DeviceTalks Podcast Network
Episodes
NuVasive CEO Chris Barry positioning spinal pioneer for growth by embracing new digital technologies
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 por...
Surgical Robotics & Beyond - Hugo Scores CE Mark; Is Zimmer Biomet morphing into a tech company?
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The surgical robots are back in this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast. First we’ll speak with Megan Rosengarten, president of robotics at M...
Boston Scientific and Zenflow are bringing critical new tools to help urologists treat patients
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 me...
CEO Gary Guthart explains how Intuitive grew into the dominant force in surgical robotics
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 basketbal...
We interrupt this DeviceTalks Weekly podcast with breaking news about a new podcast!
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosts Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker announce the newest member of the DeviceTalks Podcast family - IntuitiveTalks!
Stereotaxis, Levita Magnetics make attractive cases for magnet-powered surgical robot systems
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 fr...
Visit the Osso VR ortho OR with CEO Barad; DePuy’s Peters sees growth in shoulder, spine, sports med
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast draws from two realities First, Russell Powers, worldwide president, shoulder reconstruction, sports m...
How ResMed, Inspire Medical Woke Up Demand for Innovative Apnea Devices & Data
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zoll Medical’s acquisition of Itamar Medical is just latest sign of the opportunity diagnosing and treating sleep apnea presents to medical device c...
The Complete History of the Sapien TAVR – from PVT’s Emerging Idea to Edwards Lifesciences' Success
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Lifesciences’ acquisition of Percutaneous Valve Technologies helped mark the birth of one of medtech’s great game-changers – the developm...
How single-use endoscopes are taking root and are changing healthcare - Ambu, Boston Scientific
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast examines the single-use endoscope market. We’ll hear from market leaders Ambu and Boston Scientific in a repl...
Hear how pulse field ablation programs may revolutionize cardiac ablation treatment
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New therapeutic approaches require fresh perspectives, and few perspectives were as fresh as Dr. Steven Mickelsen, the developer of a potentially para...
How Abbott and Cordis are working to change the interventional vascular business
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Roh...
Why Koya CEO Doraiswamy is tackling lymphedema; Follow Todd Brinton’s unlikely path to Edwards
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
What's next in Diabetes? CeQur moving toward manufacturing, Medtronic readying for the long haul
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Hear why Merck KGaA and INBRAIN Neurolectronics see such great promise in Bioelectronic medicine
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The bioelectronics industry is poised to take off so we visited with Carolina Aguilar, CEO/Co-founder, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics about the field's pote...
Hear from the CEOs of two surgical robotics companies that together just raised over $1 billion
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vicarious Surgical and CMR Surgical recently combined to raise over $1 billion from public and private investors. Big money clearly as found surgical ...
Leerink sees surge in home dialysis; Vensana, LRV detail deal in CardioDx start-up Cleerly Health
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’ll focus on investor insights. First, we’ll talk with Danielle Antalffy, managing director at SVB Leerink. Antalffy covers most of ...
Why Minnetronix made its own medical device. How Cleerly raised $43m to upend Cardiovascular Dx
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Minnetronix CEO Jeremy Maniak explains how the CMO is using internal know how to develop medical devices th...
How Arboretum Venture' Walker learned early in her medtech career to not take "No" as an answer
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole J. Walker, managing partner, Arboretum Ventures, tells a unique medtech story that begins with her sick grandfather and follows up with her ref...
Medtronic’s Martha Reviews Year One as CEO: Culture, HeartWare and Giving Meaning to Market Share
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago, Geoff Martha took over as CEO of medtech's large single company. With the sector in lockdown, the company still undertook a massive reorga...
Can S+N's Aria open up ASC ortho market? Wall Street’s take on Coyle’s departure, Medtronic’s HVAD
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast, Chris Newmarker, executive editor of life sciences, speaks with Laura Rector, Smith + Nephew’s vice president of ambulator...
Makower making medtech innovation bigger, stronger; Medtronic’s Ha speaking up for AAPI colleagues
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’ll explore innovation and social equity. First, we’ll hear a portion of an interview with Martha Ha, chief privacy officer and chie...
