“Exoskeletons” are those mechanical devices or soft materials worn by patients/operators, whose construction mirrors the structure of operator’s limbs, joints, and muscles, works in tandem with them. Exoskeletons are used as a capabilities amplifier, assistive device, haptic controller, or for rehabilitation. Exoskeletons stand in contrast to non-articulated mechanisms such as braces and slings that do…
Medtech veteran Mir Imran wants to replace injections with the ‘robotic pill’
June 4, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Companies have tried for decades to deliver protein-based drugs orally. Can Mir Imran and his company’s robotic pill succeed where so many have failed? Mir Imran has been building medical device companies for 40 years. Perhaps known best for his work on the first FDA-approved implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Imran’s model is to identify big, unsolved
This robotic system can automatically adjust ultrasound equipment
May 30, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Neural Analytics today announced that it has won FDA clearance for a robotic system that can automatically adjust the company’s ultrasound equipment to monitor blood flow through the brain from outside the body. NeuralBot was designed to work with the company’s previously approved Lucid M1 transcranial Doppler ultrasound system, a portable all-in-one ultrasound system designed
The 10 hottest medtech startups of 2018
April 27, 2018 By Leave a Comment
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
20 medical device startups you need to know
April 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
There’s a lot of excitement these days around digital health. But there are actually many medical device startups out there in other spaces that continue to push the overall boundaries of medtech. From neuromodulation to drug delivery, surgical robotics and more, here’s a roundup of 20 medical device startups catching the eye of Medical Design
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Does robotic telesurgery have a future?
March 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Although many have experimented with remote “telesurgery,” are the conditions right for commercial companies to start making an investment in a remote robotic surgical future? Although the idea of telesurgery — performing specialized procedures with robot-assisted surgical tools from a remote location — dates back to the very first research into medical robotics, the technology
March 2018 issue: Medtech disruptors, Amazon, robotic telesurgery, connected health and more
March 21, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Does robotic telesurgery have a future? This new technology could help surgeons clear out leftover cancer cells ResMed is disrupting connected health: Here’s how 8 women medtech innovators you need to know 17 black innovators who made medtech better Medtronic thinks these clinics could be the future of diabetes care: Here’s why Is Amazon about
MD&M West: Here’s what you may have missed
March 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
MD&M West is one of the largest medical device manufacturing events in the world, so it’s easy to lose your way on the show floor. Even if you were in Anaheim, Calif., for the February 2018 event, you may have missed a lot. From Omron to Micromo to MedPlast to Apex Motion Control, WTWH Media
Designing for healthcare robotics: 2 things you need to consider
February 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Have an idea for an innovative healthcare robot? Here are a few design principles to help you avoid common pitfalls. Ken Haven, Acorn Product Development When people think of robotics, they often think about warehouses or manufacturing lines, where robots automate multiple processes. But robotics has the potential to reshape the way healthcare is delivered in a
How Medrobotics’ CEO thwarted possible corporate espionage
February 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Medrobotics CEO Samuel Straface has a habit of being last out the door – a habit that may have saved his company from corporate espionage. Good leadership isn’t a trait that manifests itself only when there’s a team to oversee. It’s a persistent quality that, when managed correctly, requires constant and consistent effort and can
MD&M West: 10 technologies you should know
February 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
MD&M West is one of the largest medical device manufacturing events in the world, so it’s easy to get lost on the show floor. Even if you were in Anaheim, Calif., for the event last week, you may have missed a lot. From a new robotics insights display from Rethink Robotics to a disinfectant-resistant plastic
Rethink Robotics wants to make advanced manufacturing smarter: Here’s how
February 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Rethink Robotics is touting a value-add to its Sawyer manufacturing robots: a new feature called Intera Insights that displays key performance indicators (KPIs) on a customizable on-robot display, as well as on smart devices on the same network. Think easy access to metrics including cycle time, part count, speed and force. “Instead of just having it be ones and
Webinar: The top medtech stories of 2017
January 30, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This webinar was presented live on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Click below to watch on demand. The medtech industry saw its transformation accelerate in 2017: Whether it’s the roster of largest companies, business models or the regulatory environment, times are a-changing. Competition is also heating up in areas including diabetes care and robotic
How does autonomous robotic surgery affect product liability?
January 26, 2018 By Leave a Comment
As more medical device manufacturers offer autonomous robotic surgery to their surgeon customers, traditional lines of legal defense most often taken by companies may change, according to experts from Nutter. David L. Ferrera and Melanie V. Woodward, Nutter Robots in surgery are not new. Indeed robots have been assisting surgeons for years, giving surgeons more
Robotic spine surgery is getting a real-time image guide boost
January 18, 2018 By Leave a Comment
For the first time, surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital were able to harness real-time image guidance during a robotic spine surgery procedure to insert screws into a patient’s spine. The process offers a marked improvement over the accuracy of placement compared with other image-guided procedures. Dr. Nicholas Theodore – professor of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University
