Shaun Braun, Zimmer Biomet’s chief information and technology officer, said today’s biggest medtech innovation is the field’s focus on connection and interoperability. By integrating data, AI and robotics into a single ecosystem, the company is seeking to deliver more personalized care and improve surgical outcomes.
From the operating room to the front desk, robotics are now being integrated into a variety of applications with the purpose of freeing up time and services for healthcare workers to do what they do best, patient care.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Moon Surgical recently raised $55.5 million for its robotic surgical assistant, which has earned regulatory clearance in the U.S. and European Union. The startup also appointed Fred Moll, founder of Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health, as independent chair of its board.
Medical robotics startup Noah Medical recently closed a $150 million Series B funding round. The company's robotic platform, called the Galaxy System, was designed to help physicians find, biopsy and diagnose lung cancer lesions with more ease and confidence.
Emerging technologies hold the potential to protect doctors, nurses, caregivers, and first responders while driving up efficiencies for manual tasks and processes and enhancing productivity.
Ekso Bionics — a company that makes exoskeleton bionic devices — recently acquired Parker Hannifin’s business unit for human motion and control for $10 million. The acquisition will help extend Ekso’s product line across the continuum of care and provides access to Vanderbilt University as a research partner.
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
An expensive failed acquisition, sales force flux, off-label use of a controversial biologics product, a DOJ investigation and nimble competitors chipping away has hobbled Medtronic's spine business. The purchase of Mazor Robotics aims to be a major reset.
Six years after the Providence, Rhode Island-based business got its start with a focus on the plush, robotic Jerry the Bear to help children newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Sproutel has moved into the pediatric cancer space in a collaboration with Aflac.
The Partnership for Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Healthcare (PATH) is designed to bring together health systems, payers and regulators to navigate the barriers to adoption and implementation, among other priorities.
In establishing the Mount Sinai Robotic Institute, the health system aims to achieve the best results for patients by optimizing robotic technology and multidisciplinary care.
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
CEO of surgical robotics company TransEnterix talks of interactions with FDA that rejected its 510(k) application but refuses to divulge the reason that led to the agency's negative decision frustrating analysts and investors.
The word analytics is bandied about a lot in healthcare these days, and the CEO of Intuitive Surgical explains what it can mean in the context of surgical robotics.
After dismissing robotics in orthopedics, Zimmer Biomet is jumping on the bandwagon.
It’s too soon to tell precisely where advances in the blockchain or costs of genetics testing ultimately lead to when it comes to pushing the medical field further. All of these forces are intertwined, intermingling, and making healthcare in the 21st century more interesting.
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