How Atricure built a big business in Afib; A deep look into Abbott's new coronary imaging platform
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcasts delivers some learning. First, Dr. Nick West, CMO & divisional VP of global medical affairs at Abbott...
Getting to the heart of Boston Scientific’s peripheral business; How Hologic sees trials changing
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Mirviss, executive vice president of Boston Scientific’s peripheral business, explains why the specialty’s name doesn’t really reflect the ...
First Mazor, next Hugo - Hear Medtronic's plans to compete in surgical robotics
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, two of the executives leading Medtronic’s push into robotics surgery update listeners on the progress and potential of Medtronic's ...
Can Proximie bring safer surgery to the wider world? How is Getinge answering call for ventilators?
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can Proximie bring safer surgery to the wider world? How is Getinge answering call for ventilators? In this week’s podcast senior executives from G...
CEO Mike Coyle sets a strong beat for iRhythm’s future; Introducing new member of podcast family
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, iRhythm CEO Mike Coyle discusses his decision to join the digital health leader in January. Coyle’s had to hit the ground running...
How Zimmer Biomet is competing in ortho’s data race; Do medical devices carry physics-based biases?
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Liane Teplitsky, vice president and general manager of worldwide robotics at Zimmer Biomet, shares her excitement for the burgeoning data b...
Herrera on how military lessons led to Medtech career; Ulmer ready to redo landmark FDA survey
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast, Derek Herrera explains how a serious battle injury he received while leading Marines in Afghanistan led him to build a caree...
Earnhardt shares how Abbott shifted gears to counter pandemic; Grail still looks to upend oncology
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’ll talk with Lisa Earnhardt, executive vice president, medical devices at Abbott about how the life sciences giant pivoted during the ...
CEO MacMillan on how COVID-19 strengthened Hologic; Startup CEO Jones wins with pitch to help kids
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hologic CEO Steve MacMillan says last March he didn’t appreciate how COVID-19 would change the world forever. But the diagnostics company quickly ro...
J&J’s McEvoy talks vaccines, digital surgery, and the power of innovation; Stryker’s Murray sees 3D
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY BIG 5-0!! This week’s is our 50th DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, and we’re going to celebrate! Ashley McEvoy, Executive Vice President, Worl...
CEO Shacey Petrovic shares how Insulet is convincing people with diabetes to swap shots for `Pods
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shacey Petrovic, CEO and president of Insulet, explains how the company is giving people with diabetes new tools to manage their disease, a never-endi...
Arrigato Mr. Surgical Roboto – Ferré, Usen and Fernando steer Medtech toward digital surgery
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the longest DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast ever created, the leaders of three digital surgery companies – two with robotic components – explain whe...
Geoff Martha updates Medtronic’s new course; AJAX CEO Duke Rohlen is funding innovation differently
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a year into his role as CEO, Geoff Martha and the Medtronic leadership has overseen a significant overhaul of medtech’s largest player. I...
Tale of Two CEOs - How Tim Herbert led Inspire to an IPO; Where Rob Bodor wants to take Protolabs
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Inspire Medical CEO Tim Herbert never set out to be a CEO. Yet, he spun a promising #sleepapnea technology out of Medtronic. He then assembled a tea...
Dean Kamen eyeing 3D organs; Todd Pope talks clean air; Joe Mullings says Medtech’s time is now
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Please lift this jam-packed episode with your legs, not your back. *We'll hear inspirational words from the legendary Dean Kamen who is shifting his...
Can Corza bust up Medtech’s surgical supply monopolies? Why Zimmer’s spin out is only the beginning
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode learn how Greg Lucier, executive chairman of Corza Medical, intends to use his experience and GTCR's capital to build a surg...
CEO Johnson on entrepreneurship, upcoming MedtechColor Pitch Contest; Krum handicaps medtech Q4
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Angelique Johnson, CEO of MEMstim, shares her “accidental entrepreneur” story and how it has en...
Where will Medtech innovation emerge in 2021? Hear from McCaney, Mejia and Morley
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has accelerated innovation in many ways but the physical pressures on entrepreneurs, innovators and engineers is very real. In this episo...
