Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.
Norbert Health raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its physical AI system for robotic nursing assistants across skilled nursing facilities.
Stryker completed the first hip arthroscopy using SportSuite Vision on Apple Vision Pro after receiving FDA De Novo authorization for the surgical application.
Medibyt received FDA 510(k) clearance for CPETWise, software for cardiopulmonary exercise test analysis, interpretation, and reporting.
Probably Genetic has received up to $10 million from ARPA-H to expand an AI platform for rare disease diagnosis under the RAPID program.
VALOR Network selected RADIN Health to support federal teleradiology services for the Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of War, with Total Medical Imaging providing nationwide radiologist coverage.
Medtronic will invest up to $80 million in Pi-Cardia and is expected to become the exclusive global distributor of the ShortCut device in 2027.
Enovis has entered a binding offer to acquire eCential Robotics, with the transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 pending regulatory approvals.
Caristo Diagnostics presented new ESC Congress 2026 data showing that its FAI-Score biomarker can assess coronary inflammation from cardiac CT scans without contrast.
Philips Korea and HoneyNaps signed an MOU to explore healthcare projects that connect sleep disorder data with cardiovascular risk factors.
HiRO and Differentia Biotech signed an MOU to collaborate on AI powered clinical trial simulation models that combine clinical operations data with digital twin and modeling platforms.
Tianjin University and United Imaging Healthcare unveiled uMR ShenGuan, an MRI based brain computer interface system, at a conference in Tianjin.
ProFound Therapeutics has received an investment commitment of up to $35 million from the Gates Foundation to support AI based research into preeclampsia and eclampsia.
Jetstream Venture Fund has added ImageAiD and Moonrise Medical to its healthtech portfolio. Both companies are developing AI tools for vascular diagnostics and Peripheral Artery Disease screening.
Predoc has launched Predoc Curated Data, a tool that aggregates and structures patient records from EHRs, scans, faxes, pharmacies, imaging networks, and other sources.
UT Medical and TransformativeMed are partnering to develop Agentic Discharge Planning, an agentic AI tool built on the CORES Platform for Oracle Health EHR workflows.
BioVid has launched Tumor Worlds, an AI system for pharmaceutical companies in oncology. The system starts with NSCLC, with prostate and pancreatic cancer coverage planned next.
Metriport raised $26 million to expand its healthcare data infrastructure platform, which structures fragmented patient records and supports AI medical record summarization.
Imagenet has acquired Analytica Consulting, adding data engineering, analytics, AI, visualization, and governance capabilities to its healthcare operations services. The transaction closed on August 21, 2026, and financial terms were not disclosed.
Monod Bio and SignalChem Biotech signed a nonexclusive license for LuxSit luciferase technology and NovoBodies for custom luminescent assays and protein fusion services.
PENTAX Medical has expanded its partnership with Magentiq Eye Ltd. to bring MAGENTIQ-COLO to more endoscopy markets through PENTAX Medical video processors.
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