The US FDA has cleared an AI tool from Eko Health that could help doctors detect heart failure during routine physical exams. Developed with the Mayo Clinic, the tool can pick up a key early indicator for heart failure, which can often go undiagnosed.
Primary care physicians using a digital stethoscope equipped with an AI-infused algorithm could diagnose heart failure during standard physicals.
Eko Health’s Low Ejection Fraction (EF) AI, developed with the Mayo Clinic, allows physicians using the Eko digital stethoscope to detect Low EF, a key indicator for
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is asking the public to help cut waste across the government’s health agencies. Kennedy announced a 60-day comment period allowing the public to take part in a broader federal initiative to reduce regulations and increase transparency.
The intricate assembly of medical devices, often involving over 1,000 globally sourced components, faces severe disruption due to new US tariffs. These barriers could halt production and devastate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), MedTech Europe’s CEO, Oliver Bisazza, warns in an interview with Medtech Insight.
With medtech businesses typically managing investment cycles on a three- to five-year basis, local regulatory processes and forward costs of market entry must offer an attractive environment in which companies can plan for growth, says McDermott Will and Emery’s partner and head of healthcare and life sciences, Sharon Lamb. Broad-scale improvements to NICE’s evaluation offerings would similarly enhance the UK’s value to innovators.
