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TPI will host FimmTech founder Suhas Kulkarni’s seminar at MD&M West 2022

Trademark Plastics is headquartered in Riverside, California. [Photo courtesy of Trademark Plastics]

Trademark Plastics Inc. (TPI) today announced that Suhas Kulkarni, the founder of TPI partner FimmTech Scientific Molding & Processing, will present at MD&M West in April.

TPI and FimmTech have worked together for four years, most recently offering seminars on FimmTech’s Nautilus, a mold-qualification software based on scientific molding and design of experiments (DOE).

“Partnering with FimmTech and leveraging the Nautilus DOE software has granted TPI the ability to form the most robust processes 100% of the time,” TPI said in a news release. “The Nautilus software also assists in rapid troubleshooting processes, such as DOE’s that can be run within 3-4 hours, as opposed to several days or even weeks without this software. With proper machine and mold specifi…

DeviceTalks Boston returns with a unique approach for medtech connections and development

DeviceTalks Boston speakers include Meghan Scanlon, senior vice president at Boston Scientific and president of its urology and pelvic health business. [Photo courtesy of Boston Scientific]

A few months back, I wrote what was best described by a colleague as a “salty” column in which I demanded conference organizers like myself step up our game if we expect to bring back attendees.

“For too long, conference organizers have relied upon a potent cocktail of FOMO and habit,” I wrote in one particularly briny portion. “Sure, organizers try to amp up content, introduce cool partnering apps and a few gimmicks. (One recent healthcare meeting had puppies, actual puppies … gimmicky, but intriguing.)”

Here I am, four months later, and I still agree with me!

We’ve been working harder — and smarter — to assemble the agenda of DeviceTalks Boston, coming up May 10…

Shoulder Innovations wins FDA clearance for InSet stemless humeral implant

Shoulder Innovations today announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its InSet stemless humeral system.

Grand Rapids, Michigan–based Shoulder Innovations designed the stemless humeral system as the latest component of the InSet total shoulder system. It combines stemless and stemmed in both anatomic and reverse configurations in the same platform.

Get the full story on our sister site, MassDevice.

Endiatx’s pill-sized robot sees and swims inside the stomach

Endiatx co-founder and CEO Torrey Smith with PillBot [Photo by Hardy Wilson for MDO]

An unconventional CEO and his team take aim at endoscopies with faster, cheaper stomach imaging — and that’s just the start. Welcome to the era of tiny robots inside the body.

As he prepared to swallow his robot for the first time, Torrey Smith’s doctors warned that the battery was his greatest threat.

If the capsule came apart and the battery burned the tissue lining his stomach, it would only be the beginning of a very bad experience.

“I was just hoping that we would get any kind of a positive signal that we were on the right track,” Smith, co-founder and CEO of Endiatx, said of the June 2020 test. “At that time, our radio bandwidth was so limited. We were pushing 48 pixels square of grayscale, not even color, at just a few frames per second. The worst video quality you could imagine —…

Stanford startup hires Elbit’s KMC to get blood ammonia device approved and manufactured

Aza Technology’s rapid ammonia monitoring device (AMD) [Photo courtesy of Aza Technology]

Aza Technology has hired Elbit Systems of America’s KMC Systems medical instruments division to get the startup’s rapid blood ammonia detector approved by regulators and ready for manufacturing.

Aza Technology developed the rapid ammonia monitoring device (AMD) with Stanford University and Stanford Hospital to detect hyperammonemia, which can lead to irreversible neurological damage, coma and even death in patients of all ages. Current hyperammonemia testing can take hours, but the new device works within minutes with a drop of blood from an earlobe or finger prick, much like glucometers measure blood sugar.

“Between hospital and/or clinic visits, parents and caregivers are challenged to know ammonia levels and when their level would require immediate attention or action,” Organic Acidemia Associat…

HeartBeam picks Triple Ring to co-develop portable heart attack detector

HeartBeam (Nasdaq: BEAT) said today that it has signed a professional services agreement with Triple Ring Technologies to help develop and design its personal, portable heart attack detector.

Santa Clara, California-based HeartBeam said it plans to submit what it calls a “telehealth complete solution 3D vector electrocardiogram (ECG) collection device” for FDA 510(k) clearance in the fourth quarter of 2022.