Digging into the Digital Medtech & Surgical Worlds with Mark Toland, Scott Huennekens, and Kal Patel
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’ll dig deep into digital surgery, robotics and the power of THE CLOUD. In our opening keynote conversation, Mark Toland, CEO of Medica...
Medtronic’s Kowal on remote tech’s rebirth, SVB’s Norris delivers good news for VCs, CEOs
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Kowal, CMO of Medtronic’s cardiac rhythm and heart failure business and vice president of medical affairs, explains how new tech, savvy p...
Taking the fight to COVID-19 - BD, DHL, Novant on delivering, shipping and administering the vaccine
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Vaccine Week! This week, we’ll visit with the medtech professionals who are working to get the vaccines into the right hands – and arms –...
Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo shares successful strategies for managing multiple crises (aka life in 2020)
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The past year of pandemic, social unrest and a divisive election - provided a crash course in crisis management for CEOs. In this week’s DeviceTal...
Medtronic CEO Martha explains the why of competing, the reorg, and the importance of institutions
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha brings us on the inside of Medtronic’s ongoing reorganization. Martha ...
Enjoy a feast of insights from Spencer Stiles(Stryker) Art Collins(Explorer) and Mark Leahey (MDMA)
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly listeners will need some gravy to digest this Thanksgiving feast-sized podcast featuring news and insights from three stellar guest...
Vizient, Truist on how COVID-19 has changed healthcare’s appetite for buying medical devices
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast examines medtech’s readiness for the next COVID-19 surge. Hospitals are ready, but their appetite for expe...
Where will Intuitive find future growth? Abbott’s Moat on how population boom will boost demand
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we’ll talk with Intuitive Surgical's Julian Nikolchev, senior vice president, corporate developme...
Hear from Execs Katie Szyman, Naomi Murray, Start-Up CEO Patty Post & Evercore’s Vijay Kumar
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly the editorial team from MassDevice reviews the Medical Design & Outsourcing’s Women in Medtech is...
Philips' Imaged Guided leader Landon shares global giant's plans for minimally invasive devices
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we visit with Chris Landon, senior vice president and business leader of image guided therapy devices at ...
Who will win medtech’s own Supreme Court fight; and can the many mini Medtronics plan work?
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we’ll first delve into Medtech’s own brewing Supreme Court battle. In our opening keynote address spo...
Smith & Nephew's Ortho President Kiil, Rhaeos CEO Somera's Big Win, and Medtronic's Legacy
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, our opening and closing keynote interviews focus on executives at companies from very different stages. ...
Avail Medsystems, AliveCor help surgeons, patients, and sales reps battle COVID through connectivity
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a double dose of New Tools and Technology interviews, co-host Tom Salemi talks with two companies using connective technology to build out innovati...
Can Boston Scientific Close the Gap in healthcare? Innovator Jeff Karp, MD, shares early challenges
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Medtech People: In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we’ll talk about overcoming unfairness and inequity. In our keynote interview, Boston ...
Outset CEO Leslie Trigg discusses Zoom-powered $278m IPO; Corindus COO Doug Teany sees 5G future
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
INNOVATION & FINANCE: Is the traditional road show dead? Leslie Trigg, CEO of Outset Medical, fresh off taking the renal care company public, says...
Ambu, Boston Scientific in the first single-use DeviceTalks Weekly– No sterilization necessary
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MANUFACTURING & SOURCING: This week, the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast explores the potential of single-use endoscopes. Co-host Tom Salemi interviews...
Raising capital during Covid with Karen Long; Gail Daubert on CMS changes, Are linked pigs scary?
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our line up in Episode 25 of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast INNOVATION & FINANCE – Managing Partner Karen Long says COVID-19 isn’t slowing d...
Truist’s Kaila Krum on Medtronic’s Q1, APVC’s Juan Pablo Mas details new investment in Exo
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Kaila Krum, managing director at Truist Securities, explains why Medtronic is talking tough about finding...
Can Fractyl Labs and Cala Health go where only drugs have gone before?
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, co-hosts Tom Salemi, editorial director of DeviceTalks, and Chris Newmarker, executive edi...
