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05.13.2022

Our Pre-Post-DeviceTalks Boston episode, also MedtronicTalks replay with Gastro CMO Austin Chiang

First, a quick recap of DeviceTalks Boston. Then, a MedtronicTalks Podcast Replay, in which Austin L. Chiang, MD, explains why he brought his sizable social media following to Medtronic, where he serves as chief medical officer of the Gastrointestinal business....

05.06.2022

DTW- What’s coming up at DeviceTalks Boston? A DTW contest! Also, can Fictiv fix the supply chain?

DeviceTalks Boston is here! Win a free registration. In this week’s episode, we’ll give you a little taste of what you’ll see at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on May 10-11. Friend and colleague Steve Crowe, editorial director of the...

04.29.2022

DTW – How Baylis fits into Boston Scientific’s EP portfolio; also putting Medtech’s story to music

In this episode, Nick Spadea-Anello, Boston Scientific’s global president of electrophysiology, will explain how the $1.7 billion paid for Baylis Medical will help expand the Boston's extensive EP portfolio. We also talk about the message he likes to impart upon...

04.22.2022

DTW - Hear how Shockwave and LimFlow are taking the fight to peripheral vascular diseases

In this episode, we’ll talk to two of the more innovative companies in the peripheral vascular space – Shockwave Medical and LimFlow – about how they’re helping to treat people who previously had few or zero options. This episode is brought...

04.15.2022

DTW -Vapotherm was going to have trouble meeting surging COVID-19 demands, then Viant stepped in

In this week’s episode, we interview Joe Army, CEO of Vapotherm, and Alton Shader, CEO of Viant. First. We’ll follow Army’s heartful move into Medtech, which includes his current role as CEO of Vapotherm, maker of the high flow nasal...

04.13.2022

STRYKERTALKS - Acute Care’s Mathieson explains how Vocera fits into Stryker’s goal to help nurses

In this episode of StrykerTalks, Jessica Mathieson, vice president and general manager of the Acute Care, recounts her unusual path into the medical device industry, giving advice to others interested in making the transition. The conversation then delves into an...

04.08.2022

DTW - Think you know what Penumbra may look like in five years? CEO Elsesser’s vision might surprise

In this episode, Penumbra CEO Adam Elsesser shares why he left a successful law career to become CEO of a medical device startup. After selling that company to Boston Scientific, Elsesser and his co-founders started Penumbra, which has steadily built...

04.01.2022

DTW - Endiatx embarks on fantastic voyage in microrobotics; Embecta CEO intros new diabetes player

In this episode, we’ll assemble the news team to bring you stories big, small and in the middle. Associate Editor Sean Whooley delivers HUGE results. He interviews CEO Dev Kurdikar and CFO Jake Elguicze, leaders of the newly spun out...

03.29.2022

IntuitiveTalks – How a new venture group keeps Intuitive’s eyes focused forward on the future

In this episode of IntuitiveTalks, we take our first look at Intuitive’s Future Forward program, a three-piece initiative to better understand how the company fits best into an evolving healthcare landscale. Our guests are Julian Nikolchev, an experienced medical device...

03.25.2022

DTWEEKLY - CEO Lebed explains how Ukraine-based CRO is keeping trials running during invasion

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we speak with Yuriy Lebed, the CEO of Pharmaxi LLC, a CRO based in Kyiv, Urkaine, that works with pharmaceutical and medical device companies across the globe. In an interview from Lviv,...

03.18.2022

DTWEEKLY! Why J&J and Medtech keep looking to the Cloud to power digital surgery and other platforms

In this episode, we talk to two principals of Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s push to bring higher powered tech into its digital surgery strategy. In separate interviews, Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global VP of Medical Devices Larry Jones and...

03.14.2022

WELCOME TO STRYKERTALKS! Spencer Stiles on Wright, MAKO, and how tech fits into the future

In this debut episode of the StrykerTalks Podcast series, Spencer Stiles, group president of orthopaedics and spine business at the medical device giant, reveals the mixture of art and science that went into successfully integrating Wright Medical into Stryker’s industry...

03.11.2022

Medtronic’s Saba on how equity, inclusion lifts an organization; Tell your MedTech Innovator Story!

