Medtronic, which develops, manufactures and sells medical therapy devices, has issued a voluntary recall of its MiniMed 600 series or 700 series insulin pumps due to the pump's potentially shortened battery life.
The company issued a field action, starting on July 31, notifying customers globally that they should monitor their MiniMed pump's built-in alarms and alerts to keep track of battery...
Population health technology company Color Health announced the appointment of Dr. Rebecca Miksad as chief medical officer and Josh Sturm as chief revenue officer.
Miksad is a medical oncologist and head of Boston University School of Medicine's High Risk Cancer Genetics Clinic and formerly held the position of senior medical director at oncology-focused digital health company Flatiron Health. ...
Qure.ai is the latest technology partner to join Medtronic's initiative in advancing stroke care management in India.
According to a press statement, their partnership aims to provide AI solutions to comprehensive stroke centres and primary stroke centres. They also seek to establish a hub-and-spoke network that will assist in faster identification, decision-making, and triaging of stroke...
Aster MIMS Hospital has partnered with Medtronic India to build a comprehensive stroke programme in Kerala.
It will form a hub-and-spoke network of identified hospitals around Calicut which will be provided with teleconsultation support and resources for mobilising stroke patients at a critical stage and in urgent need of therapy.
With Aster MIMS at the core of this network, partner hospitals can...
On Tuesday, Colorado-based remote patient monitoring company BioIntelliSense announced the acquisition of AlertWatch, a monitoring platform. AlertWatch aggregates data and provides clinicians with a composite view of patient vital sign trends.
The company received four FDA 510(k) clearances for its product offerings for operating rooms, labor and delivery units, and intensive care units....
An APAC study on healthcare technology startups provides insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sector.
The report also reveals how SMEs can be supported to overcome the common challenges they face in upscaling and growth.
Titled "Asia Pacific's Healthcare Technologies Ecosystem: Enhancing Start-up and SME success," the Medtronic-Economist Impact whitepaper was released...
Medical device company Medtronic is facing scrutiny after the company revealed that the FDA sent it a warning about the “inadequacy of specific medical device quality systems” in its Northridge, Calif. facility.
The company has pledged to remedy the issue by applying internal and external resources, and implementing corrective actions. However, what those resources and actions are were not...
India's Haryana develops mobile app to connect patients to all state hospitals
Haryana in India has created a mobile application that will connect patients to all public hospitals across the state.
The Swasth Haryana app, according to a news report, can store patient medical records, prescriptions and radiology and pathology reports.
The app also allows users to book doctor appointments and...
Irish medtech giant Medtronic's subsidiary Medtronic India has entered into a strategic partnership with Statis Health, a unit of Stasis Labs, to promote the latter's bedside patient monitoring system in India.
WHAT IT DOES
The Stasis Monitor comprises a bedside monitor that tracks six vital signs, a tablet and a cloud-connected app that enables remote monitoring across devices.
The connected...
The Food and Drug Administration has granted De Novo authorization to GI Genius, the first-of-its-kind device that uses artificial intelligence to help clinicians identify polyps in real time during colonoscopies.
Manufactured by Cosmo Pharmaceuticals and distributed by Medtronic, the GI Genius software and hardware can be applied to most colonoscopy videos to assist in the detection of...
