DeviceTalks Podcast Network

In this replay of the popular MedtronicTalks podcast episode, Greg Smith brought decades of supply chain experience with him when he joined Medtronic last year during the throes of pandemic-induced pressures on supply chain. Over that time, Smith has been working with company leaders and outside suppliers to mitigate the challenges being wrought by the string of global crises. In this episode, we’...

In this episode, Tom O’Brien, Ethicon’s worldwide president of endomechanical, gives a detailed lesson on the design of its Echelon 3000 surgical stapler, from recognizing the huge problem of surgical complications and identifying how to build a stapler that’s more suited to ALL surgeons. The Echelon 3000 is designed with 39% greater jaw aperture and a 27% greater articulation span, as well as sof...

In this episode, Camille Chang Gilmore, vice president, human resources and global chief diversity officer, explains why she accepted Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney’s offer to help lead the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts. This company’s work led to the creation of multiple programs promoting equity and combatting racism, earning Boston Scientific multiple awards and recognition from...

In this episode of IntuitiveTalks, Jonathan Conta, vice president of product management, shares Intuitive’s vision for its da Vinci SP system, a single-port system. Rather than using four arms outside the body that require multiple ports, da Vinci SP can create triangulation inside the body. Intuitive has secured broad approval for the system in Korea, but broader US approval has been coming slowl...

In this episode, Boston Scientific CEO Michael Mahoney makes his DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast debut. In this jam-packed interview, Mahoney walks us through the cultural changes Boston Scientific has made since he joined the company a decade ago. He explains how restructuring has helped to identify leaders rather than managers. How Boston Scientific encourages people to take risks. Where does Boston...

In this week’s episode, Cala Health CEO Renee Ryan joins us in the Newmarker’s Newsmaker’s booth to share her insights on the news of the week including an interesting meeting with Mike Mahoney before he become CEO of Boston Scientific. Ryan also shares details on the growing success of the Cala Trio, a device worn on the wrist to help control essential tremors. We dive deep into Cala’s story, tal...

In this episode, Michael Matson, analyst at Needham, explains his thoughts behind a possible J&J acquisition of Boston Scientific. He also explains why he downgraded Medtronic and his take on supply chain issues. The rest of the episode will focus on Moon Surgical, which recently closed on a $31 million Series A to build a new robot that could lend critical assistance to surgeons. We speak wit...

This week listeners will get to hear how Stryker is incorporating Vocera, Gauss and other tech into its DRE strategy. We’ll get a visit from fellow podcaster Keith Figlioli of LRV Health to talk about Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner. And Chris “WorkLord” Newmarker brings a star-studded Newmarker’s Newsmakers feature Smith & Nephew, GE Healthcare, Ethicon, Medtronic, and Moon Surgical. Thank you...

In this episode, we’ll take a deeper look into our Newmarker’s Newsmakers with Andrew Jay, general partner at the Borna Health Fund, a hedge fund that invests in medical technology companies. We’ll take about Stryker’s recent regulatory success; Quidel’s game-changing acquisition; Medtronic’s dialysis deal with DaVita and shareholder votes against executive pay at Masimo. We’ll also take a deeper...

Parenthood changes everyone, but Mark Paul’s life took a drastically different turn the moment his oldest child was born. Paul discovered he had a passion for the OR and patient treatment, a realization that convinced him to switch careers to the medical device industry. Today, Paul leads Stryker’s neurovascular business which, he says, contains the origins of the stroke treatment industry. In thi...

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In this episode the MassDevice editorial team will break down all the action at DeviceTalks Boston. You’ll also hear from keynote speaker Eric Benjamin, executive vice president of innovation, strategy and digital products, at the company. To read MassDevice’s coverage of DeviceTalks Boston go here. https://www.massdevice.com/tag/devicetalks-boston/ Thank you to our sponsor DeepDyve. To try out De...

First, a quick recap of DeviceTalks Boston. Then, a MedtronicTalks Podcast Replay, in which Austin L. Chiang, MD, explains why he brought his sizable social media following to Medtronic, where he serves as chief medical officer of the Gastrointestinal business. Chiang says his decision is directly tied to his excitement about Medtronic’s growing suite of GI products including the AI-powered GI Gen...

