MedTech Innovator announces five finalists in competition
MedTech Innovator last week announced the five finalists for its $500,000 competition. The organization will award more than $500,000 in prizes to the finalists with first place taking $350,000 and the...
View ArticleThe top 10 medical disruptors of 2020
For the past 17 years, the Cleveland Clinic has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year. The list of technologies, cultivated by a panel of physicians and scientists...
View ArticleThis injectable electrode could lower the cost of neuromodulation therapy
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an injectable, flexible electrode that could replace rigid nerve-stimulating implants and reduce the cost of neuromodulation therapy....
View ArticleCould this new MRI compatible electrode advance deep brain stimulation?
Researchers at San Diego State University have developed a glassy carbon electrode that could act as an alternative to metal electrodes in deep brain stimulation. The researchers developed a carbon...
View ArticleCES 2020: Medical technologies you need to know
The mobile health devices and wearables trend is seemingly accelerating this year, with 546 digital health and 635 wearable devices being touted at the annual CES show in Las Vegas. Digital health...
View ArticleZynex expands corporate HQ
Zynex this week said it is expanding its Englewood, Colo. corporate headquarters. The company signed an addendum to its headquarters building lease that expands the footprint by 36% with 86,000 sq. ft...
View ArticleThese medical devices are getting ready to launch in 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, medical device companies are still working to gain regulatory approvals and launch new devices this year. The pandemic has largely fixed the FDA’s focus on emergency use...
View ArticleThe top 10 medical disruptors of 2021
For the past 18 years, the Cleveland Clinic has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year. The list of technologies, cultivated by a panel of physicians and scientists...
View ArticleHow temporary neurostimulation can treat chronic pain long-term
Maria Bennett, co-founder and CEO of Cleveland-based SPR Therapeutics, has been studying pain relief using electrical stimulation for 25 years with the goal of treating the pain in the back and...
View Article8 medical device companies that beat the COVID-19 pandemic and prospered
Some medical device businesses not only survived the COVID-19 pandemic but actually thrived — with many producing the medtech needed to fight the coronavirus’s spread. Medical Design & Outsourcing...
View ArticleNasal treatment for Alzheimer’s lands $2.5M NIH grant
A Maryland startup has won a federal grant to help develop an olfactory home treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Evon Medics (Elkridge, Md.) announced today that it won the $2.5 million Small Business...
View ArticleMadorra wins FDA breakthrough nod for home vulvovaginal atrophy treatment device
Madorra this week said it has received FDA breakthrough device designation for its noninvasive, home-use device for moderate to severe vulvovaginal atrophy. Through the breakthrough device program,...
View ArticleHow Minnetronix helped Oculogica launch its new EyeBOX concussion diagnostic...
Less than three months after Oculogica won FDA clearance for its portable concussion diagnostic device, contract manufacturer Minnetronix is about to ship the first units to customers. “We are aspiring...
View ArticleEndiatx’s pill-sized robot sees and swims inside the stomach
An unconventional CEO and his team take aim at endoscopies with faster, cheaper stomach imaging — and that’s just the start. Welcome to the era of tiny robots inside the body. As he prepared to swallow...
View Article18 of the world’s most innovative medical technologies
Judges this week are voting for the most innovative medical technologies among the nominees for the 2022 Prix Galien International Awards. The Prix Galien International Awards highlight the most...
View ArticleEar-puffing device for migraine treatment wins FDA breakthrough designation
A handheld device that treats migraine attacks with puffs of air in a patient’s ears has been designated a breakthrough device by the FDA. Tempe, Arizona–based Nocira said it is the first company to...
View ArticleEngineers develop AI-based technology to allow amputees to move robotic arms...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a robotic arm system that allows amputees to move their arm using brain signals. The small, implantable device attaches to the...
View ArticleSinus pain is just the beginning for Tivic Health’s CEO
Tivic Health CEO Jennifer Ernst thinks the bioelectronic medicine space is ready to explode. When serial inventor John Claude showed Jennifer Ernst an early prototype of what would become Tivic...
View ArticleMassMEDIC picks startups for Medtech Ignite accelerator
The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) this week announced its 2022 Medtech Ignite Program participants. The accelerator is returning to in-person programming after two years of...
View ArticleNew kidney stone treatment moves and breaks them with minimal pain
A new kidney stone treatment uses ultrasound to reposition and break up renal calculi in patients with minimal pain, no surgery and no anesthesia. University of Washington researchers are using...
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