Dexcom invests $75M in Ōura, agrees to integrate smart rings and CGMs

The partnership will support data flows that enable people who use both companies’ devices to track how glucose levels affect other health metrics.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Nov. 20, 2024

Transforming MedTech innovation with complete asset and service lifecycle management

An effective lifecycle management strategy is essential, as the reliability and performance of these devices can be a matter of life and death.

Nov. 18, 2024

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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

Tandem, Insulet tout Type 2 expectations as tech attracts new users

Insulet saw strong insulin pump adoption among new users with Type 2 diabetes following its recent FDA clearance, while Tandem plans to file a Type 2 submission by year’s end.

By Ricky Zipp • Nov. 8, 2024

J&J Medtech CIO Larry Jones resigns

Jones, who has led connectivity solutions for J&J’s surgical robots, announced his departure on LinkedIn.

By Elise Reuter • Updated Nov. 1, 2024

Tech companies pitch AI platforms for healthcare, outline plans for responsible rollout

Google, Microsoft and GE Healthcare say they’ll power the next wave of AI advancement. But executives are split on how to offer the tools to providers responsibly — and whether all clinicians are equally ready for them.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 1, 2024

Health startups need consolidation after pandemic funding ‘sugar high’

M&A could allow startups to add products and capabilities in a more restrained funding environment, panelists said at HLTH.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 24, 2024

GE Healthcare opens AI Innovation Lab to grow new projects

The AI Innovation Lab is designed to accelerate early concept artificial intelligence projects including tools to predict the recurrence of cancer and automate image interpretation.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 22, 2024

FDA, Health Canada give sneak peek into future AI regs

Canada’s device agency plans to issue guidance on machine learning, and the FDA plans to release a draft guidance next year on lifecycle management and premarket submissions for AI devices.

By Elise Reuter • Oct. 16, 2024

Digital health deal count declines in Q3, but check sizes stabilize: Rock Health

Startups notched 110 deals in the third quarter, compared with 133 in the second quarter. But average deal size held steady, suggesting investors are making “fewer, more focused bets,” according to the consultancy firm.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 14, 2024

The number of AI medical devices has spiked in the past decade

The FDA has authorized nearly 1,000 medical devices with artificial intelligence features as companies including GE Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers build out their AI efforts.

By Elise Reuter , Jasmine Ye Han • Oct. 9, 2024

Synchron’s brain-computer interface tech meets safety goal

The six-patient trial also indicated the device worked, according to Synchron, with the conversion of brain signals to motor outputs allowing people to perform digital tasks.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 1, 2024

Remote patient monitoring in Medicare needs more oversight: OIG

Regulators say Medicare needs more data and oversight to avoid fraud and misuse. Digital health advocates argue the service is still crucial for managing chronic conditions.

By Emily Olsen • Sept. 27, 2024

Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers partner on spine surgery

Siemens Healthineers will integrate its robotic X-ray imaging system with Medtronic’s spine surgery suite.

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 25, 2024

AI’s growing influence on the medical device company’s value chain

Here are examples of how your MedTech organization can use AI across the product lifecycle.

Sept. 16, 2024

Apple wins FDA nod for hearing aid software for certain Airpods

Apple is the first company to receive authorization for over-the-counter hearing aid software.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 13, 2024

Dexcom, Abbott OTC glucose sensors add to busy year for diabetes tech

New over-the-counter sensors, an Abbott-Medtronic partnership and Roche’s first CGM are among diabetes technology’s top stories so far in 2024. Check out MedTech Dive’s roundup of the latest news.

By Ricky Zipp • Sept. 11, 2024

Apple adding sleep apnea feature to smartwatch

Apple unveiled the health feature alongside new hearing aid capabilities for its Airpods Pro 2 earbuds.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 10, 2024

Many FDA-authorized AI devices lack validation data

About 43% of all AI-enabled devices cleared or approved by the FDA through 2022 were missing validation data, and only 28% were tested prospectively, according to a Nature Medicine study.

By Elise Reuter • Sept. 9, 2024

AI still the most exciting emerging technology for healthcare: survey

AI was the most compelling new technology for the fourth year in a row, with leaders also saying the technology had shown the most improvement, according to the Center for Connected Medicine.

By Emily Olsen • Sept. 4, 2024

ARPA-H program to focus on AI degradation in medical tools

The agency will fund work to identify and auto-correct AI-enabled tools that are misaligned with their underlying training data.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 3, 2024

Johns Hopkins, CareFirst, Techstars launch healthcare AI accelerator

The 13-week program will offer funding and guidance to up to 12 health tech, medtech and biotech startups working on AI tools.

By Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2024

Otsuka Precision Health launches first digital therapeutic for depression

Intended to supplement medications, the six-week, app-based treatment will cost $50 on a cash-pay basis.

By Elise Reuter • Aug. 14, 2024

Stryker to buy smart hospital technology firm Care.ai

The deal comes shortly after Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo told investors to expect a “very active deal pipeline” for the second half of 2024.

By Elise Reuter • Aug. 12, 2024

FDA officials outline benefits of AI lifecycle management

The digital health leaders detailed a seven-stage diagram for how the healthcare industry could monitor artificial intelligence software development.

By Nick Paul Taylor • July 30, 2024

AI’s expert-level image analysis can be built on flawed rationales: study

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that a version of ChatGPT analyzed images at an expert level but frequently reached the right answer with incorrect reasoning.

By Nick Paul Taylor • July 25, 2024