In this week’s podcast, we’ll speak with Sally Saba, MD, Medtronic’s chief inclusion and diversity officer, about the company’s work to create a more welcoming – and better performing – workplace. Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator, returns to take...

03.04.2022

With the spin out over, CEO Jamali says ZimVie is ready to roll

In this week’s episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Vafa Jamali, CEO of the newest medical device company ZimVie, speaks with Chris Newmarker, executive editor at MassDevice, about the companys’ plans post-spinout from Zimmer Biomet. Jamali explains where the company...

02.25.2022

Philips' Heather Hudnut Page lays out the plan to build its image-guided therapy business

In this episode, we’ll speak with Heather Hudnut Page, vice president and general manager of peripheral vascular at Philips about the company’s ongoing efforts to build an image-guided therapy program. Hudnut Page will walk us through the four sizable acquisitions...

02.19.2022

Which of these finalist founders will be the winner of Medtech Color’s Pitch Competition!?

Welcome to the first ever DeviceTalks Weekly Pitchcast! This week Kwame Ulmer, executive director of Medtech Color, sits in on the Newsmaker segment and delivers details on the upcoming Medtech Color Pitch Contest. Then, you can hear from the contests...

02.11.2022

Diabetes Overview – Checking on promising tools from Dexcom, Bigfoot Biomedical and Senseonics

This week we’ll focus on a few of the exciting companies in the diabetes space. Associate Editor Sean Whooley first tracks down Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer, who discusses the company’s next-generation G7 continuous glucose monitor, which is awaiting FDA approval. Then,...

02.04.2022

Distalmotion CEO Michael Friedrich sees huge opportunity for Dexter, a smaller laparoscopic robot

In this episode we’ll interview Michael Friedrich, CEO of Distalmotion, creator of Dexter, a robotic system used for laparoscopic procedures. Friedrich details how Dexter is positioned to build a market in an area untapped by other surgical robotic systems. The...

01.28.2022

BD’s Dave Hickey and Brooke Story on the diagnostics boom; Paul Grand brings Medtech Innovator news

We drill down on diagnostics – including COVID-19 testing – with Dave Hickey, newly promoted executive vice president and president of the life sciences segment of BD and Brooke Story, who took over his post as worldwide president of integrated...

01.27.2022

How Intuitive’s ION could clear a pathway into the lung for better biopsies and treatments

In this episode, we learn about Intuitive’s OTHER ground-breaking robot, the ION endoluminal system. This episode is sponsored by Maxon Group. ION allows for robot-assisted bronchoscopic procedures such as biopsies in the hardest to reach areas of the lung. The...

01.21.2022

Outset Medical’s Leslie Trigg explains how home-based dialysis can restore patients’ “sense of self”

In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Outset Medical’s Leslie Trigg recounts the career detour that led her to a successful career in medical devices. Drawing on past experiences, the CEO explains why she chose to lead Outset’s mission to create a...

01.14.2022

VELYS, INHANCE and other reasons why DePuy Synthes sees Ortho opportunities; 2021’s top DTW episodes

In this episode, two senior orthopedics executives at DePuy Synthes walk us through the company’s growing portfolio. First, Rajit Kamal, worldwide president, sports medicine and shoulder reconstruction, lays out the opportunity for the growing shoulder market and explains what the INHANCE...

01.07.2022

Hear how Olympus plans to become an even bigger player in the medical device industry

Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2022, we’ll learn a lot about Olympus Corp.’s plans to expand into the medtech industry. The global behemoth has been doubling down on the industry in recent years. COO Nacho Abia and Gabriela...

12.17.2021

Exploring HeartMate, CardioMEMS and the rest of Abbott’s toolbox to help heart failure patients

In this episode, we’ll dive deep into the Heart Failure business at Abbott. First we’ll connect with Philip Adamson, MD, chief medical officer of the group. Dr. Adamson uses an explanation of CardioMEMS to give a vivid portrait of how...

12.10.2021

Recor, Medtronic share the state of Renal Denervation. Can Alva Health reduce the danger of strokes?

