Medtech Insight spoke with Martha Shadan, CEO of Miach Orthopaedics, about the company’s marketing efforts for its US FDA-cleared BEAR implant for treating anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, ongoing clinical trials, plans for the rest of the year, and highlights from the AAOS 2022 event.
Miach Orthopaedics’ CEO Martha Shadan expressed excitement about surgeons’ uptake of its now commercially available bio-engineered Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration, BEAR implant, designed to get patients with anterior cruciate ligament tears back on their feet and back to their sports faster post-surgery compared with standard ACL reconstruction.
Since Miach launched the BEAR implant this January, after receiving US Food and Drug Administration de novo clearance in...
BioWales in London 2025 showcased the efforts healthtech innovators are making to meet investors on their own turf, illustrating changing attitudes and evolving needs.
J&J's EMEA head of digital solutions, Julia Fishman, talks about the major hurdles in scaling digital innovation, tips for clinical adoption and what’s up next on J&J’s innovation road map. Robot-assisted surgery pioneer Ivo Broeders gives his perspective on the difficulties in clinical adoption.
The KINCISE 2 Surgical Automated System aims to “reduce the physical burden on surgeons compared to manual impaction in primary and revision hip and revision knee replacement procedures,” said J&J MedTech.
Surgify Medical’s selective drill tip, Surgify Halo, is “an obvious choice for surgeons,” said Boris Hofmann, head of ZEISS Ventures and lead investor in the company’s series A funding round.
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
The pulsed-field ablation market is surging, with the UK NHS opening doors and FDA updates for major players. Medtech Insight spoke with Steven Mickelsen, founder of Farapulse (the first clinically approved PFA system), about the sector's growth and his new venture, Field Medical.
CDX is eying applications for its pump platform that go beyond ECMO. The company’s CEO says smart pumps that can be fine-tuned to patient volume and configuration are needed, and CDX is creating a scalable solution capable of supporting both acute and chronic lung care.
