STAT+: ‘Right to repair’ movement gains momentum in the tightly controlled world of medical devices
When Covid-19’s first surge hit Boston in 2020, biomedical engineer Scot Mackeil knew every single…
Category: medical devices
Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone
There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels…
‘A constant information lag’: The troubled recall of Philips CPAP machines underscores flaws in device oversight
The ongoing recall of millions of breathing devices made by Philips has been botched and…
Opinion: Real-time data are needed to monitor health after disasters
Weather-related disasters like the millions of Floridians left without power by Hurricane Ian or the…
FDA panel asks for improvements in pulse oximeters
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel suggested Tuesday that the agency improve how it regulates…
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Watch: How pulse oximeters work, and why they sometimes do not
Pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels in blood, are one of the most widely used…
Pulse oximeters and their inaccuracies will get FDA scrutiny today. What took so long?
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether…
Surprise billing legal limbo & device price persuasion
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: As medical device companies look to snap up Medicare dollars, potential conflicts lurk
Medicare is expected to pay more than $86 billion next year for care given in…
‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings
Like many people who are Black, Kimani Toussaint was concerned when he learned that the…
Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.
Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this…
Opinion: Implant recipients shouldn’t be left in the dark when a device maker cuts off support
Imagine having an impaired sense restored by an innovative device, only to suddenly lose that…
STAT+: Four brain-computer interface companies you should watch (other than Neuralink)
The term “brain-computer interface,” or BCI, has been buzzing around Silicon Valley and the mainstream…
Opinion: STAT+: For safety’s sake, it’s time to get medical device identifiers over the finish line
This week, an under-the-radar U.S. government advisory group called the National Committee on Vital and…
STAT+: Edwards Lifesciences chief tops list of highest-paid medical device CEOs
Medical device executives generally made less in 2021 than in 2020, as the pandemic again…
Health care’s high rollers: As the pandemic raged, CEOs’ earnings surged
Health care’s top executives sat comfortably atop their perch during the second year of the…
They blazed a trail with ‘brain-computer interfaces.’ Now they want to help shape the field’s future
Three years after he was paralyzed from the chest down, Ian Burkhart faced a dilemma….
Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings tied to less supplemental oxygen for darker-skinned ICU patients
Patients with darker skin who received less accurate readings of their oxygen levels using pulse…
Opinion: STAT+: How the U.S. can mitigate and prevent medical device shortages
Just weeks after the U.S. declared Covid-19 to be a public health emergency in early…
Costly Alzheimer’s treatment is spreading around the world, with virtually no science to back it up
BERLIN — Looking more like a barber than a doctor, orthopedic surgeon Musa Citak squirted…
STAT+: Drugmakers use monopoly tactics to thwart lower-cost generic competition for inhalers, analysis finds
For more than three decades, drugmakers have used various tactics to win and extend monopolies…
STAT+: Warren, Grassley threaten to slap FDA with a 30-day deadline for OTC hearing aid rules
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan duo of senators is done waiting for the Food and Drug…
Opinion: Reforms needed for FDA’s regulation of medical devices
Medical devices are mainstays of modern medicine, from basic products like gloves and bandages to…
Elizabeth Warren on over-the-counter hearing aids, health lobbying, and the FDA’s independence
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration took a major step toward allowing…
Opinion: Insurers should cover energy costs for prescribed medical equipment
Some Americans working from home during the pandemic noticed sizable increases in their monthly electric…
A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?
The surgical robot market, long dominated by one company, has a new entrant hoping to…
STAT+: If Apple takes aim at fall-prevention, will the rest of the health system hear it?
Using troves of data from iPhone users, Apple thinks it’s cracked an elusive problem: Identifying…
Opinion: Patient advocacy groups and innovators must partner to advance new treatments
People living with debilitating conditions and life-threatening diseases are often put in the terrible position…
STAT+: Experts debate the value of digital coaching for type 2 diabetes
Even before the pandemic drove an extreme shift toward telemedicine, diabetes care was leading the…
Opinion: Health depends on the strength of the doctor/technology relationship
For the past few decades, technology has been gradually revolutionizing health care for patients. It…
Measuring blood sugar in real time is a game changer for patients — and a health tech success story
Kylene Redmond and Deb Foerster both are converts to their continuous glucose monitors, quarter-size devices…
Opinion: It’s time to get health care value assessment right
Trying to gauge the value of new drugs and devices is becoming increasingly important in…
Medical device firms’ payments to doctors far outstripped those from pharma, study shows
WASHINGTON — The medical device industry gave doctors consulting fees, lunches, lodging, and other incentive…
Opinion: STAT+: Create a U.S. Institute of Health Technology Assessment to preserve innovation and control costs
The public outcry to “do something” about health care spending keeps growing, but fear about…
Opinion: It’s time to fast track innovation in medical devices for children
When a baby arrived at Children’s National Hospital with a critically underdeveloped heart, it was…
Opinion: A digital option is the right investment for at-home Covid-19 testing
The Biden administration’s recent investment of $230 million to expedite rapid production of the Ellume…
How a Zoom forum is changing the way ICU doctors treat desperately ill Covid-19 patients
It was late April, near the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the big cities…
STAT Plus: Medical device startup raises almost $44M to advance a less-invasive treatment for fluid in the brain
A Massachusetts medical device startup said Tuesday it has raised $43.9 million in venture capital…
Covid-19 testing issues could sink plans to re-open the country. Might CT scans help?
To safely relax the chokehold that policies to control Covid-19 have on the economy, most…
New surgery and AI give amputees more precise control of a prosthetic hand, study shows
People with limb injuries severe enough to require an amputation have few options to regain…
Opinion: STAT Plus: Why medtech is a different beast than biotech in the life sciences pack
Biotech innovations dominate the life science news cycle — think CRISPR for gene editing or…
Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future with a mail-order limb, rerouted nerve, and prosthetic hand that grips like the real thing
WALTHAM, Mass. — The surgeons, peering through loupes with 3x magnification, have dissected away the…