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Intuitive Surgical puts another $9 million into Luna Innovations’...
Luna Innovations (NSDQ:LUNA) said today that Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) agreed to put up another $9 million for the shape-sensing technology it bought for its da Vinci robot-assisted surgery...
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EnteroMedics pulls trigger on 1-for-15 reverse split
EnteroMedics (NSDQ:ETRM) said today its board authorized a 1-for-15 reverse stock split, effective on January 7 next year. As a result of the split, every 15 shares of stock in the St. Paul,...
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Titan Medical closes in on 1st-in-human for Sport surgical robot
Titan Medical (CVE:TMD) said this week that initial versions of its Sport robot-assisted surgery platform are ready for engineering verification ahead of 1st-in-human trials early next year. The...
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Private Equity firm EQT buys Lima
Lima Corporate said today private equity firm EQT acquired it through the purchase of the majority of the company’s shares, shifting ownership from Ardian. The transaction is still subject to...
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Insightec touts reimbursement win for Exablate
Insightec said today it received positive coverage policies from Blue Cross Blue Shield licensees for its Exablate magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound device for pain palliation...
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CytoSorbents scraps EAP path, pursues IDE and PMA for CytoSorb
CytoSorbents (OTC:CTSO) said today it’s dropping its pursuit of the FDA’s fast-track Expedited Access Pathway for its CytoSorb for treating sepsis. The decision came after meeting with the FDA’sCenter...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for December 23, 2015
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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Seno Medical touts data from Imagio breast cancer pilot study
Seno Medical Instruments on Monday released data from the pilot study portion of its Pioneer pivotal study examining its Imagio opto-acoustic tool designed to diagnose breast cancer. The company said...
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BionX adds $11.4m for powered ankle prosthetic
BionX said it added $11.4 million to the $6 million it drummed up last year for its Biom powered ankle prosthesis. BionX, previously known as BiOM (which was formerly known as iWalk), said in a...
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Avedro CEO Muller is out | Personnel Moves
Avedro said CEO David Muller stepped down shortly after it closed a $32 million equity round last month, replaced on an interim basis by COO Brian Roberts, the former CFO at Insulet (NSDQ:PODD)....
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Fed. Circ. upholds doc’s $4.3m IP win over Globus
The Federal Circuit Court on Wednesday upheld a doctor’s $4.3 million win over Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) in a case examining supposed stolen trade secrets connected to 3 spinal fusion devices. A jury...
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Avita Medical sheds respiratory biz for $2.64m
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today it sold its respiratory business to Medical Developments International for $2.64 million. The division includes Avita’s Breath-A-Tech and Funhaler asthma spacers...
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Pulse Biosciences registers for $20m IPO
Pulse Biosciences, which is developing pulsed electric field technology to treat solid tumors, last week filed for an initial public offering worth $20 million. Burlingame, Calif.-based Pulse said it...
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Steris gains on post-Synergy merger outlook
Steris (NYSE:STE) shares are up nearly 8% since the company last week issued its 1st post-merger guidance since its $2 billion merger with the U.K.’s Synergy Health, as investors reacted to a top-line...
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FDA clears Biotronik’s full-body MRI-safe Iperia ICDs
Biotronik said last week it won FDA premarket approval for its Iperia family of magnetic resonance imaging-compatible implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The approval includes Biotronik’s Iperia...
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Hologic picks up DiagnoCure PCA3 prostate marker assets for $4.7m
DiagnoCure said last week it sold its PCA3 prostate cancer biomarker assets to Hologic‘s (NSDQ:HOLX) subsidiary Gen-Probe for $4.7 million (C$6.5 million). The purchase is slated to include $4 million...
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MiMedx revives Organogenesis beef
MiMedx (NSDQ:MDXG) CEO Pete Petit last week renewed a beef with regenerative medicine rival Organogenesis, accusing that company of being behind a short-seller’s letter advising investors to bet...
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FDA clears FujiFilm reprocessing label for ’superbug’-susceptible duodenoscopes
The FDA last week said it cleared Fujifilm Holdings‘ (TSE:4901) revised manual reprocessing instructions for its ED-530XT duodenoscope, replacing reprocessing instructions included on the original...
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FDA releases FY2016 planned guidance docs
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health this week released a list of guidance documents it intends to publish for the next fiscal year. The federal watchdog released 3 different lists of...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for December 28, 2015
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