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Continuous glucose monitoring lowers blood sugar, Swedish study says
A continuous glucose monitor by Medtronic. It is recommended that those who have type 1 diabetes should prick their finger as a supplement to the continuous glucose monitor. [Image from Medtronic]A new...
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NxThera raises $12.2m
NxThera raised $12.2 million in a new round of financing, according to an SEC filing posted this week. Funds in the round come through the offering of debt, warrants, convertible promissory notes and...
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Guided Therapeutics inks exclusive distro deal with Shandong Yaohua
Guided Therapeutics (OTC:GTHP) said last week it inked an exclusive distribution, sales and manufacturing rights deal for its LuViva advanced cervical scan system with Shandong Yaohua Medical...
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iCad closes sale of VersaVue, DynaCAD to Philips Invivo
iCad (NSDQ:ICAD) said today it closed its sale of its VersaVue software and DynaCAD breast and prostate imaging devices to Royal Philips‘ (NYSE:PHG) Invivo unit for $3.2 million. Nashua, N.H.-based...
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New medical device rules from Indian regulators
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released long-awaited new medical device and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) regulations that take effect in January 2018....
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FDA accepts Intarcia’s NDA for diabetes drug-device combo
Intarcia Therapeutics said today that the FDA accepted its New Drug Application for the 1st drug to use Intarcia’s Medici drug delivery system to treat Type II diabetes. The Medici drug-device combo...
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BioVentrix lands German reimbursement win for Revivent system
BioVentrix said today that its Revivent TC transcatheter ventricular enhancement system won NUB 1 reimbursement status from the German Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System. This status is the...
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Aura Biosciences wins FDA nod for light-activated ocular melanoma treatment
Aura Biosciences said today that the FDA approved its Investigational New Drug Application for the company’s light-activated viral nanoparticle conjugates for the treatment of ocular melanoma. The...
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Medtronic wins VA telehealth supply contract
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today its Medtronic Care Management Services won a contract from the US Department of Veterans Affairs to provide home telehealth technologies. The contract will position...
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Halt Medical wins Medicaid coverage for Acessa treatment in 5 states
Halt Medical said today it won coverage for its Acessa System from Medicaid in Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Washington D.C. The Acessa system uses radiofrequency ablation guided by ultrasound to...
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Toshiba Medical Systems wins 5-year $828m DoD radiology contract
Toshiba Medical Systems said last Friday it won a 5-year $827.6 million fixed-price, indefinite delivery and quantity contract with the US Department of Defense. The contract will position Toshiba...
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New at-home sleep apnea tests compete with for-profit labs
This figure shows the airway path and the obstruction caused by sleep apnea. [Image from Wikipedia]The big business in laboratory sleep apnea testing has a new competitor in the homes of obstructive...
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This artificial skin can sense temperature changes
Engineers and scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and ETH Zurich have developed a temperature detecting artificial skin that could be used for prosthetic limbs in amputees....
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Second Sight announces upcoming rights offering
Second Sight Medical (NSDQ:EYES) today released information on an upcoming rights offering, with plans to open on February 10, with proceeds slated to support development and improvement of its Argus...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for February 6, 2017
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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Maquet expands patent suit against Saphena
Getinge‘s (PINK:GETI B) medical subsidiary Maquet Cardiovascular said today it expanded a patent infringement suit against Saphena Medical and former employee Dr. Albert Chin, adding 2 specific actions...
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Merit Medical picks up Argon Medical Devices, Catheter Connections assets for...
Merit Medical (NSDQ:MMSI) said today it picked up assets from Argon Medical Devices and Catheter Connections for $48 million. The South Jordan, Utah-based company did not say which specific assets it...
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Haemonetics posts Q3 beat, lifts guidance
Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) today released its 3rd quarter earnings, topping expectations from analysts on The Street and raising its outlook for the rest of its fiscal year 2017. The Braintree,...
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5 Golden Mousetrap finalists you need to know
[Image courtesy of Martyn Fletcher on Flickr, per Creative Commons 2.0 license]Some of the latest and greatest design and manufacturing innovations will be highlighted this week at Design News’s annual...
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Brazilian regulators add two firms to MDSAP medical device quality inspection...
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group Brazilian medical device market regulator ANVISA has added two more firms to its list of accredited inspectorsfor the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP). Get...
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