The 10 hottest medtech startups of 2018

There’s a complaint sometimes that innovation is too incremental in the medical device industry. But don’t tell that to the people running the 10 companies included in Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice’s list of the hottest medtech startups of 2018.

Our editors came up with a list of 20 interesting young companies. We then surveyed our readers and then whittled the list down to 10.  Along the way, we got to see that there are truly game-changing innovations out there — advances that could not only change the treatment of particular diseases but also enable healthcare systems to run more effectively and efficiently.

From neuromodulation to treat urinary and bowel dysfunction disorders and type 2 diabetes to new surgical robotics and drug delivery technology, here are 10 of the most exciting medtech startups of 2018.

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