Acquisition
Naveris: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Precision Medicine – Waltham, MA
CareDx: Diagnostic, Precision Medicine, Transplant – Brisbane, CA

CareDx Announces Agreement to Acquire Naveris, A Leader in Viral-Mediated Cancer MRD Surveillance Testing

Acquisition
Thynk Health: AI, Diagnostic, Oncology – Lexington, KY
Azra AI: AI, Soft/Saas, Coordinated Care – Nashville, TN

Azra AI Acquires Thynk Health to Close the Gap Between Imaging and Cancer Care

The Cs

Luma Health: AI, Soft/SaaS, Operations – San Francisco, CA

Eric Ingram – CFO (Joining)

Luma Health Welcomes Eric Ingram as CFO; Luma’s Operational AI Scales to Serve Half of United States in 2026

Rad AI: AI, Soft/SaaS, Radiology Workflows – San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth Bergey, MD – CCO – Clinical (Joining)
David Leonard – COO (Promotion)

Rad AI Appoints Chief Operating Officer and First Chief Clinical Officer, Strengthening Operational and Clinical Strategy

NewVue: AI, Soft/SaaS, Radiology Workflow – Tampa, FL

Patrick Zientara – CRO – Revenue (Joining)

NewVue Adds Patrick Zientara as Chief Revenue Officer to Scale Go-to-Market Strategies and Accelerate Next Growth Phase

Light AI : AI, Diagnostic, Infectious Disease – Vancouver, BC

Mark Orsmond – CFO & Corporate Secretary (Joining)

Light AI Appoints CFO and Corporate Secretary

Board Members

Delfi Diagnostics: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Lung Cancer – Palo Alto, CA

Charles Newton – Board Member (Joining)

DELFI Diagnostics Appoints Charles Newton to Board of Directors

Phagenesis: Neuromodulation, Swallowing, ENT – Manchester, UK

Stephen Oesterle, MD – Board Member (Joining)

Phagenesis Appoints Stephen Oesterle, MD, to Board of Directors

Medcura: Hemostatic Agents – Riverdale, MD

Gary P. Fischetti – Board Member (Joining)

Medcura Appoints Medical Device Industry Veteran Gary P. Fischetti to Board of Directors

Funding

Sibel Health: Wearables, Edema Monitoring – Chicago, IL

Sibel Health Awarded a $3.5 million ARPA-H Direct-to-Phase II SBIR Contract to Develop a First-In-Class Wearable Sensor for Continuous Edema Monitoring

Nervonik: Neuromodulation , PNS – Los Angeles, CA

Nervonik Announces $52.5 Million Series B Financing to Advance Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Therapy

SquareMind: Robotic, AI, Diagnostic, Skin Exam – Paris, France

SquareMind Raises $18 Million to Redefine Skin Exams With Robotics and AI

PlaqueTec: Liquid Biopsy, Precision Medicine, Cardiovascular – Cambridge, UK

PlaqueTec Closes $5 Million Financing

NanoTess: Wound Care – Calgary, AB

NanoTess Secures Government of Canada Funding to Adapt its Validated Catalytic Technology for Defence Use

Esperto Medical: Wearable, Continuous Cardiac Monitoring – Orange, CA

Esperto Medical™ Receives ARPA-H SBIR Award to Develop Continuous Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor

Truentity Health: AI, RPM, Remote Therapy Mgt. – Raleigh, NC

Truentity Health Oversubscribes $3.5M Series A to Scale Pharmacy-Led Clinical Care Network Nationwide

Koda Health: Soft/SaaS, Pt. Care Guidance – Houston, TX

Koda Health and UPMC Enterprises Collaborate to Prove Out the Value of Advance Care Planning (ACP) at Scale

Perimeter Medical Imaging AI: AI, Imaging, Surgical – Dallas, TX & Toronto, ON

Perimeter Medical Imaging AI Closes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement

Iantrek: Procedural Device, Interventional Ophthalmology, Glaucoma – White Plains, NY

Trinity Capital Inc. Provides $30 Million in Growth Capital to Iantrek to Accelerate Commercial Expansion and Advance Product Pipeline

Aidoc: AI, Imaging, Radiology – Tel Aviv, Israel

Aidoc Raises $150 Million Series E Led by Goldman Sachs to Scale Clinical AI for Earlier, Safer Diagnoses

Axoft: Implant, BCI – Cambridge, MA

Axoft Secures $55M Series A to Advance Clinical Trials Globally for its Bio-Inspired, Implantable Brain-Computer Interface

Hypervision Surgical: AI, Imaging, Surgical, Hyperspectral – London, UK

Angelini Ventures Invests in Hypervision Surgical’s £17 Million Series A to Advance Real-time Hyperspectral Imaging and Improve Clinical Outcomes in Surgery

