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Group member Amy Baxter, MD, is furious. "I just got back from #PAINWeek where supposedly doctors are learning about what works for their patients to manage pain. We brought our new DuoTherm low back pain thermal/vibration prototypes – almost all the...
I met medical device inventor Peter Harris yesterday. He invented LapProxâ„¢, a device for Laparoscopic Gastric Plication. Peter taught me as much about laparoscopy as one can learn over a lunch at the Mongolian Grill. I'll try to hit the highligh...
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...
I'd like to know what are your thoughts on the issue? How do you handle the cyber security issue in your company? Do you think we are doing enough to protect medical devices from cyber threats? Did you have to open NCR or seen any adverse event due t...
Folks, Eager to know, if there exist vendors/platform to connect multiple health parameters (BP, TP, Glucose, ECG & much more) from monitoring devices of the patient. This is basically to monitor the patients remotely.Thanks!source: https://www.l...
Paula Rutledge
Executive Medical Device Recruiter | 30 Years Medical Device | Executive Headhunter |
June 2018
Wow. The CDC says that 1 in 4 people will die of heart disease. 610,000 people in the U.S. alone. As someone who lost a friend very young to undiagnosed heart disease, this shocks and disturbs me. For a relatively low cost burden, the ECG is a simple...
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I would be very interested in feedback on positive or negative experiences of group members with rapid prototyping/lean startup principles in medtech startups, and even in the introduction of new products by more established organizations. To what ex...
This week I'm inviting group comments about medical devices intended to reduce pain without drugs, and your experience with these devices if you suffer. Recent CDC statistics: As many as 1 in 4 on prescription opioids struggle with addiction. 64,000 ...
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