MedTech Bites

MEDTECH BITES

We produce the MedTech Bites newsletter every month, which cover the latest news and events from the medtech industry here and abroad. Below is a list of previously published newsletters – click the issue headline to open each newsletter. If any links in older newsletters are broken you might also be able to find them here.

Issue 33 – Opinion Piece, April 2020

  • Safety and Innovation in a COVID19 World
  • International Regulatory Policy Changes in Response to Shortage of PPE and Respiratory Medical Devices
  • Regulatory Policy Changes to Address PPE Shortage
  • Regulatory Policy Changes to Address Ventilator Shortage
  • Ventilator Standards
  • Risk Management: ISO 14971
  • Quality Management System: ISO 13485

Issue 32, April 2020

  • A New Zealand-made remote monitoring platform helps keep vulnerable patients safe from Covid-19.
  • Kiwi Inventors set their focus on COVID-19
  • New Zealand HealthTech Insights report 2020

Issue 31, February 2020

  • Why the MedTech CoRE Matters
  • New Zealand – Australia BioBridge
  • New HealthTech Activator initiative underway
  • HealthTech Week 2020
  • Upcoming events

Issue 30, November/December 2019

  • Smartphone Ophthalmic imaging made easy
  • Unlocking the secrets of the gut
  • Volpara goes from strength to strength
  • Overcoming adversity on the road to success
  • Upcoming events

Issue 29, September 2019

  • Moving from acquired knowledge to new knowledge
  • A better way to lift elderly patients
  • Building portable actuators and motors to solve medical problems
  • Upcoming events

Issue 28, August 2019

  • OssAbility
  • Commercialisation of knowledge to benefit society
  • Implant-related infection and tendon healing challenges in orthopaedics
  • Making implants simpler
  • Upcoming events

Issue 27, July 2019

  • Future clinical care
  • When you gotta go
  • User-centred design
  • Upcoming events

Issue 26, June 2019

  • Rehab with zombie teddy bears
  • Checking for concussion before and after a head injury
  • Relearning yourself after a traumatic brain injury
  • Using games to create rehab tools
  • Upcoming events

Issue 25, May 2019

  • New Zealand innovation for wrist fractures
  • Regenerative medicine using your own cells
  • When orthodontics and technology bring a smile to your face
  • Upcoming events

Issue 24, April 2019

  • Computer-aided diagnosis and its challenges
  • AI to Improve Cardiology Workflows
  • Using AI and technology to help manage eye patients
  • Investing in New Zealand for kids
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 23, March 2019

  • The final frontier of electrophysiology
  • Encrypted messaging for health professionals
  • A better way to care for patients
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 22, February 2019

  • A New Custom Pelvic Floor Device
  • Engineering a Solution For swallowing Disorders
  • Medicine on Children’s Terms
  • Bringing Ideas to Life
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 21, November / December 2018

  • Robyn Whittaker, Clinical Director of Innovation at Waitemata District Health Board
  • EDDI Joins the Team in Theatre
  • Another successful Māori student outreach
  • Making the (medical) grade with plastics
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 20, October 2018

  • Advancing Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis
  • Tackling Gastric Dysrhythmia with Bioengineering
  • DermNet – A New Zealand Success Story
  • AdvaMed Conference Update
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 19, September 2018

  • New Screening Technology
  • TIKI Tour Hits Wellington
  • Getting The Best Protection
  • Recognition For Lactoferrin Researcher
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 18, August 2018

  • Design-led Manufacturing to Create Our Future
  • Walking On A Journey to Clinical Reality
  • Initiatives to Implement the NZ Health Research Strategy
  • No Time to go to the Doctor’s? Not A Problem
  • Funding Deadlines
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 17, July 2018

  • Innovating at the Intersection of Engineering and Surgery
  • A 3D Colour Microscope for the Human Body
  • Smart Garments with Stretch Sensors
  • Digital Therapeutics Promote Value-based Care
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 16, June 2018

  • HealthTech Week Awards
  • Queen’s Birthday Honours for Champion of NZ MedTech
  • The Germany-NZ Collaboration: Opening Doors to Opportunities
  • Gamifying Education for Children – What is iMOKO up to Now?
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 15, May 2018

  • Patients at the Centre of Care
  • Thinking Like an Entrepreneur: Views from a Biomaterials Expert
  • Sustainable NZ Skincare Technology Makes Waves in China
  • Combining Forces to Combat Brain Disorders
  • Upcoming events

Issue 14, December 2017

  • Note from Co-Chairs
  • New Director of the MedTech CoRE
  • Tiki Tour Stops in Wellington
  • Spinal Injury Leads to Medtech Innovation
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 13, October 2017

  • Note from Co-Chairs
  • ableX: translational healthcare
  • MedTech Talk: Design & Medical Technology
  • Microvision by MedTech CoRE Researchers
  • MedTech Updates
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 12, August 2017

  • Note from Co-Chairs
  • The Unmet Need in Visual Activity
  • Streamlining bespoke implants
  • MedTech Conversations
  • MedTech Updates
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 11, June 2017

  • Chairman’s Note
  • Tiki Tour at ADHB
  • Measurement Solutions
  • Medical Device Manufacture
  • Japan-NZ Workshop
  • Microwave Breast Screening
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 10, December 2016

  • Chairman’s Note
  • CReaTE Group
  • Medtech Showcase 2016
  • Oral e-guard
  • Rehabilitation Innovation Centre
  • Snowball Effect
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 9, October 2016

  • A Note from Co-Chairs
  • TIKI Tour to Waitemata DHB
  • Virtual Medical Coaching
  • Veriphi: Preventing Medication Errors
  • Surgical Gels from Natural Products
  • actigaze: Click better with your eyes
  • Mind Control
  • Ultra D3
  • Institute of Healthy Ageing STP
  • Upcoming Events

Issue 8, June 2016

  • Chairman’s Note
  • Breaking the cycle of violence
  • NZ Standing Trial Populations
  • Understanding Skin at ABI
  • NZALS: Empowering Amputees
  • The Script App
  • Innovation at a Nanoscale
  • NZ HealthTech Review and Upcoming Events

Issue 7, April 2016

  • Chairman’s Note
  • Stroke Riskometer™ App
  • NZTE assisting coalitions
  • RACer Project
  • MTech Games
  • Other News and Events

Issue 6, December 2015

  • Chairman’s Note
  • NZ Inc. at Medica
  • Monitoring Hip Implants
  • Technology puts the Puff where words are
  • BreatheHero
  • Mathematics and Medtech
  • Other News and Events

Issue 5, September 2015

  • Chairman’s Note
  • Industry and University collaborations
  • Rose Centre & Colour X Ray
  • 3D Printing
  • Melon Health
  • Upcoming Events & Other News

Issue 4, April 2015

  • Chairman’s Note
  • Healthcare Meets Design at DHW Lab
  • Smart Interactive Designs
  • Fast Tracking Innovation in Health Technology
  • Designing for Best Practice
  • HealthTech Week 2015

Issue 3, November 2014

Issue 2, May 2014

Issue 1, December 2013