Medtech

  • Medtech must reinvent itself over next decade, says report

    As performance slows, a new report explores how companies in the medtech industry can create value for patients and stakeholders over the next decade. After a decade of strong performance up to 2019, the Medtech industry is now facing what has been described as ‘unprecedented disruption’, in a new report. The current economic climate has [...]

  • WATCH: How cardiac device could save millions of lives

    Here, our reporter Andrew speaks to Luke Starr (CCO) and Dr Steven Brooks (CMO) of Rapid Response Revival, the team behind the groundbreaking CellAED, a portable defibrillator. CellAED is a portable defibrillator that can be stored in the home, ready to be used incase of emergency. In this special report, we discuss innovation, boosting survival [...]

  • From monitoring to prediction: The evolving landscape of diabetes technology

    By Dr Ben Hipwell, Associate at Reddie & Grose – a firm of UK and European patent, trade mark and design attorneys

  • The West Midlands: Med tech innovator

    Professor Tom Clutton-Brock is Clinical Director of the NIHR Trauma Management Medtech Co-operative (MIC) and Director of the Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC). Based at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), the enterprises are helping to cement the West Midlands’ reputation as a major med tech innovator.  “The MICs are designed to work with patients, [...]

  • Breakthrough Parkinson’s tech to help 150,000 Brits in 2023

    There could be a “paradigm shift” in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, with breakthrough tech set to help 150,000 UK citizens in 2023.  Thousands of people with Parkinson’s Disease may soon benefit from “breakthrough” technology which experts claim could lead to a “paradigm” shift in treatment.  NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, [...]

  • How medtech can “secure a better future” for the planet 

    Fresh off the back of this year’s Medica Trade Fair in Dusseldorf,  Owen Mumford shares his insights on sustainability, and a renewed business strategy to drive change within the industry… Our industry is increasingly aware that it must play a part in securing a better future for the planet. But, based on our conversations at [...]

  • 29 health tech innovations which are truly changing healthcare

    Who is having a real impact on healthcare and digital health? Which innovations will positively affect healthcare in 2023? Here’s the Health Tech World longlist of some of the most prominent names in the space… 1- Intuition Robotics | Israel  Intuition Robotics is on a mission to empower older adults to live happier, healthier and [...]

  • Tango Belt: The wearable smart belt

    “Falls among older adults are the number one cause of injury-related deaths in the US in that age demographic,” says ActiveProtective CEO, Wamis Singhatat. “This costs the US healthcare system $50 billion a year. It's a massive problem.” ActiveProtective is addressing that problem with Tango Belt – a wearable smart belt that uses airbag technology [...]

  • New Horizons in health research

    The National Horizons Centre is a leading light in the emerging genomics and bioinformatics space.