A potentially enormous market without therapeutic options is attracting a lot of new technology developesr and venture capital to stroke. But the opportunity for clot-busting approaches is limited and getting enough patients for clinical trials is tough. In a market full of unknowns, one thing is certain: the ultimate goal of any stroke therapy is to avoid neurological deficit.
by Mary Stuart
One of the hottest, fastest growing areas for device technology, interventional neurology, actually has at its roots cardiovascular medicine and...
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In this week's Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight's team discusses progress on autonomous surgery, Medtronic's new partnership with IRCAD, FDA cybersecurity news, and C-suite interviews with OpenWater, Flow Neuroscience and EnsoData.
A recent FDA warning letter claims a Boston firm that specializes in wearable technology marketed a blood pressure device without agency approval. The company rejects the assertion and says the agency is out of step with federal law.
US Medicare has proposed national coverage of renal denervation for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. The treatment is seeing other advances as well, with Medtronic piloting a longer catheter and a multi-organ approach and a blood test to identify the best candidates fresh on the