In this episode we’ll explore potentially life-saving treatments for hypertension and stroke. First, we’ll talk with Sandra Saldana, CEO of the start-up Alva Health, which is developing a wearable system that can detect strokes. Alva Health won the 2021 Global Competition...

12.06.2021

How Intuitive’s surgical robots collect the data that can help improve surgical performance

In this episode, we learn about the data collecting during surgical robotic systems. Chief Digital Officer Brian Miller and Tony Jarc, Director, Research and Data Science , detail the importance of data being collected by Intuitive’s surgical robotic systems and...

12.03.2021

Lobo and Pierce talk Wright, cool tech, robotics and the not-so-secret plans to keep Stryker growing

In this episode, we’ll do a deep dive with Stryker Corp., which recently hosted an in-person analyst day. In our first interview Andy Pierce, group president of MedSurg and Neurotechnology, will update us on his group’s wide-ranging portfolio, including an artificial...

11.24.2021

Thank you. Thank you and thannnnk you.

Just a short message from Tom and Chris, two grateful guys who don't like pumpkin sausage.

11.19.2021

DT Weekly Roadshow: Five critical changes the Medtech industry has experienced over past two years

This week’s discussion begins on the stage in Las Vegas where Tom Salemi interviewed Kwame Ulmer of Ulmer Ventures and Medtech Color at Medmarc’s annual broker meeting. This episode is sponsored by Medmarc. The conversation hit upon five areas that have changed...

11.12.2021

TAVR-Talks Part II! Where does Abbott see opportunity? How does Medtronic view competition?

In this week’s episode, we follow up on our first episode focused on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). This time we speak with one of the market leaders, Medtronic, about their broad structural heart portfolio. Nina Goodheart, president of Structural...

11.05.2021

IntuitiveTalks – How Curet and Duncan make the surgical robot case to surgeons and hospitals

In the second episode of IntuitiveTalks, two senior executives explain how the company gets surgeons and hospitals to understand the benefits of the Da Vinci system. EVP Dr. Myriam Curet, who describes herself as a late adopter of technology, shares why...

10.29.2021

NuVasive CEO Chris Barry positioning spinal pioneer for growth by embracing new digital technologies

This week we’ll hear from Chris Barry, CEO of NuVasive. Barry joined NuVasive at a critical period in 2018. Now, the company is building out its portfolio of surgical tools, adding a digital surgery platform, planning its own move into...

10.22.2021

Surgical Robotics & Beyond - Hugo Scores CE Mark; Is Zimmer Biomet morphing into a tech company?

The surgical robots are back in this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast. First we’ll speak with Megan Rosengarten, president of robotics at Medtronic, about what the CE Mark for the Hugo surgical robot system means for current and future...

10.15.2021

Boston Scientific and Zenflow are bringing critical new tools to help urologists treat patients

The urology specialty faces a critical moment, with 10 urologists ready to retire for every new urologist entering the field. That puts the onus on medical device companies to develop faster, safer and more efficacious ways to break down kidney...

10.08.2021

CEO Gary Guthart explains how Intuitive grew into the dominant force in surgical robotics

In this first episode of the new IntuitiveTalks Podcast, we’ll start right at the beginning. CEO Gary S. Guthart recalls how a court side basketball conversation led to his introduction to the early form of a surgical robot and...

10.08.2021

We interrupt this DeviceTalks Weekly podcast with breaking news about a new podcast!

Co-hosts Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker announce the newest member of the DeviceTalks Podcast family - IntuitiveTalks!

10.01.2021

Stereotaxis, Levita Magnetics make attractive cases for magnet-powered surgical robot systems

Get it? Attractive? Magnets. Yeh, we’ll, we’re tired from putting this monster podcast episode together but it’s so, so good. You’ll hear from David Fischel, CEO of Stereotaxis, a 30-plus year old medtech that’s going through a quiet but deliberate...

09.24.2021

Visit the Osso VR ortho OR with CEO Barad; DePuy’s Peters sees growth in shoulder, spine, sports med

This episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast draws from two realities First, Russell Powers, worldwide president, shoulder reconstruction, sports medicine, and spine at DePuy Synthes details how the company’s new Inhance Shoulder system will help the company grab market share in...

