News We're Watching: Breakthrough Retinal Scan For CV Disease, InfoBionic's AI-Powered Remote Monitoring, And More

Some of the industry news from last week that Medtech Insight is tracking: The FDA granted its breakthrough status to Toku's Clair AI technology for finding markers of cardiovascular disease in retinal scans. Dupont is partnering with STMicroelectronics on a new patch sensor technology, ReWalk secures Medicare coverage for its exoskeleton, and more.

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ReWalk Robotics announcedyet another milestone in its efforts to solidify Medicare coverage and help more people with spinal cord injuries gain access to its exoskeleton technology.

After announcing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ruled that exoskeletons would be covered in the Medicare brace...

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