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Amanda Pedersen

Amanda Pedersen is a veteran journalist and award-winning columnist with a passion for helping medical device professionals connect the dots between the medtech news of the day and the bigger picture. She has been covering the medtech industry since 2006.

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24 Private Medtech Companies Moving the Needle in 2024 24 Private Medtech Companies Moving the Needle in 2024

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Medtech in a Minute: Integra's Bold Decision, and More

Medtech in a Minute: Integra's Bold Decision, and More

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Medtronic Won't Back Down but Axonics Stands Its Ground

Medtronic Goes After Axonics Again

byAmanda Pedersen

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Wearable Medical Devices

Masimo Takes Apple's Hail Mary Pass in Stride

Masimo Takes Apple's Hail Mary Pass in Stride

byAmanda Pedersen

A close-up of the Orchid SRV (safety release valve) from Linear Health Sciences, designed in partnership with Gilero, for medical tubing applications.

Design & Engineering

Behind the Design of the Orchid Safety Release Valve

Behind the Design of the Orchid SRV

byAmanda Pedersen

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Design & Engineering

When Medical Device Design Had a Dimensional Dilemma

When Medical Device Design Had a Dimensional Dilemma

byAmanda Pedersen

BioSig's Ridiculously Sparse Layoff Announcement Reeks of Callousness

BioSig's Ridiculously Sparse Layoff Announcement Reeks of Callousness

byAmanda Pedersen

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General Hospital

Medtech in a Minute: Medtronic Pulls the Plug on Ventilators and More

Medtronic Pulls the Plug on Ventilators and More Medtech News

byAmanda Pedersen

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Regulatory & Quality

FDA Wanted to Teach Utah Medical a Lesson, But the Joke Was on FDA

FDA Wanted to Teach Utah Medical a Lesson, But the Joke Was on FDA

byAmanda Pedersen

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What to Expect at MD&M West - Day 2

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byAmanda Pedersen

Medical Device Regulations

EU MDR: Something's Gotta Give

EU MDR: Something's Gotta Give

byAmanda Pedersen

Evoque is the first transcatheter valve replacement therapy to receive regulatory approval to treat tricuspid regurgitation.

Edwards Wins FDA Approval for TTVR Way Ahead of Schedule

Edwards Wins FDA Approval for TTVR Way Ahead of Schedule

byAmanda Pedersen

Boston Scientific's Farapulse PFA System is now FDA approved.

Boston Scientific Crosses the FDA Finish Line with Farapulse

Boston Scientific Crosses the FDA Finish Line with Farapulse

byAmanda Pedersen

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Globus Layoffs Resurface Integration Concerns

Globus Layoffs Resurface Integration Concerns

byAmanda Pedersen

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Magic 8 Balls, Santa Claus, and Intuitive Surgical's Next Robot

Magic 8 Balls, Santa Claus, and Intuitive Surgical's Next Robot

byAmanda Pedersen

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Design & Engineering

Medtech Embraces Computer-Aided Product Development

Medtech Embraces Computer-Aided Product Development

byAmanda Pedersen

FDA approved Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci Xi (fourth-generation da Vinci) in April 2014.

The Moment Intuitive Surgical Investors Have Waited For

The Moment Intuitive Surgical Investors Have Waited For

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Intuitive Surgical Investors Are Playing a High-Stakes Game of Telephone

Intuitive Surgical Investors Are Playing a High-Stakes Game of Telephone

byAmanda Pedersen

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Medtech's 2024 Playbook: CEO Commentary on the Year Ahead

Medtech's 2024 Playbook: CEO Commentary on the Year Ahead

byAmanda Pedersen

Illumina's Next Steps for Grail Divestiture

Illumina's Next Steps for Grail Divestiture

byAmanda Pedersen

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Medical Device Regulations

The Most Controversial FDA Leader in History

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Operating room staff using a da Vinci Xi surgical robotic system during a procedure.

Intuitive Surgical CEO: No Comment on New Multiport Robot

Intuitive Surgical CEO: No Comment on New Multiport Robot

byAmanda Pedersen

Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 3 continuous glucose monitoring sensor and reader.

Abbott CEO Touts Libre as ‘Most Successful Medtech Product in History’

Abbott CEO Touts Libre as ‘Most Successful Medtech Product in History’

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What Medical Device Company Reinvented Itself 5 Years Ago?

What Medical Device Company Reinvented Itself 5 Years Ago?

byAmanda Pedersen

Medtronic's Touch Surgery Enterprise Platform, one of several ways Medtronic is leveraging AI in medtech.

Artificial Intelligence

Why Medtronic Is Bullish on the AI Opportunity in Medtech

Why Medtronic Is Bullish on the AI Opportunity in Medtech

byAmanda Pedersen

Woman wearing a t:slim X2 insulin pump with an integrated FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor from Abbott.

Diabetes Tech Integration Has Abbott and Tandem Pumped

Diabetes Tech Integration Has Abbott and Tandem Pumped

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Medtech in a Minute: A Not-So-Hip FDA Warning, and More

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Boston Scientific Bids on a Medtronic Foe

Boston Scientific Bids on a Medtronic Foe

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Hobbling into 2024 with Newfound Optimism

Hobbling into 2024 with Newfound Optimism

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This illustration photo shows an Apple Watch 9 displaying the blood-oxygen level detection feature, in Los Angeles, CA on December 26, 2023.

Wearable Medical Devices

Apple Watch Ban Temporarily Halted

Apple Watch Ban Temporarily Halted

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Apple Watches are seen on display at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station (New York City) on Dec. 18 ahead of a ban imposed by the government.

Wearable Medical Devices

Apple Appeals Import Ban on Watches

Apple Appeals Import Ban on Watches

byAmanda Pedersen

Philips stopped making the Panorama 1.0T HFO MRI systems in 2014, but about 340 of the MRI machines are still in use globally.

Philips Warns MRI Customers of Potential Explosion

Philips Warns MRI Customers of Potential Explosion

byAmanda Pedersen

Medtronic's Aurora EV-ICD system is designed to offer a single device, single procedure with the lead placed outside of the heart and veins.

Design & Engineering

Behind the Design: How Medtronic Found a Goldilocks Solution to Building an EV-ICD

How Medtronic Found a Goldilocks Solution to Building an EV-ICD

byAmanda Pedersen

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