09.17.2021

How ResMed, Inspire Medical Woke Up Demand for Innovative Apnea Devices & Data

Zoll Medical’s acquisition of Itamar Medical is just latest sign of the opportunity diagnosing and treating sleep apnea presents to medical device companies, especially following the CPAP machine recall issued by Philips Respironics earlier this summer. This week, we’ll talk with...

09.10.2021

The Complete History of the Sapien TAVR – from PVT’s Emerging Idea to Edwards Lifesciences' Success

Edward Lifesciences’ acquisition of Percutaneous Valve Technologies helped mark the birth of one of medtech’s great game-changers – the development of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement. In this week’s episode, Stanton Rowe, the former CEO of PVT, will walk us through...

08.27.2021

How single-use endoscopes are taking root and are changing healthcare - Ambu, Boston Scientific

This week, DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast examines the single-use endoscope market. We’ll hear from market leaders Ambu and Boston Scientific in a replay of interviews we conducted in September 2020. Guests include Ambu’s CEO Juan Jose Gonzalez and Stephen Block as well...

08.20.2021

Hear how pulse field ablation programs may revolutionize cardiac ablation treatment

New therapeutic approaches require fresh perspectives, and few perspectives were as fresh as Dr. Steven Mickelsen, the developer of a potentially paradigm shifting cardiac ablation treatment – pulse field ablation. Dr. Mickelsen, a high school dropout turned musician, fell deep enough...

08.13.2021

How Abbott and Cordis are working to change the interventional vascular business

Let's get interventional. This week, we talk with leaders from Abbott and Cordis about their plans to advance of medtech's stablest business. Duke Rohlen, executive chair, will explain to co-host Tom Salemi why he led the purchase of Cordis from...

08.06.2021

Why Koya CEO Doraiswamy is tackling lymphedema; Follow Todd Brinton’s unlikely path to Edwards

This week’s episode focuses on the entrepreneurs. We open up with an interview with Andy Doraiswamy, founder and CEO of Koya Medical, a company he founded to help find a therapy for his ailing father. Then we revisit with Dr....

07.30.2021

What's next in Diabetes? CeQur moving toward manufacturing, Medtronic readying for the long haul

This week's episode focuses on new hope for people with diabetes. Brad Paddock, CEO of CeQur, explains how its "wearable pen" can deliver insulin in a better way while Sean Salmon, head of Medtronic's diabetes business, reviews that company's growing...

07.23.2021

Hear why Merck KGaA and INBRAIN Neurolectronics see such great promise in Bioelectronic medicine

The bioelectronics industry is poised to take off so we visited with Carolina Aguilar, CEO/Co-founder, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics about the field's potential. Chris Newmarker, executive editor of life sciences at MassDevice, delivers his Newmarker's Newsmakers highlighting news from Dexcom, NeuroMetrix, Nevro,...

07.16.2021

Hear from the CEOs of two surgical robotics companies that together just raised over $1 billion

Vicarious Surgical and CMR Surgical recently combined to raise over $1 billion from public and private investors. Big money clearly as found surgical robotics. Now what? We connect with Per Vegard Nerseth, the new CEO of CMR. Nerseth comes to CMR...

07.09.2021

Leerink sees surge in home dialysis; Vensana, LRV detail deal in CardioDx start-up Cleerly Health

This week we’ll focus on investor insights. First, we’ll talk with Danielle Antalffy, managing director at SVB Leerink. Antalffy covers most of the major medtechs but we’ll focus on a new report she issues on sugaring home-based dialysis business. What does...

06.25.2021

Why Minnetronix made its own medical device. How Cleerly raised $43m to upend Cardiovascular Dx

In this week's DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Minnetronix CEO Jeremy Maniak explains how the CMO is using internal know how to develop medical devices that can be sold by outside partners. We also hear from Dr. James Min of Cleerly Health...

06.18.2021

How Arboretum Venture' Walker learned early in her medtech career to not take "No" as an answer

Nicole J. Walker, managing partner, Arboretum Ventures, tells a unique medtech story that begins with her sick grandfather and follows up with her refusal to remove her foot from the door at Advanced Cardiovascular Systems. She says she learned early...

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