Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and an advisor to MedTech suppliers, calls on the sector to “wake up and smell the coffee” as new guidance is issued on value based procurement. The UK Government’s Departmen
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has successfully gone live with System C’s CareFlow Electronic Patient Record (EPR), in what the trust says is a significant step forward in its landmark digital transformation programme. Delivered through the trust’s Blueprint project, the phased initiative unifies
The complaint seeks to protect Medtimo’s balloon system technology and alleges that Allurion infringes three Medtimo patents. Medtimo Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biorad Medisys Private Limited, has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint in the U.S. District Court of the Di
Dr Majid Kazmi is Director of Innovation, Research, Digital and Commercial for Cancer & Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The Medical Technology Group sat down with him to discuss opportunities around the NHS Ten Year Plan, how startups and the NHS can better collaborate and the
Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of SecureFlex, a single-use fine needle biopsy device, in EMEA. Designed for use with an ultrasound endoscope, SecureFlex supports endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) of submucosal and extramural lesions within the gastrointestinal t
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech companies looks at the priorities for the new Chair of Health Innovation Network, and urges MedTech suppliers to engage with regional Networks to devel
A South Wales-based medical technology company is scaling rapidly on the international stage, recording a 70% increase in overseas trade over the past three years and securing a 30% uplift in turnover as it attempts to position itself as a global leader in pressure area care. Tredegar-based Frontier
AI-powered physiotherapy clinic Flok Health’s technology has been certified as a Class IIa Medical Device under EU Medical Device Regulations. The company says that this the first time in the UK or Europe that an AI system has been approved to deliver end-to-end diagnostic triage and treatment pathw
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech companies highlights the short deadline for submission of evidence to a parliamentary committee looking into barriers to MedTech innovation and adoptio
I visited Medtronic’s ACM2U (Acute Care and Monitoring) Truck at the second stop of the UK leg of its tour to get up close with groundbreaking patient monitoring technology. Medtronic is currently in the midst of what is essentially a world tour. The MedTech giant kicked off the ACM2U Roadshow in Ib
A patient living with bladder control symptoms became the first to receive the commercially available Altaviva device from Medtronic, a minimally invasive, implantable tibial neuromodulation (ITNM) therapy to treat urge urinary incontinence. The procedure was performed at Surgical Centers of North T
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced ProVital+ GermsClean, an additive developed to protect plastic components in healthcare facilities against the proliferation of microrganisms by blocking the growth of bacteria and slowing down fungi multiplication, preventing the formation of ha