The company said patients will be able to use the credit-card-sized device at home to help their doctors determine whether chest pain is due to a myocardial infarction (the medical term for a heart attack) using cloud-based software for real-time data transmission.

The project includes device builds for design verification and validation, device packaging and a manufacturing technology transfer. HeartBeam said it is talking with several contract manufacturers.

“The joint effort will be a five-phase expedited device development proje…

How medtech and pharma are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Medtech and pharma companies continue to support Ukraine relief efforts following Russia’s invasion.

Previously, the World Health Organization announced that it was sending “essential medical supplies” to Ukraine — including its first shipment of 36 metric tons of supplies for trauma care and emergency surgery and other health supplies — to meet the needs of more than 150,000 patients. Medical device and pharmaceutical companies have taken various actions for support efforts, ranging from matching employee contributions and sending supplies to suspending operations in the region.

Below is a running list of life science companies and their efforts. This is a developing story and will be updated as companies release information.

3M: Suspending all business in Russia.

Abbott: Donating $2 million to humanitarian organizations to support Ukraine and refugees; donating …

Google unveils AI-powered Care Studio Conditions to make sense of patient records

Google Health’s new Care Studio feature, Conditions [Screenshot courtesy of Google]

Google Health previewed a new Care Studio feature called Conditions to make electronic health records more accessible and useful for clinicians treating patients.

Powered by artificial intelligence, Conditions can interpret and organize clinical notes stored across different systems for different purposes by different health care professionals.

‘When it comes to writing notes, clinicians use different abbreviations or acronyms depending on their personal preference, what health system they’re a part of, their region and other factors.” Paul Muret VP and GM of Google Health’s Care Studio, wrote yesterday in a blog post. “All of this has made it difficult to synthesize clinical data — until now.”

Conditions uses natural language processing to understand the notes, rank conditions b…

How Minnetronix helped Oculogica launch its new EyeBOX concussion diagnostic device

Oculogica CEO Rosina Samadani [Photo courtesy of Oculogica]

Less than three months after Oculogica won FDA clearance for its portable concussion diagnostic device, contract manufacturer Minnetronix is about to ship the first units to customers.

“We are aspiring to be a vital sign for brain health,” Oculogica CEO Rosina Samadani said in an interview.

Diagnosing a concussion used to require asking a patient if they have a headache, fatigue, or nausea along with a host of subjective questions about how they feel in a 15- to 25-minute exchange.

The Oculogica EyeBOX test takes four minutes, measuring eye movement with a near-infrared camera that records gaze positions 500 times per second as a patient watches a video, then using an algorithm to calculate a BOX score. A score below 10 means no concussion, while 10 or higher indicates the patient is concussed. The test doesn’t require a…

Deadline nears for gBETA Medtech startup accelerator

The gBETA program for medtech startups is seeking applicants from across the globe on or before March 14 for its spring session.

The seven-week gBETA Medtech virtual accelerator runs April 18 through June 14. gBETA is a program of startup accelerator Gener8tor and the University Enterprise Labs business incubator in St. Paul, Minnesota, with support from Mayo Clinic, the University of Minnesota, Medical Alley Association and founding sponsor Boston Scientific.

Up to five startups will be selected for the medtech program, which covers medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare software, biotechnology, drug discovery and delivery and more. They’ll participate in webinars, regular meetings with the gBETA Medtech team, mentor and investor swarms — like speed dating sessions with founders, investors, serial entrepreneurs, technical professionals, board members and industry experts — and then a demo day and pitch night, followed by ongoing support after the progr…

Fast Company names 10 most innovative medtech companies of 2022

Fast Company today announced its list of the 10 most innovative medical device companies of 2022.

Fast Company typically recognizes organizations that are reshaping their businesses, industries and the broader culture. This is the first year that the business media firm has honored the most innovative medical device companies. Many medtech companies on the list address chronic conditions, ensure hospital safety and are “creatively using technology to improve patient care,” Fast Company reported.

The inaugural list includes:

Biotricity Shockwave Medical Eko CleanSpace Technology Bolder Surgical (now part of Hologic) VirtuSense Technologies Ambu Xandar Kardian Vivos Therapeutics Echonous

Read more about the most innovative medical device companies according to Fast Company here.