DeviceTalks Boston is here! Win a free registration. In this week’s episode, we’ll give you a little taste of what you’ll see at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on May 10-11. Friend and colleague Steve Crowe, editorial director of the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, will share what attendees will see at that meeting, which is co-located with DeviceTalks Boston. Then, we’ll tal...

In this episode, Nick Spadea-Anello, Boston Scientific’s global president of electrophysiology, will explain how the $1.7 billion paid for Baylis Medical will help expand the Boston's extensive EP portfolio. We also talk about the message he likes to impart upon employees of recently acquired companies, sharing some lessons he learned when Boston Scientific acquired his then-employer, Guidant. We...

In this episode, we’ll talk to two of the more innovative companies in the peripheral vascular space – Shockwave Medical and LimFlow – about how they’re helping to treat people who previously had few or zero options. This episode is brought to you by Confluent Medical. LimFlow CEO Dan Rose walked us through his decision to build his Medtech career in Europe. He also talked about LimFlow’s unique a...

In this week’s episode, we interview Joe Army, CEO of Vapotherm, and Alton Shader, CEO of Viant. First. We’ll follow Army’s heartful move into Medtech, which includes his current role as CEO of Vapotherm, maker of the high flow nasal cannula that proved to be a highly effective tool to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19. We’ll later learn that Vapotherm’s ability to supply hospitals with th...

In this episode of StrykerTalks, Jessica Mathieson, vice president and general manager of the Acute Care, recounts her unusual path into the medical device industry, giving advice to others interested in making the transition. The conversation then delves into an unassuming – but critical – piece of medical equipment – the hospital bed where most patient-healthcare interaction takes place. Later i...

In this episode, Penumbra CEO Adam Elsesser shares why he left a successful law career to become CEO of a medical device startup. After selling that company to Boston Scientific, Elsesser and his co-founders started Penumbra, which has steadily built businesses in stroke and vascular businesses. But Penumbra’s biggest business may be an immersive VR technology system that’s able to improve mental...

In this episode, we’ll assemble the news team to bring you stories big, small and in the middle. Associate Editor Sean Whooley delivers HUGE results. He interviews CEO Dev Kurdikar and CFO Jake Elguicze, leaders of the newly spun out Embecta, the one-time business of Becton Dickinson that’s now an immediate player in the diabetes space. Later on, Jim Hammerand, managing editor of Medical Design &a...

In this episode of IntuitiveTalks, we take our first look at Intuitive’s Future Forward program, a three-piece initiative to better understand how the company fits best into an evolving healthcare landscale. Our guests are Julian Nikolchev, an experienced medical device entrepreneur and investor who now serves as SVP, Development and Strategy at the Intuitive. Nikolchev led the creation of Intuiti...

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, we speak with Yuriy Lebed, the CEO of Pharmaxi LLC, a CRO based in Kyiv, Urkaine, that works with pharmaceutical and medical device companies across the globe. In an interview from Lviv, Lebed says he was as shocked as many that Russia would invade its neighbor. The attack forced him to relocate with his family to Lviv, in the western part of the...

In this episode, we talk to two principals of Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s push to bring higher powered tech into its digital surgery strategy. In separate interviews, Johnson & Johnson Group CIO and Global VP of Medical Devices Larry Jones and Office of Digital Innovation Leader Peter Schulam (who also serves as global head of medical affairs, clinical affairs and pre-clinical research for...

In this debut episode of the StrykerTalks Podcast series, Spencer Stiles, group president of orthopaedics and spine business at the medical device giant, reveals the mixture of art and science that went into successfully integrating Wright Medical into Stryker’s industry leading orthopedic business. What does Wright’s portfolio and personnel bring to the table? We’ll also talk about MAKO’s future....

In this week’s podcast, we’ll speak with Sally Saba, MD, Medtronic’s chief inclusion and diversity officer, about the company’s work to create a more welcoming – and better performing – workplace. Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator, returns to take part in Executive Editor’s Chris Newmarker’s Newsmaker session. We talk about hour industry’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ryan Egeland,...