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Siemens Healthineers to buy Varian Medical Systems for $16.4 billion

Varian today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Siemens Healthineers AG in an all-cash transaction valued at $16.4 billion on a fully diluted basis. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously...

August 3, 2020

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FDA Clears Zebra Medical’s Breast Cancer AI for Spotting Suspicious Mammography Lesions

Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, announces today its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo, which has already received a CE mark. Zebra Medical’s algorithm empowers breast radiologists by prioritizing and identifying suspicious mammograms,...

July 28, 2020

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7D Surgical Wins CE Mark Certification for Machine Vision Image Guided Spine Surgery

7D Surgical announced today that it has achieved CE Mark certification for its innovative Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery (MvIGS) system for spine surgery. This achievement clears the way for 7D Surgical to commence commercialization efforts of its spinal platform across...

July 16, 2020

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INSIGHTEC wins Medicare Coverage for MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Platform

INSIGHTEC, a global medical technology innovator of incisionless surgery, announced today achievement of complete Medicare coverage across all 50 states for MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment of medication-refractory Essential Tremor. “INSIGHTEC is committed to expanding patient access for MR-guided focused ultrasound,”...

July 13, 2020

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FDA Green-lights Infervision’s Deep Learning Tool for Segmenting Lung CT Scans

Infervision is pleased to announce the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(K) clearance of the InferRead Lung CT.AI product, which uses the state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep learning technology to automatically perform lung segmentation, along with accurately identifying and...

July 10, 2020

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Arterys Raises $28 Million to Accelerate the Delivery of Medical AI to Practices Around the World

Arterys, a leading global medical imaging platform to deliver clinical AI products over the internet, just received its seventh USA FDA clearance and announced its latest round of funding — a $28 million Series C investment from a syndicate led...

June 2, 2020

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Philips Receives FDA Clearance for the Use of its Ultrasound Portfolio to Manage COVID-19-Related Complications

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a wide range of its ultrasound solutions for the management of COVID-19-related lung and...

May 21, 2020

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Butterfly Network, Inc. is Bringing Ultrasound into the Home with Telemedicine

Butterfly Network has developed and is rolling out a new version of TeleGuidance™, their ultrasound-based telemedicine platform. TeleGuidance brings medical imaging to telemedicine. It leverages an array of leading-edge and easy-to-use augmented reality guiding tools. It allows trained practitioners to...

May 18, 2020

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FDA Approves Aspenstate’s AiRTouch Portable X-Ray System for Human Medical Use

Aspenstate has received clearance for their portable x-ray system, AiRTouch, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amongst many applications, this device is a simple and efficient front-line tool to acquire chest x-rays to diagnose COVID-19. The AiRTouch device...

May 11, 2020