The surgeon and serial device inventor has been getting Johnson & Johnson's Center for Device Innovation off the ground this year on the vast Texas Medical Center complex, and he says it's like nothing he has ever experienced.
Clinical facilities, doctors and engineers are crucial resources for any surgical medical device start-up pursuing disruptive innovation, and cardiothoracic surgeon and serial entrepreneur William E. "Billy" Cohn says he has them in multitudes in his new gig.
Admittedly, Cohn, who has invented the technology behind six venture-backed startups, is not in a typical start-up situation. In 2016, he was hired by Johnson & Johnson to start...
TRiCares presented data from the first-in-human study for its tricuspid valve replacement system – Topaz – at EuroPCR 2025 on 22 May.
The US’ 90-day suspension of higher “reciprocal tariffs” will expire on 9 July, raising fears that the 31% tariff rate on Swiss medtech and other goods exported to the US might make a comeback. While the tariff situation changes on an almost daily basis, medtechs should forearm for any eventually, say local business organizations.
Guardant Health introduces a new germline panel test to help guide cancer treatment, assess the risk of secondary cancers in patients and identify family members at risk of cancer.
