when analysts say medtech firms are targeting a wider audience through advertising.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 9, 2023