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11 New Breakthrough Medical Technology Examples

Etactics

The Advanced Medical Technology Association reports that the United States is the largest medical device market in the world, attributing to over 40% of the MedTech market. Medical technology, or MedTech, proves to change and improve rapidly year by year. Table of Contents What is Medical Technology?

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Patient Square Capital Forms Elevage Medical Technologies to Partner with Growth-Stage Medical Device Companies

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital (“Patient Square”) forms Elevage Medical Technologies (“Elevage”), a new portfolio company to support the growth of promising medical device companies by providing capital and deep strategic expertise.

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How to Improve Patient Confidence When Rolling Out New Medical Technology

HIT Consultant

For many patients, it’s clear that new medical technology (or medtech) isn’t effectively providing the experience needed to improve their medical condition. Maybe a patient’s diabetes management app uses overly clinical language, or perhaps it doesn’t walk them through every app feature.

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Medical Technology – Recent Decisions at the Federal Circuit and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Sheppard Health Law

INTRODUCTION Recent developments at the Federal Circuit and the USPTO can inform evolving patent strategy on medical technology. In one case, the Federal Circuit invalidated a patent relating to catheter insertion technology. In the first decision, the PTAB saved claims involving medical device location. In Junker v.

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4C Medical Technologies Nabs $35M, Appoints New President and CEO

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – 4C Medical Technologies , a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease raises $35.4M in Series C funding was led by MicroPort CardioFlow Medtech Corporation (HKEX:2160).

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Recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board Approaches to Patent Claims on Medical Technology Implementing AI

Sheppard Health Law

INTRODUCTION This article briefly analyzes recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decisions on medical technology incorporating artificial intelligence (AI). CONCLUSION These decisions suggest that PTAB appeals on medical technology incorporating AI are potentially winnable but still unpredictable.

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The True Value of Human-Centered Research Within Medical Technology

HIT Consultant

Hollie Johnston, Principal and Human Sciences Capability Lead at PDD. With recent statistics suggesting that 70% of all projects fail, it’s vital that we do all we can to set ourselves up for success when we set out on a new design or development of a product.