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 36, September/October 2020
- Hi-tech support for better mental health
- Down on the Farm
- Ready results
- Clearing the path for health tech innovation
Issue 35, August 2020
- Impacting surgical disease across the globe
- Go Well Health Saves NHS Orthopaedic Unit $NZ 2 Million
- Rethinking MRI Scanners
- Upcoming events
Issue 34, July 2020
- Off-The-Planet Ideas Are Hugely Attractive
- Ramping up testing for thermal imaging cameras to battle Covid-19
- RAM3D is 3D printing titanium implants for veterinary surgery
- Soul Machines Joins Forces with the World Health Organization to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation and Help More Than 1 Billion Tobacco Users Quit
- Upcoming events
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
- CMDT Newsletter Saved June 2017 (1.73mb)
Issue 10, December 2016
- Chairman’s Note
- CReaTE Group
- Medtech Showcase 2016
- Oral e-guard
- Rehabilitation Innovation Centre
- Snowball Effect
- Upcoming Events
- CMDT Newsletter Dec 2016 (1.26mb)
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
- CMDT Newsletter October 2016 (1.24mb)
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
- CMDT Newsletter 20 June 2016 (783kb)
Issue 7, April 2016
- Chairman’s Note
- Stroke Riskometer™ App
- NZTE assisting coalitions
- RACer Project
- MTech Games
- Other News and Events
- CMDT Newsletter April 2016 (1.22mb)
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
- CMDT Newsletter December 2015 (1.2mb)
Issue 5, September 2015
- Chairman’s Note
- Industry and University collaborations
- Rose Centre & Colour X Ray
- 3D Printing
- Melon Health
- Upcoming Events & Other News
- CMDT Newsletter September 2015 (1.5mb)
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
- CMDT Newsletter April 2015 (2.34mb)
Issue 3, November 2014
- CMDT Newsletter November 2014 (1.44mb)
Issue 2, May 2014
- CMDT Newsletter May 2014 (859kb)
Issue 1, December 2013
- CMDT Newsletter December 2013 (237kb)
