GE HealthCare renews partnership with Hartford HealthCare in US
Hartford HealthCare will purchase, deploy, and redeploy CT, PET/CT, MRI, X-ray, nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, and the OEC 3D surgical imaging C-arm. Credit: Engineer studio/Shutterstock.com. GE HealthCare has renewed its collaboration with US-based hospital group Hartford HealthCare, extending their partnership through 2030. The Care Alliance, which began in 2016, focuses on advancing Hartford HealthCare’s mission […]
X-Therma raises $22.4m to scale cryopreservation devices
X-Therma’s XT-ViVo and TimeSeal were granted the breakthrough device status by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2022. Image Credit: pathdoc / Shutterstock. US-based X Therma has closed $22.4m in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The company plans to use the funds to scale its global commercial operations and facilitate the […]
Medtronic’s strategic shift on ventilators
The ventilators market is moving toward lower acuity models. Credit: Terelyuk via Shutterstock. The healthcare technology environment is always changing due to a confluence of factors including provider and patient demands, technology breakthroughs and market trends. The market for ventilators and remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices is one sector that is going through major changes. […]
Eli Lilly-backed Zephyr AI secures $111m for precision medicine tech
The market for AI platforms for the healthcare industry is forecast to reach $4.3bn by 2024. Credit: NicoElNino via ShutterStock. The startup funding landscape for deep technology companies in healthcare is burgeoning and Zephyr AI is no exception to this trend. The US company has closed a $111m Series A financing round to advance its […]
Swiss dental start-up Odne raises $5.5m in Series A1 funding
The company’s RPT workflow introduces three new medical devices that facilitate minimally invasive root canal cleaning, as well as light-cured obturation. Credit: Odne Inc. / PRNewswire. Swiss dental start-up Odne has closed its Series A1 financing round, securing SFr4.8m ($5.5m) to support its forthcoming US market launch. The A1 round was led by independent venture […]
CardioPrecision demonstrates new robotic cardiac surgery technique
The proof-of-concept procedure uses the company’s CoreVista Robot Enabling Platform to significantly speed up and simplify cardiovascular procedures. Credit: CardioPrecision. Scottish robotics company CardioPrecision has unveiled a ‘proof-of-concept’ robotic procedure designed to implant an aortic valve replacement through a small incision following successful procedures on cadavers. The company originally spun out of the UK’s National […]
Study deeming colon cancer screening device effective published
Diagnosed incident cases of CRC are expected to increase from 1,004,915 cases in 2021 to 1,317,175 cases in 2031, according to GlobalData. Credit: Matej Kastelic via Shutterstock. A device designed to detect colorectal cancer (CRC) has been found to have high detection and sensitivity rates, compared to other commonly used non-invasive tests. US-based Exact Sciences […]
Guardant Health reveals Shield CRC test study data
Guardant Health’s Shield blood test for colorectal cancer screening. Credit: Business Wire/ Guardant Health. Guardant Health has announced results from the ECLIPSE study, demonstrating the effectiveness of its Shield blood-based test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Involving more than 20,000 participants, the study compared the performance of the Shield test to traditional screening colonoscopies. It […]
Ventris Medical secures FDA clearance for bone graft putty
Ventris Medical’s Amplify synthetic bone graft putty. Credit: Ventris Medical/PRNewswire. Ventris Medical has secured 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its synthetic bone graft putty, Amplify. This clearance allows the use of Amplify in the intervertebral disc space. It is claimed to be a new class of synthetic biomaterials designed […]
UK MFT’s test helps determine effectiveness of breast cancer drug
The blood test can determine the effectiveness of the cancer drug. Credit: PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) in the UK has announced that its blood test could benefit thousands of women eligible for preventative breast cancer drugs. This highly sensitive hormone test can determine the effectiveness of anastrozole, a drug recommended […]