Peijia Medical Co. Ltd. reported the implant of its Taurustrio transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in a first patient as part of a multi-center trial getting one step closer to launching the first TAVR system for aortic regurgitation (AR) in China.

Mdoloris Medical Systems SAS reported it has developed an automated system for regulating perioperative pain based on continuous optimization of parasympathetic tone. Closed-loop control systems are still rare in the anesthesia space, but they provide greater reliability in achieving set objectives, reduce the risk of human error and free the anesthesiologist from the burden of manually adapting the administration of the various therapies required for surgery.

Med-tech deal values the first seven months of the year are up more than 50% from last year. Meanwhile, M&As decreased almost 70% from the same time period in 2022.

A timely discharge from the hospital requires that a lot of things go just right, and GE Healthcare just scored a win from FDA for its Portrait vital signs monitoring system that offers wireless, wearable tracking of oxygenation, pulse and respiration rate. GE said this system allows patients to be mobile during those first few critical hours post-surgery while providing non-stop vital sign tracking, a development that may allow clinicians to intervene more quickly when problems arise and thus help the patient recover and head home without setbacks.