This month, Moon Surgical received FDA clearance for the commercial version of its Maestro surgical robot system. The system is designed to support surgeons and other operating room staff, specifically for the 18.8 million annual soft tissue surgical procedures not currently supported by available telerobotic systems.

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Medical device company Zeto received clearance for its EEG brain monitoring system. The system includes a user-friendly, comfortable EEG headset designed to be easily operated by any medical professional with minimal training.

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CoraVie Medical, a startup developing an implantable continuous blood pressure monitor, recently won the medical devices track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The pre-revenue company’s remote management solution monitors for the early detection of dangerous blood pressure levels to prevent crises that could lead to heart attack, stroke, kidney failure or death.

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The large-scale, multidisciplinary effort to improve the performance of pulse oximeters provides an example of the value of collaboration to solve problems and shows how industry partners can contribute in a significant way when they have a seat at the table. 

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A group of 24 novel startups were selected to pitch at MedCity News’ INVEST conference in Chicago. Here’s four that VC judges chose as the winners in their respective tracks.

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Click Therapeutics is acquiring the assets of Better Therapeutics two months after that digital therapeutics developer announced it would lay off all employees and shut down. Better’s main asset is AspyreRx, an FDA-authorized mobile app for type 2 diabetes.

The post With M&A Deal, Click Therapeutics’ Digital Prospects in Metabolic Disease Get Better appeared first on MedCity News.

Fem Therapeutics won the audience choice award in the Canadian PItch contest at MedCity INVEST in Chicago this week. It competed with Reach Orthopaedics , PragmaClin Research, and OPTT Health.

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The boutique healthcare investment conference in Chicago is scheduled for May 21-22. Space is limited so register today!

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Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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The group of four healthcare startups spans women’s health, orthopedics, remote patient monitoring for Parkinson’s disease, AI, and 3D printing. David Kereiakes, Managing Partner, Windham Venture Partners will moderate the session.

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Abbott earned FDA approval for its dissolving stent designed to unclog arteries below the knee. This marks the first time the FDA has approved a stent or drug-coated balloon to help arteries stay open below the knee.

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The diagnostics/medical device track focuses on cardiology this year.

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Routine NM-MRI for individuals at risk of Parkinson’s could provide a means of identifying the disease before symptoms emerge.

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A much diminished 23andMe exists today, a far cry from the phenomenon that it was in the world consumer DNA testing. Could things have unfolded differently under a different leader with a different vision?

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The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems with the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. The devices are not currently being removed from the market.

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Biolinq raked in $58 million in capital this week. The company is developing a wearable patch that uses electrochemical sensors to measure a person’s glucose levels from the intradermal space just beneath the surface of their skin.

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Chicago-based Prenosis gained FDA clearance for its sepsis detection technology this week, marking the first time the agency has cleared an AI diagnostic tool for sepsis.

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This week, Eko Health received FDA clearance for a new AI-powered tool that aids in the early detection of low ejection fraction, a key indicator of heart failure. The tool, which was developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, is embedded into Eko’s digital stethoscopes.

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The Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Click Therapeutics mobile app Rejoyn received FDA clearance for use as an adjunct to medication in the treatment of major depressive disorder. But Otsuka must overcome hurdles facing digital therapeutics products, which have yet to gain traction among payers.

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Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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Novocure said its “Tumor Treating Fields” met the main goal of a pivotal study enrolling non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. However, results for the electricty-based treatment fell short of statistical significance on several secondary endpoints.

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Scott Davis is the CEO of Ekso Bionics, an innovative medical device company making wearable exoskeletons for use in construction but perhaps, more importantly, to help people contending with spinal cord injury.

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David Kereiakes, managing partner with Windham Venture Partners, shared his perspective of the health tech sector and investment trends he’s seeing.

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The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) offers a glimmer of hope in the fight against STDs and has the power to revolutionize the landscape of STD detection, treatment, and prevention.

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At HIMSS, Philips and AWS announced that they are expanding their collaboration with the goal of scaling digitized pathology slides in the cloud. The partners seek to help pathology labs better store and analyze vast volumes of data, as well as adopt more streamlined, cloud-based workflows to reduce clinician burnout.

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Join MedCity News and nearly 300 healthcare investors, startups, and innovative-minded executives in Chicago at the Ritz Carlton on May 21-22. Space is limited. Secure your spot today to attend!

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The premier boutique healthcare investment conference is scheduled for May 21-22 at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago

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This year’s ViVE conference featured a variety of news announcements — from company launches to new products to partnerships to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for nine of the conference’s most notable announcements.

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Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.

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In this episode, the CEO of Lumen talks about the sleek consumer device and why he is at a b-to-b healthcare conference.

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