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Am I recommending cheating or doing something illegal? No. But my friend Rick wrote me about how Medicare's competitive bidding program is killing his business. I did a little digging and found this article in Forbes: http://medgroup.biz/bidding-fias...
Do you get The MedTech Strategist? You should. Here's a free copy: http://medgroup.biz/free-strategist Their Feb 9 issue has a 20-page article on 2016 tech innovation. These caught my eye: • Transcatheter heart valves top their list. Edwards (50% sh...
Today we are discussing medical device manufacturers' corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes. First, so we're all on the same page, visit http://medgroup.biz/CAPA for free resources from MasterControl. The http://medgroup.biz/CAPA link giv...
Billing itself as "the world's first maskless, hoseless, cordless, micro-CPAP device," startup Airing made a stir with its crowdfunding campaign this month, raising $800,000+ and attracting 4,000+ patients hoping to try the product as early as July 2...
Here's a recap of some things you may have missed over the past few months. First, Rhonda Rhyne's keynote speech from this year's 10x conference. You can watch it at http://medgroup.biz/Rhyne-keynote After an interesting presentation about the power ...
Some incubator exits have made great headlines. St. Jude Medical bought CardioMEMS. Stryker bought Concentric. Both were incubator graduates. I suspect these two are outliers. How do most participants fare? Your answers will be good background for th...
Come September 24, 2015, all medical device manufacturers of Implants, life-sustaining, and life-supporting devices marketed in the U.S. need to submit unique device identifiers to the FDA. It's complex, so please accept this free help from my friend...
When Tim Kringel told the 10x crowd about the data they could get their hands on, I practically cut him off mid-sentence and said, "You have to share this with the Medical Devices Group." On the spot, he agreed to give a free webinar – a must for any...
How'd you like to have one audit instead of four? In an effort to accelerate international medical device regulatory harmonization and convergence, the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) developed common standards for quality manag...
Mark Armstrong, MD, MSBE
Associate Medical Director for Colorectal Health and PACE Curriculum Manager at Medtronic
March 2015
Preliminary studies used nanoparticles targeting arterial wall damage. Once at the damaged site, the particles released the protein annexin A1. Researchers had a 70% targeting rate and reported signs of vessel healing after the therapy.Precision nano...
