Noah Medical touts first-in-human surgical robot data, Beta Bionics raises $100M for bionic pancreas

Glucotrack is back in this news, this time with news of a former Medtronic veteran being tapped for its board director spot. Fast Five hosts Sean Whooley and Danielle Kirsh go over the new appointee and their career history. Zeiss Medical Technology this week announced it intends to unveil new ophthalmic innovations within its cataract and corneal refractive workflows. Find out what updates the company is planning to make and what executives are thinking. LivaNova has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Essenz in-line blood monitor. Whooley talks about what the blood monitor does, how it helps patients and why this is an important innovation.  Beta Bionics closed a $100 million Series D funding round for its bionic pancreas. Tune in to discover what a bionic pancreas does and how optimistic executives are after this funding round. The field of surgical robotics is constantly innovating. Noah Medical this week announced positive first-in-human data for its own surgical robot. Learn more about the company's surgical robot, what the data said and how doctors feel about using the technology. Check out the show notes for links to the stories we discussed today at MassDevice.com/podcast.