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Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

Johnson & Johnson Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson]Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare?

I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine — and asked two leaders in the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) medical device business to put their imagination to work as they embark on a cloud partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). This second part of the conversation (read the first part here) also discusses the regulatory aspect of cloud-connected medical devices and how the medtech industry can keep advancing the technology.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jone…

Imagining the future of cloud-connected medical devices with Johnson & Johnson leaders

Johnson & Johnson Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam [Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson ]

Cloud-connected medical devices already collect and analyze data, talk to each other and use artificial intelligence to improve patient care, but how much more might be possible in the not-so-distant future? Surgery simulations? Smart ambulances? Full-body scanners? One-click healthcare?

I’ve been exploring that question for an upcoming edition of Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine, and asked two leaders in the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) medical device business to put their imagination to work as they embark on a cloud partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). This second part of the conversation (read the first part here) also discusses the regulatory aspect of cloud-connected medical devices and how the medtech industry can keep advancing the technology.

This conversatio…

What Johnson & Johnson could get out of Microsoft

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jones [Photo courtesy of J&J]Johnson & Johnson leaders believe big benefits from medical device connectivity are possible through their cloud partnership with Microsoft.

Two leaders in the company’s medical device business recently spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing about how the cloud can enable innovation in medtech. They offered valuable advice for medtech engineers designing for connectivity.

In January, New Brunswick, New Jersey–based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) named Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as its preferred cloud provider for digital surgery solutions and partner on building out J&J’s digital surgery platform and internet of things (IoT) device connectivity.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global VP of Medical Devices Larry Jones and Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam (who also serves as global head …

Johnson & Johnson leaders discuss what’s possible with the Microsoft cloud deal

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jones [Photo courtesy of J&J]

Two leaders from Johnson & Johnson connected with Medical Design & Outsourcing this week to discuss the medical device maker’s partnership with Microsoft, the cloud’s potential for medical devices and to offer advice for medtech engineers designing for connectivity.

In January, New Brunswick, New Jersey–based Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) named Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as its preferred cloud provider for digital surgery solutions and partner on building out J&J’s digital surgery platform and internet of things (IoT) device connectivity.

Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global Vice President of Medical Devices Larry Jones and Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam (who also serves as global head of medical affairs, clinical a…

Zimmer Biomet introduces OptiVu mixed reality platform, demos new ZBEdge offerings

Zimmer Biomet’s OptiVu Surgical Demo app will let surgeons and patients visualize a procedure together.

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) today demonstrated three new ZBEdge offerings connecting robotic and digital healthcare technology.

The Warsaw, Indiana-based medical device company started off by introducing its new OptiVu Mixed Reality Solutions platform, which will be used with Microsoft HoloLens smartglasses and three applications available this winter.

OptiVu Mixed Reality Apps

The first application employing mixed reality (a combination of virtual reality and augmented reality) is OptiVu Instrument Assembly, which uses image recognition to guide a user step-by-step through instrument assembly. The app is “designed to give the user confidence that each instrument was assembled correctly and help anticipate the next surgical step,” Global Robotics Director Stephen Bernous said.

Another app…

MedTech 100 roundup: Industry skies to all-time high

The medtech industry hit a slight lull in the early stages of 2021 and, after signs of a rebound, it has soared beyond levels ever before seen.

MassDevice‘s MedTech 100 Index had been building up steam in the month of April, rising from 102.16 points at the beginning of March all the way to 109.39 to end the week before last (April 9). Having only set its previous all-time best of 110.96 on Feb. 15, the industry’s topsy-turvy run gave no indication of which direction it was heading next.

However, after the rise over the past couple of weeks, the industry rode that wave to a new all-time high of 112.25 to end last week on April 16. That represents a 2.6% rise from the previous week’s tally.

Improvements continue to shine a light on the strong position the industry has settled into a year on from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on medtech, as the industry has produced an 21.6% rise from the pre-pandemic high of 92.32 (set on Feb. 1…

Microsoft spending $19.7B on Nuance and its AI for healthcare providers

Microsoft announced today that it will acquire Nuance Communications and its AI-based software used by healthcare providers.

Under the agreement, Microsoft will buy Nuance at $56 per share, representing a 23% premium to Nuance’s closing price on Friday, April 9, 2021. The all-cash transaction is valued at $19.7 billion, inclusive of Nuance’s debt, according to a news release.

Nuance develops conversational AI and cloud-based ambient clinical intelligence for healthcare providers, including the Dragon Ambient eXperience, Dragon Medical One and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting. The company’s platforms work with core healthcare systems, including longstanding relationships with Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

According to the release, Nuance’s platforms are currently used by more than 55% of physicians and 75% of radiologists in the U.S., while they are also used in 77% of U.S. hospitals.

Microsoft said it accelerated…