The Medtech Impact Podcast

The rigid, plastic T-shaped intrauterine device (IUD) has been available for over 40 years, with little to no innovation. Insertion is painful and involves numerous painful steps, and removal requires bothersome dangling strings, which are a nuisance for women and their partners. Most importantly, the pain associated with insertion and removal is widely known, leading to a nearly universal fear, p...

Transforming the outcomes for a disease takes great innovation. With that, you need impeccable dedication and leadership for the team to deliver on taking a solution to market. Former CEO of LimFlow, Dan Rose, is one such leader who can attest to the trials and tribulations of this challenging journey. Dan joins this episode to share the story of how LimFlow’s technology has gone from an idea with...

Research suggests that women are more likely to experience joint pain, aching, and stiffness caused by arthritis or arthritic conditions. In fact, evidence suggests that women aged 50 to 60 years may be 3.5 times (350%) more likely to develop CMC osteoarthritis than men in the same age group. CEO and co-founder of Grace & Able, Sarah Dillingham, is one such arthritis sufferer. Following a life...

What are metamaterials and how can they help improve the performance of MRI?? Step forward Ryan Mcnaughton, CEO and co-founder of Primetaz to reveal how their technology is set to dramatically enhance both the quality of imaging but more importantly, offer game-changing time-saving to a process that is seeing significant growing demand. MRI has become one of the most important tools for doctors to...

Thirona’s CEO and Founder, Eva van Rikxoort, joins this episode to share how their FDA-approved device is now integrating into the clinical workflow to both enhance physician performance and patient outcomes. LungQ is built on more than 10 years of clinical trials and 200+ publications to utilize AI allowing automatic segmentation of pulmonary segments and subsegments found in the internal anatomy...

Breaking bones is unfortunately a common part of life; in fact doctors treat about 6.8 million fractures each year in the United States alone, and the average person can expect to sustain two fractures over their lifetime.  In this episode, we are joined by Brian Hess, CEO and Founder of RevBio, who is helping to transform bone repair with their innovative adhesive. Not only is this solution boost...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate, has been in the headlines recently with Britain's King Charles revealing plans earlier this year to have a corrective procedure to alleviate the associated symptoms. In this episode, Tushar Sharma, Vivifi Medical’s CEO and Founder, joins us to guide listeners through an amazing anatomical insight of the condition and their novel...

Studies show that over 65% of patients with chronic pain, Parkinson's Disease, post-acute stroke, and pelvic floor disorders do not fully recover with current treatments - resulting in hospital readmissions and ER visits.  In this episode, we are joined by Siva Nadarajah, co-founder and President of JOGO Health, to share how more than a decade’s worth of research and testing has been undertaken to...

The process of trying to conceive can prove to be an emotional rollercoaster – surprise, confusion, anger, worry, rage, sadness… Plus, the burden of having to monitor your body for signs of fertility that previously you'd never paid attention to can also add to the feelings of anxiety and guilt. As many as 8 million women in the US face difficulty when trying to become pregnant. Uros Kuzmanovic, C...

Abdominal cavity examinations can be complex and expensive. This means they are often highly inaccessible for many people. OUI Medical was founded by Dr. Adarsh Patil in 2023 with a singular vision: to revolutionize the way abdominal examinations are conducted. Driven by a passion for innovation and a dedication to excellence, his team has set out to develop a solution that addresses the challenge...

The healthcare landscape is primed and ready for consumers to have better control of their own health. With patients regularly facing significant out of pocket costs for diagnostic testing, combined with a poor user experience in trying to access the healthcare system, Nathalya Mamane, CEO and Founder of RT MicroDx, is stepping forward to leverage technology and provide an improved standard of car...

Fundraising is a challenging process which is often confusing, drawn out, and ultimately leaves many founders frustrated. Statistics show that for certain founders, there appears to be an additional imbalance which is causing concern across the innovation ecosystem. Despite extensive data showing the benefits of a diverse founding team, underrepresented and underserved founders are still regularly...