Vizient on PPE, Vicarious on VR-aided robotics and let's all hope for pumpernickel
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 22 – This week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly is brought to you by the later V, as in Vizient and Vicarious Surgical. B...
Ten ways medtech companies are finding their footing during the pandemic
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ten ways medtech is finding its footing during the pandemic When COVID19 set upon the US in March, medtech executives had a month at most to tell Wa...
What in the world will Thrive Earlier Detection do with $257 million?
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast, two executives from Thrive Earlier Detection explain how the “turbo-charged” diagnostics company intends to upend how, w...
Can Drawbridge, Edwards bring disruptive innovation to blood drawing, heart surgery industries?
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast, we talk with Holly Logue, general counsel at Drawbridge Health, about the OneDraw, an innovative new tool that might upend t...
Is Medtech finally ready to capitalize on the promise of connectivity?
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For years, medtech companies have known connectivity was good for them, but the promise of data streaming through devices didn't match the reality. CO...
CVRx Nadim Yared on COVID-19, diversity and equality; Hyalex CEO Mira Sahney shares startup details
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 17 – In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, we follow up with Nadim Yared, CEO of CVRx, the guest of last week’...
CVRx CEO Nadim Yared on his path from engineer to CEO to industry leader.
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nadim Yared, CEO of CVRx This week, CVRX reported positive six-month trial results for its Barostim Neo, an FDA-approved treatment for heart failure....
Why FDA put the pedal to the metal for radar and hummingbirds. And why medtech needs Google.
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 15 – Why FDA put the pedal to the metal for radar and hummingbirds. And why medtech needs Google. In this week’s episod...
Stryker's Kevin Lobo, Dexcom's Kevin Sayer talk diversity, COVID-19; also more on Medtronic deal
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast episode talks with industry leaders about improving worker diversity and developing new ways to treat COVID-1...
Cala Health CEO Renee Ryan Brings Business Building Insights to Bioelectronic Medicine Startup
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 13 – Cala Health CEO Renee Ryan Brings Business Building Insights to Bioelectronic Medicine Startup In this week’s epis...
DTW's Commencement Speaker- Todd Brinton, MD, Edwards Lifesciences on building a career in medtech
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we attempt to deliver heartfelt and hard won advice in a sort of commencement address by Todd Brinton, MD...
Medtronic is buckling up and ready to buy
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 11 – Medtronic is buckling up and ready to buy In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, we dip into Medtronic’s q...
How do medtech investors, CEOS manage portfolio companies going forward?
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 10 – How do medtech investors, CEOS manage portfolio companies going forward? In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Week...
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 9 – What’s the state of the Medtech job market?
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi speaks with two executive recruiters about what they see in the medtech market. Over the pa...
AdvaMed‘s Scott Whitaker on pandemic readiness, Jon Norris of SVB shares Q1 VC data
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep. 8 – AdvaMed‘s Scott Whitaker on pandemic readiness, Jon Norris of SVB shares Q1 venture capital investment data In this ...
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.7 – Edwards, Employment News, Update on Clinical Trials from Avania
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker stare at each other through the Zoom lens while talking about the posit...
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.6 – Hear about the Coventor, Q1 Earnings and MassDevice’s Medtech 100 Index
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.6 – Hear about the Coventor Ventilator, COVID-19 and Q1 Earnings and MassDevice’s Medtech 100 Index In this week’s epis...
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.5 –What impact is COVID-19 having on start-ups?
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.5 –What impact is COVID-19 having on start-ups? Raising capital for start-up is never easy. Try doing it during a pandemic. ...
DeviceTalks DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.4 –What does Medtronic's Puritan reveal mean for medtech?
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks Weekly: Ep.4 –What does Medtronic's Puritan reveal mean for medtech? Medtronic’s earned plaudits and praise for sharing the design s...
DeviceTalks Weekly ep. 3 - Making Sense of Medtech's Regulatory Alphabet Soup
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll examine how governmental effort, both foreign and domestic, are hitting the medtech industry. Our guests...
