Healthcare Industry News

Healthcare technology company Komodo Health today introduces two new products within its MapLab platform, making it easier than ever before to tap into the industry’s most robust database of de-identified patient-level insights. With the launch of MapAI™ and MapExplorer™, Komodo deepens its commitment to improving the insights workflow, applying AI-enabled tools to rapidly produce targeted, trustworthy and contextualized insights and analyses.

Spartan Medical, Inc., a veteran-owned medical solutions company, has expanded the industry's most extensive range of single-use, sterile, pre-packaged (SSP) surgical instruments for use in the Veterans Administration (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and select civilian hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) nationwide.

X-Bolt Orthopedics, an emerging innovator of bone fixation implants in orthopedics, has been awarded the Best Technology In Spine Award for 2024/2025 by Orthopedics This Week. This award honors the unsung heroes in the world of medical technology — the inventors, engineers, and innovators who dedicate countless hours to advancing spine surgery.

Amberwell Health, a Kansas healthcare system serving thousands of patients across two full-service medical centers and seven clinics, has partnered with MetTel, a leading provider of digital transformation and communication solutions, to modernize its network and communications systems and enhance the patient experience.

Melzi Surgical, a medical device company focused on providing innovative technology to locate lost surgical sharps and Spartan Medical Inc., a veteran-owned medical solutions company, have launched a campaign to raise awareness around the impacts of Retained Surgical Items (RSIs) and near-misses to provide a unique offering to reduce RSIs and potential consequences.

DEMGY Group, an international technology group specializing in innovative plastics processing, produces high-precision medical devices using high-performance materials. With 4 ISO 13485 medically certified manufacturing sites in France and the USA, 3 R&D centers and 4 ISO 7 & 8 cleanrooms, DEMGY supports its customers from eco-design to the manufacture, assembly and packaging of new medical devices.

Positrigo, a Swiss based company developing nuclear medical imaging devices to advance functional brain imaging, has achieved a significant milestone with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the clearance of its dedicated brain PET system NeuroLF®.

Orbis International began a five-day on-site hospital training to enhance the skills of local eye care professionals in treating glaucoma. Despite it being the second-leading cause of blindness in Peru, there is a lack of necessary knowledge for treating the disease.

Nikon Instruments Inc. (Nikon) is expanding its AX series lineup with the introduction of the AX R with NSPARC 2K software. This solution provides maximum resolution performance across four times the field of view.

Despite high hopes, a drug that wipes out the namesake cell type associated with the disease eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) doesn't make patients feel better and doesn't reverse tissue damage in their throats.