Starting a medical device company is hard. Successfully building a medical device company is even harder. Medtech entrepreneurs are therefore constantly searching for guidance and support on their journey. If you ever wanted a podcast episode to act as a roadmap to accelerate your journey from idea to market, then this is the one for you! Tune in to hear how FastWave Medical is truly making waves...

Some of the best technologies developed take their inspiration from the natural environment, and Limax Biosciences is following in this vein, with their novel hydrogel glue seeking to transform how we treat injuries inside and outside the body. Co-founder Ben Freedman steps into this episode’s guest seat to share his mission of putting an end to disruptive and excessive bleeding that creates subst...

The inspiration behind Samay Health was founder Maria Artunduaga’s abuela, Sylvia. Maria witnessed her grandmother’s struggles to understand when her COPD was exacerbating. After she died, Maria decided to switch careers, so that no one else dies because of misdiagnosis. Maria Artunduaga is a Colombian-born physician-scientist and inventor with 50+ prizes and publications. Her pragmatic approach t...

During this episode we learn how two Georgia Tech graduates came together to form Augment Health and settled on creating a smart bladder monitor for neurological conditions. There are 7 million people who have lost feeling and function of their bladder due to a chronic neurological condition. As two young entrepreneurs, Stephen Kalinsky shares how he and his fellow co-founder took on a number of c...

Gitte Pedersen is a Danish scientist and company builder using mRNA to design next generation cures for cancer. Together with her brother, she co-founded Genomic Expression where the familial tale extends into the startup’s origin story. In this episode, co-host @kyle kruse and I discover what led Gitte to tackle the significant issue faced by many cancer sufferers in the world. The lack of specif...

We all know how easy it can be to hit your head against something, whether this be a light knock or a more serious collision. However, when it comes to recognizing the difference between the impact of these knocks, it’s not quite as easy! As a nurse practitioner, Debbie Kantor, has witnessed firsthand the issues this can cause. This inspired her to found Hero Medical Technologies and utilize a dat...

Tragic moments in life are often the driving force behind big decisions that steer many of the outcomes we experience. For Alexander Colton of Cosmos Pharmaceuticals, he has taken one such moment as the inspiration to take action and help make every pill count. Alexander’s passion for the problem being addressed exudes throughout this high-energy discussion on how Cosmos is tackling one of the big...

How do you turn an academic research project into a truly accessible product to help improve or save lives?? There’s so much value to unpack from this conversation with Katherine Clayton of OmniVis as she discusses her journey from childhood dreams of curing all diseases, to Phd researcher, turned entrepreneur and startup leader. We touch on how having an inspirational supervisor and other key adv...

As we approach the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the #MedtechImpactPodcast wanted to shine a light on some exciting innovation which is offering a new level of precision and data driven insights for breast cancer imaging. In our latest episode, Kyle and Richard chat with CEO of DeepLook Medical, Marissa Fayer about how she is driving a collaborative strategy through their software solution...

From Day one of the IMPACT accelerator program, Mintz has been supporting the Cohorts, providing knowledge and legal guidance to each startup. Their Managing Member Steve Osborn, from the San Francisco office, leads the Preparing for Investment sessions which are a perennial favorite amongst the founders as he shares firsthand experience and insights. In this episode, co-host Kyle Kruse and I dive...

What are the limitations of thermal ablation and how could this procedure be improved upon? Thermal ablation is a minimally invasive, image-guided treatment that uses heat or extreme cold to destroy tumor cells, including cancer and sometimes to treat benign tumors. However, up to 30% of localized lesions recur due to 3 factors: 1) Incomplete ablation at margins caused by “Heat Sinks” 2) Insuffici...

Current Methods of Measuring Intracranial Pressure are Invasive, Expensive, and Risky. The current method for measuring intracranial pressure involves drilling a hole in the skull and physically inserting a sensor into the brain. Because this procedure is invasive and introduces additional risk factors, it is only used for patients in critical condition, typically in a coma. In 98% of traumatic br...

Wound care is one of the biggest healthcare burdens costing as much as $100 Billion every year in the US alone, with infection being a major contributing factor. So imagine you could have an intelligent band aid that automatically spotlights early detection of infections! Tune in to learn more about the scale of this ever-growing problem and how Chelsea has built ParaNano’s team from ideation to a...