Illuminant Surgical: Visualization, Surgical – Culver City, CA

Giving Doctors X-Ray Vision: Illuminant Surgical Raises $8.4M to Revolutionize Image Guided Care

Techcyte: AI, Soft/SaaS, Digital Pathology – Orem, UT

Techcyte Announces $15 Million Capital Raise Led by Van Tuyl Companies to Support Growth and Path to Profitability

Regulatory

Approval
Pixee Medical: AR, Surgical Guidance, Orthopedic Surgery – Besancon, France

Pixee Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for Its Next-generation Solution, Knee+ NexSight, on a New Augmented Reality Platform

Approval
TytoCare : Remote Medicine, Diagnostic, ENT – New York, NY

TytoCare Secures FDA De Novo for First AI-Powered Eardrum Analysis

IDE
Motif Neurotech: Implant, BCI, Depression, Neurosurgery, Mental Health – Houston, TX

Motif Neurotech Receives FDA Approval to Begin First Clinical Trial of its Therapeutic BCI for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Submittal
Galaxy Therapeutics: Implant, Aneurysms, Neurovascular – Milpitas, CA

Galaxy Therapeutics Submits Final Module of PMA to U.S. FDA for SEAL™ Device in Wide-Neck Bifurcation Aneurysms

Approval
Avatar Medical: VR, 3D Rendering, Surgical Planning, Patient Education – Paris, France

Avatar Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Avatar Medical Vision, the First Software Cleared for Use with Glasses-Free 3D Medical Displays

IND
Vensica Medical: Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical, Urology – New York City, USA

Vensica Medical Receives FDA IND Clearance to Initiate Phase 2 Study of ViXe, Its Needle-Free Xeomin® Delivery System for Overactive Bladder

Approval
Agitated Solutions: Imaging, Contrast Agent – St. Paul, MN

Agitated Solutions Receives CE Mark Approval for Orbis ™ Microbubble Generator

Approval
Chest Wall Innovations : Procedural Devices, Surgical, Thoracic – Hershey, PA

Chest Wall Innovations Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for PC Fix Rib Fixation System

Submittal
CMR Surgical: Robotics, Surgical – Cambridge, UK

CMR Surgical Submits 510(k) Application to U.S. FDA to Expand Versius Plus™ into Gynecology

Approval
Telix Pharmaceuticals: Diagnostic, Radiopharmaceutical, Cancer – Melbourne, Australia

TLX101-Px (Pixlumi®) MAA Accepted in Europe

Approval
Zeta Surgical: AI, Navigation System, Neurosurgery – Boston, MA

ZETA SURGICAL® Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance Expanding Access to Brain Tumor Biopsies, Hydrocephalus, and Trigeminal Neuralgia

Approval
E-Scopics: Soft/SaaS, Imaging, Ultrasound, POC – Saint-cannat, France

E-Scopics Announces New FDA Clearance for Hepatoscope® With Expanded Capabilities in Managing Liver Disease Complications, Advanced Elastography Imaging Features, and Improved Compatibility to Be Presented at DDW 2026

Product News

Clerio Vision: Capital Equip, Laser, Refractive Correction, Ophthalmology – Rochester, NY

Clerio Vision to Present World’s First LCA-Correcting Soft Contact Lens at ARVO 2026 Annual Meeting

SimBioSys: 3D spatial visualizations, Breast Cancer – Chicago, IL

SimBioSys to Showcase New Advancements in AI-Powered Surgical Planning at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting

Pearl: AI, Imaging, Dental – West Hollywood, CA

Pearl Brings Dental AI Natively into Dentrix Ascend

Breakthrough Devices

Laguna Diagnostics: Diagnostic, Rapid – Irvine, CA

U.S. FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Laguna Diagnostics’ mRNA Gene Biomarker Test to Aid in Differentiation of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder

PreludeDx: Diagnostic, Decision Support, Oncology, Breast Cancer – Laguna Hills, CA

PreludeDx Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for AidaBREAST® – Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer Assay

Capitan Orthopedics: Implant, Orthopedic, Shoulder – Grand Rapids, MI

Capitan Orthopedics, Inc. Announces Breakthrough Device Designation for its SupraSpacer™ Implant

Orchestra Biomed: Procedural Device, Cardiology, Hypertension – New Hope, PA

FDA Grants Orchestra BioMed Additional Breakthrough Device Designation for AVIM Therapy

Reimbursement

Anteris Technologies: Implant, TAVR, Interventional Cardiology – Brisbane, Australia

Anteris Technologies Secures CMS Reimbursement Supporting U.S. Site Activation for PARADIGM Trial

Clinical Trials/Studies

BrainCheck: AI, Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Cognitive Function – Austin, TX

Peer-Reviewed Study Design Paper Published for PREDICTOM Alzheimer’s Screening Initiative Featuring BrainCheck

