Medtronic Inc. has started shipments of its newest line of pacemaker systems Consulta and Syncra now that the devices have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. Fridley, Minnesota-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) said Wednesday that both Consulta and Syncra include technology that allows for remote follow-up of heart patients implanted with the stopwatch-sized devices. The […]
International Cardio Corp. is licensing University of Minnesota technology that uses high-intensity focused ultrasound technology to treat clogged arteries in a noninvasive way. Donald Knight, the president of the Chaska, Minnesota-based startup, said in a Tuesday news release that he has a brother who nearly died during an angioplasty procedure. “Angioplasty is an effective procedure, […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. recently announced that it’s started a limited-market release of its Stealth 360° Orbital PAD System, the latest in the company’s line of catheter-based systems that rub away plaque in clogged arteries in the pelvis or leg. St. Paul, Minnesota-based CSI (NASDAQ:CSII) claims the Stealth 360° has a simpler, more user-friendly design than […]
It was only a single bullet in his pocket while waiting to board an airplane. But St. Jude Medical CEO Daniel Starks is in a different league, one often inhabited by professional athletes and celebrities rather than medical technology executives, after his detention last week at a Delhi, India airport.
ScyFIX is seeking to raise $4 million as the Chanhassen, Minnesota-based company continues to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a device that uses slight electric shocks to treat degenerative eye disease. ScyFIX has just started the offering, which expires in June 2012, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. […]
Mayo Clinic is providing expertise for a group of Harvard Business School students starting an incubator called Rock Health for people with innovative ideas for improving healthcare delivery. Dr. Michael Matly, who is in charge of business development at Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo’s two-year-old Center for Innovation, has a Harvard MBA himself. Officials at the school […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, one of the top boosters for the medical device industry in Congress, doesn’t see a major repeal of health reform taking place. Still, the Minnesota Republican is hopeful some aspects of the law will change, including an upcoming tax on medical devices that Paulsen believes will stifle innovation. The nearly 50-member […]
Denis Harrington, who until recently was head of sales for Boston Scientific Corp.'s cardiovascular and CRM business, has left the company to become president and CEO of a Twin Cities startup called BridgePoint Medical Inc.
Abir Sen of Minneapolis-based Bloom Health thinks his company has a service that will replace the employer-sponsored health plan in much the same way that the 401(k) plan has mostly replaced a pension.
Tom Henke, a former high-level executive at health insurer Medica, is seeking to raise more than $2 million for a home diagnosis testing company called QuickCheck Health Inc. that he started last year.
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St. Jude Medical’s (NYSE:STJ) chief executive officer Daniel Starks was free to travel inside India on Thursday, a day after authorities detained him for having a single round of live ammunition on him at the Delhi airport.
Word is out about the identity of the corporate partner NxThera CEO Robert Paulson mentioned last week. It turns out it's American Medical Systems Inc. Minnetonka, Minnesota-based AMS (Nasdaq: AMMD) specializes in medical devices related to pelvic health. Shoreview, Minnesota-based NxThera is developing a thermal vapor prostate treatment -- technology that involves the same area of the body where American Medical Systems' expertise lies.
Medtronic Inc. on Thursday announced the U.S. and European launch of its newest Activa neurostimulation device — the Activa SC. The newest Activa device is single-channel, which involves running a lead, or wire, into only one side of the brain to provide electrical stimulation. Other Activa devices, the Activa PC and Activa RC, are dual-channel, […]
The present fee-for-service payment model that dominates healthcare doesn't begin to meet what needs to be done to properly treat people with open wounds and diabetes. That was the primary complaint heard at an experts panel that the life sciences trade group LifeScience Alley held in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Medica, one of the largest healthcare insurers operating in Minnesota, is showing some attitude with a new marketing campaign in the Twin Cities. Billboards, bus stop and skyway signs show a lesbian couple holding hands, an ear with a huge stud earring, a baby holding a toy block, and a woman with a little girl lying on a blanket. The message is that Medica has "plans that fit your life."