DeviceTalks Weekly, Ep. 2 - Medtech goes to War
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, hosts Tom Salemi and Chris Newmarker will detail medtech’s essential role in the escalating war against...
DeviceTalks Weekly, Episode 1, - Raj Denhoy, Jefferies
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, a regular – and sometimes irregular – opportunity to visit with the editorial team at MassDevice and Me...
Intuitive Surgical CEO Gary Guthart plans to stay on top
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Guthart, the longtime CEO of Intuitive Surgical, tells MassDevice.com Executive Editor Brad Perriello why he's so confident about staying on top ...
Inside Google and Johnson & Johnson's bid to change surgery
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
DeviceTalks goes inside the union of two of the most innovative companies in the world, Google and Johnson and Johnson as they look to change the face...
DeviceTalks Live: Being a woman in the corner office of medtech
01 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There's an old saying that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels. For Nancy Briefs, Deborah DiSanzo...
The evolution of OCTANe and Orange County's technology ecosystem
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Carpou took over at OCTANe 18 months ago with the mission to increase Orange County, California's image as a technology super hub. Through progra...
Changing the face of dialysis with NxStage Medical founder Jeff Burbank
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Burbank started NxStage Medical in 1999 on the premise that patients with chronic kidney disease would benefit from bringing hemodialysis out of ...
Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? A chat with Smiths Medical CEO Jeff McCaulley
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Jeffery McCaulley took the reigns at Smiths Medical, the company was in a slump. Several years of flat growth and a potential merger that didn’...
Teleflex CEO Benson Smith on what it takes to be great in sales
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This interview, recorded live on June 6, 2016 in St. Paul, Minn. at DeviceTalks Minnesota, is one of the funniest, most enlightening and interesting d...
Leading the battle against sepsis with Spectral Medical CEO Paul Walker
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Walker speaks to MassDevice about his efforts to take on endotoxins and sepsis at the head of Spectral Medical, his history with the deadly c...
How we built the company with Innovative Trauma Care's Joe Brennan
06 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Innovative Trauma Care, a San Antonio, TX-based startup, has found a new way to stop the bleeding. The company's flagship product, the iTClamp is a h...
Fighting the war on brain cancer with NovoCure chairman Bill Doyle
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Novocure, the St. Helier, Jersey-based medical device company, which raised more than $158M in an IPO last year, is trying to change the way we fight ...
How I built the company with Patrick Daly, CEO, Cohera Medical
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Daly, CEO, Cohera Medical talks to MassDevice Executive Editor, Brad Perriello about starting up the absorbable surgical adhesives and sealant...
What it's like to be the CEO of the world's largest medtech company with Bill Hawkins
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of DeviceTalks we dive into life in the corner office with Bill Hawkins, former CEO of Medtronic and chairman of Immucor. Hawkins shar...
Talking innovation with Johnson & Johnson's medtech R&D guru Martin Fitchet
23 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Fitchet is responsible for R&D at JNJ's medical device unit, a tall task for anyone but appropriate for this former surgeon. In this epis...
A medtech veteran takes on C.diff: Rebiotix CEO Lee Jones
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Clostridium difficile or C. diff. is a growing crisis in the U.S. with over 29,000 deaths and 500,000 cases annually, according to the CDC. The disea...
The leadership lessons of Stryker's John Brown
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
For a man who took a private company from $17 million in sales to a $4.5 billion publicly traded juggernaut, John Brown is a remarkably humble man. Ho...
Can Sirtex turn cancer into a chronic disease?
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Big things sometimes come in small packages. For Sirtex Medical, the big thing comes in a really small package. The Australian medical device compa...
Building the Cologuard and the fight against colorectal cancer with Exact Sciences Graham Lidgard
27 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Colon cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet it is also one of the deadliest forms of the disease. In this episode, we speak with Graham ...
Exit interview: Stephen Ubl moves on from AdvaMed
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Before Stephen Ubl departed for a job as the chief lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry, medtech's main man in Washington D.C. sat down with us to...
Marie Johnson and the mission to prevent sudden heart attacks
13 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Johnson turned tragedy into a mission. In 2002, the CEO of Aum Cardiovascular lost her husband to a sudden heart attack, despite the fact that h...