Motif Neurotech: Implant, BCI, Depression, Neurosurgery, Mental Health – Houston, TX

Motif Neurotech Receives FDA Approval to Begin First Clinical Trial of its Therapeutic BCI for Treatment-Resistant Depression

bioAffinity Technologies: Diagnostic Test, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology, Lung Cancer – San Antonio, TX

bioAffinity Technologies Launches New Study To Expand Use of CyPath® Lung Technology for Asthma and COPD Diagnosis and Treatment

Cagent Vascular: Device, Peripheral Angioplasty – Wayne, PA

Saving Limbs Where Others Stop: Cagent Vascular Announces Landmark Peer-Reviewed Data Demonstrating Safety and Efficacy of Serration Remodeling Therapy™ in the Most Challenging Arteries Below-the-Ankle

Prodeon Medical: Procedural Device, Interventional, BPH – Sunnyvale, CA

Prodeon Medical Highlights the Urocross Expander System Clinical Results at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2026 Annual Meeting

Anteris Technologies: Implant, TAVR, Interventional Cardiology – Brisbane, Australia

Anteris Technologies Secures CMS Reimbursement Supporting U.S. Site Activation for PARADIGM Trial

RIVANNA: AI, Imaging, Ultrasound, Soft/SaaS, Anesthesia – Charlottesville, VA

RIVANNA’s Accuro XV demonstrates feasibility of musculoskeletal imaging by non-physician users with minimal training

ClearNote Health: Diagnostic, Liquid Biopsy, Oncology – San Mateo, CA

ClearNote Health to Present Industry-Leading Early Detection Data for Avantect® Pancreatic Cancer Test at Digestive Disease Week 2026

CorTec: Implant, BCI, Stroke Recovery – Freiburg, Germany

CorTec’s Brain Interchange™ BCI System Enables Stroke Patient to Control Computer with his Mind

CorFlow Therapeutics: Capital Equip, Procedural Device, Diagnostic, Interventional Cardiology – Baar, Switzerland

CorFlow Therapeutics Announces Successful Completion of Phase 1 and First Patients Enrolled in Phase 2 of the MOCA II Pivotal Trial, Approval to Start the REVITALISE RCT in Europe, and Strengthening of Clinical Leadership

Sonire Therapeutics: HIFU, Prostate Cancer – Tokyo, Japan

Cairn Surgical: Imaging, Guided Surgery, Localization, Surgical Oncology – Lebanon, NH

Cairn Surgical Reports Pivotal Trial Results for Its Breast Cancer Locator System

Retia Medical: Soft/SaaS, Diagnostic, Cardiovascular – White Plains, NY

Retia Medical Presents First Public Results for Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Algorithm

Sonire Therapeutics: HIFU, Prostate Cancer – Tokyo, Japan

Sonire Therapeutics Initiates First U.S. Clinical Study of Ultrasound-Guided HIFU Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Partnerships

BioLab Holdings: Biologic, Allograft – Phoenix, AZ
SweetBio: Wound Care – Memphis, TN

BioLab Holdings Announces Strategic Partnership with SweetBio® to Expand Continuum of Wound Care Solutions

Virgo Surgical Video Solutions: AI, Endoscopy Video Storage – Carlsbad, CA
The Rajpurkar Lab: Research Lab – Boston, MA

Virgo Announces Research Collaboration with The Rajpurkar Lab to Develop Next-Gen AI Foundation Model for Endoscopy

MintNeuro: OEM, Implantable Chips – London, UK
Motif Neurotech: Implant, BCI, Depression, Neurosurgery, Mental Health – Houston, TX

MintNeuro and Motif Neurotech Partner to Advance Miniature Brain-Computer Interface Therapy for Mental Health

Collectly Partners: AI, Soft/SaaS, RCM – San Francisco, CA
Sunbit: Service, Financing Solutions – Los Angeles, CA

Collectly Partners with Sunbit to Bring Instant Financing to the Patient Experience

Qaelon Medical: Diagnostic, Surgical Leaks – Strasbourg, France
FluidAI Medical: AI, Predictive Medicine, Surgical Outcomes – Kitchener, ON

Qaelon Medical Extends Leak Detection Beyond the OR with Surgical Intelligence Leader FluidAI Medical

This & That

RunSafe Security: Cybersecurity – Mclean, VA

RunSafe Security Releases 2026 Medical Device Cybersecurity Index as Attacks Impacting Medical Devices Rise and Procurement Standards Tighten

Asset Acquisitions/Sales

Acquisition
Svelte Medical Systems: Procedural Device, Stent, Interventional Cardiology – New Providence, NJ
Advanced Bifurcation Systems: Procedural Device, Interventional, Cardiology – Livermore, CA

Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. Acquires Svelte Medical Systems, Inc.

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