Let’s Talk Medtech

Penumbra CEO Adam Elsesser joins Let’s Talk Medtech to discuss the company's newest mechanical thrombectomy devices (Lightning Flash and Lightning Bolt), an ambitious revenue projection, and why failure is an acceptable option at his company.

Galen Robotics's CTO and co-founder Dave Saunders explains why true artificial intelligence in healthcare doesn't exist...yet. 

Don't miss Cordis CEO Shar Matin talking about building a new company from a storied brand, M&A, and what to expect from Cordis now that it is privately owned and solely focused on medtech.

Tissium's co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Maria Pereira chronicles her journey into medtech and how a plan to mend heart tissue led to the formation of a company. Pereira co-invented Tissium's technology while she was a PhD student at Prof. Jeff Karp’s Laboratories. She has been recognized for her research by MIT Tech Review’s “35 Innovators Under 35” in 2014, as well as Forbes in its “30 under 30” selection in healthcare in 2015.  

EY's Jim Welch stops by to discuss the EY Pulse of the Industry report and to discuss the state of M&A in medtech.

Dr. Jim Mault, BioIntellisense CEO, breaks down the rise of remote patient monitoring and explains why it’s time to drop the term. He also speaks about his time at Microsoft and Qualcomm.

Helmy Eltoukhy, Co-founder and CEO of Guardant Health, dives into the groundbreaking evolution of liquid biopsy, transforming cancer detection. He shares insights about the company's growth and the launch of a new colorectal cancer screening test designed for average-risk individuals. Eltoukhy discusses the pivotal shift from invasive procedures to innovative blood tests and how going public has fueled advancements in their technology. He emphasizes the urgency of early detection and the evolving landscape of medical reimbursement in the diagnostics field.

BIOMEDevice Boston is fully loaded in 2022! Adrienne Zepeda, Group Event Director at Informa Markets - Engineering, gives us the scoop on why this is the show's biggest year ever!

The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) has launched the Why Medtech campaign to build awareness of the medical device industry. MassMEDIC's Brian Johnson and Rachel Robinson joins us for this episode to discuss how people can take part in this campaign and why everyone has medtech story.

One of the current trends in the medtech industry involves companies expanding digital solutions. While digital innovation can be slow to progress in regulated industries like healthcare, GE Healthcare is changing the game with Edison Digital Health Platform, a vendor-agnostic hosting and data aggregation platform with an integrated artificial intelligence (AI) engine.  Vignesh Shetty, Senior VP & General Manager of Edison AI And Platform at GE Healthcare, discusses why the digital platform is a difference maker.