Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. Airing: The story behind one of medtech’s most successful crowdfunding campaigns
Inventor Stephen Marsh has more than 70 patents to his name, but his most recent endeavor, the Airing device – a hoseless, maskless, disposable micr0-CPAP machine for obstructive sleep apnea, may make him a household name.
Marsh and his Burlington, Mass.-based startup have already made quite a mark on medtech by running 1 of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever by a medical device company. This summer the company raised more than $1 million on Indiegogo, more than 10 times its initial goal, attracting more than 10,000 individual donors. Read more
2. Sientra plummets on U.K. breast implant halt
Shares of breast implant maker Sientra plummeted some 53% after British medical regulators suspended sales of implants made by Sientra’s Brazilian supplier Silimed.
The U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency yesterday said it and other European regulators are testing Silimed’s products – which include breast, penile and testicular implants – after contamination was detected during an audit of the company’s manufacturing practices. Read more
1. FDA panel recommends limited use of Bayer’s Essure until more is known about safety
An FDA advisory panel recommended that the agency limit the use of Bayer’s Essure female sterilization device until more is known about its safety, after thousands of women reported serious health issues they attribute to the nickel-titanium implant.
Essure, the only approved permanent birth control device in the U.S., is a small metal coil that is placed in the fallopian tubes via catheter. The FDA approved the device in November 2002. Read more
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