Reed Miller

Reed Miller

Managing Editor, Commercial/R&D

State College, PA

Reed focuses on new technology development, including clinical trials and investment start-up companies. He has been covering medical technology since joining Medtech Insight predecessor Gray Sheet in 2000, and also covered cardiovascular technology for theheart.org and drug industry compliance issues for HCPro. Reed has a BA in religion from the College of William & Mary and an MA in Philosophy of Religion from Boston University. He lives and works in his hometown of State College, Pennsylvania.

Latest from Reed Miller

News We’re Watching: FDA Approves Medtronic's Affera, Roche's CGM Moves Closer To Approval, And More

Medtech Insight's News We're Watching covers medtech industry and research news you may have missed. This week, the Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) conference in Florence, Italy, included new results from studies of Roche's continuous glucose monitor and Medtronic's 780G insulin pump, Medtronic moved closer to earning FDA approval for its Affera ablation mapping and ablation system, and Linus Health expanded its technology for finding signs of cognitive problems in speech data.

New’s We’re Watching: J&J's Varipulse PFA Earns CE Mark; Labs Create Intravascular Robots; And More

Medtech Insight's News We're Watching highlights some recent business and R&D developments you may have missed. This week, Biosense Webster’s Varipulse PFA platform earned a CE mark; Biosense Webster also announced the start the pivotal IDE study of its Laminar left atrial appendage elimination system; the FDA approved Boston Scientific's Agent paclitaxel-coated balloon and cleared Medtronic's OsteoCool 2.0 bone ablation system; three papers in Science Robotics describe magnetically controlled vascular robots that could go places wires and catheters cannot.

Cardio Conversations: ‘Much More Than Just A Patch,’ iRhythm CEO Blackford Talks AI Arrhythmia Diagnostics

iRhythm CEO Quentin Blackford returned to Medtech Insight’s Cardio Conversations podcast to talk about the launch of his company’s new Zio monitor patch supported by a sophisticated neural network. He also addressed the company’s plans to improve its position in the mobile cardiac telemetry market, the impact of pulsed field ablation on the cardiac monitoring business, and more.

'There Is Work To Do:' Sean Salmon Discusses Medtronic's Recent Hard-Won Cardio Breakthroughs

Medtech Insight caught up with Sean Salmon, the president of Medtronic's cardiovascular business, to talk about the long-awaited FDA approval of the Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system, recent approvals of the PulseSelect pulsed field ablation system and extravascular ICD, and the company's plans for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

News We're Watching: Tricuspid Procedure Boom, Boston Scientific Borrows $2Bn, And More

Medtech Insight's News We're Watching highlights some recent business and R&D developments you may have missed. This week, GE Healthcare and Biofourmis announced a deal to collaborate on virtual care; Cleerly touts a new CPT code for its Ischemia cardiac diagnostic software; Boston Scientific announced how it plans to pay for Axonics; a Wells Fargo survey suggests the market for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair and replacement will grow faster than previously imagined; Virtual Incision earns FDA de novo authorization for its MIRA miniaturized surgical system for colectomy procedures; and MMI and Fabric announce major financing rounds.

Change Of Plan: Medtronic Drops Ventilators, Keeps Monitoring, Forms New Unit

Medtronic will stop producing ventilators and combine the rest of its patient monitoring and respiratory interventions business into a new business called acute care and monitoring. The company had previously announced plans to divest all of the patient monitoring and respiratory intervention business.