Editorial Director Tom Salemi provides a sneak peek (listen?) into next week’s DeviceTalks West conference which will be held Oct. 19-20 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Tom will run through some of the highlights of the agenda which can be viewed at west.devicetalks.com. We also include snippets of past interviews of two keynotes – Gary Guthart, CEO of Intuitive, and Leslie Trigg, CEO of Outset Medical – from past interviews with DeviceTalks. You can find both interviews on DeviceTalks.com. If you’re interested in attending connect with Tom Salemi on LinkedIn.

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In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we’ll talk with Gary Justak, president and general manager of Enovis’ foot & ankle business, about the rising war in the orthopedic extremities space.

Co-hosts Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker also host Jason Feipel, senior product development director of Medtronic’s Brain Modulation business, to find out details about the Percept RC DBS System.

Andie Pequegnat, Director of Strategic Projects at Resonetics, teaches us more about nitinol. Resonetics sponsored this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast and will host a DeviceTalks Tuesday discussion about nitinol later in June.

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How Enovis is prepping for foot & ankle street fight; A chat about Medtronic’s Percept RC DBS System

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we’ll replay our Day 2 opening keynote at DeviceTalks Boston with three senior leaders from CMR Surgical, creator of the versatile Versius surgical robotic systems. 

Co-Founder Mark Slack, MD, now CMO, and Luke Hares, now CTO, identified several problems facing the healthcare system and explained why they saw surgical robotics as the solution. Longtime Medical Device Leader Supratim Bose, now CEO of the company, lends his insights in how Versius can fill a huge need for healthcare systems and hospitals. 

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Transforming surgery with Versius: bringing robotic assisted surgery to patients worldwide

In this episode of DeviceTalks AI, we are joined by Ha Hong, PhD, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of Medtronic Endoscopy about integrating AI into Medtronic's endoscopy unit, the impact on healthcare outcomes, patient-centric design, and the future of AI in the medical device industry. Watch or listen to the episode to:

- Discover how Ha's research coincided with the rise of deep learning, a pivotal technology in modern AI, and how it shaped his work in emulating visual perception processing in the brain.
- Better understand Ha's instrumental role in developing the first FDA-approved AI-powered cardiac ultrasound guidance system, a groundbreaking innovation in cardiology.
- Learn about Ha’s move to Medtronic and his vision for integrating AI into endoscopy, highlighting the potential for AI to revolutionize gastrointestinal diagnostics and treatment.
- Gain insights into Ha's philosophy of patient-centric AI design, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing patient needs and safety in AI development for healthcare.

In the episode, we also sit down with Joe Mish, VP of Sales at SmartTRAK to better understand how SmartTRAK is using AI to enhance their market intelligence solutions, combining the traditional robust analysis with advanced algorithms for more nuanced, speedier insights in the medtech industry.

This conversation comes to you courtesy of our episode sponsor, SmartTRAK. To learn more about SmartTRAK, visit www.smarttrak.com.

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Medtronic Endoscopy's Chief AI Officer on Transforming Dx through AI and Patient-Centric Design

In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, we visit with Elizabeth McCombs, executive vice president and chief technology officer at BD.

This is a replay of the opening keynote interview at DeviceTalks Boston.

This conversation comes to you courtesy of our sponsor – MTD Micro Molding. Go to MTDMicromolding.com for more information or scan the QR code.

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BD’s CTO Beth McCombs Explains How Medtech Innovation Can Deliver Real Help to Patients, Providers

In this episode, the DeviceTalks Editorial Team - Tom Salemi, Kayleen Brown - recaps the highlights of DeviceTalks Boston with MassDevice Editor in Chief Chris Newmarker, Holly Scott of the Mullings Group, and Paul Melnychuck, Vice President & General Manager, Advanced Components at Spectrum Plastics Group, A DuPont Business.

Spectrum Plastics Group sponsored the podcast. For more information go to SpectrumPlastics.com.

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