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da Vinci Surgical System, Zio Patch cardiac monitor, Butterfly iQ handheld ultrasound, Swoop portable MRI, Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy, CardioMEMS HF Sy

da Vinci Surgical System, Zio Patch cardiac monitor, Butterfly iQ handheld ultrasound, Swoop portable MRI, Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy, CardioMEMS HF System, Tablo Hemodialysis System, MONARCH robotic bronchoscopy platform, Mako robotic-arm orthopedic surgery system.

sn0n 5mo ago
First gut reaction: this is a made up list. But it checks out. verified
rjmunro 5mo ago
I'm not sure the da Vinci Surgical System is a good example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4941968/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4941968/
- electriclove 5mo ago
  That looks like a 10 year old publication. Can anyone familiar with this technology speak to the current state?
dmd 5mo ago
Apart from THAT what have the Romans ever done for us?
manwithopinions 5mo ago
Which of those is groundbreaking? The Butterly handheld ultrasound is old technology in a new form factor with a bunch of trade offs. Useful in some situations, sure, but “groundbreaking”? Same with the Swoop portable MRI: existing technology, different form factor, big trade offs. You’ve pretty much demonstrated the criticism is true, that all these grandiose claims made by VC backed medical device companies are… bunk. They made something smaller and shittier, yay?
- physPop 5mo ago
  butterfly and the swoop are both essentially useless too compared to their reference devices
Der_Einzige 5mo ago
Thank you for dealing with yet another midwit.
nosrepa 5mo ago
Thanks to the Zio patch I was finally able to convince doctors I actually had a heart condition that I had been telling them I had for years. For about a decade they were telling me my irregular rhythm was due to anxiety.
- SV_BubbleTime 5mo ago
  What was it? Thyroid?
doctorpangloss 5mo ago
actually i think the chatbot you consulted listed a bunch of stuff that is a pretty bad example of VC (deep capital markets) leading biotech innovation. Shockwave is a good example - HistoSonics is a much better example and was written about on HN. By comparison Intuitive has conclusively discovered that outcomes are more or less the same as non-teleoperated laparoscopic procedures, at least ones common enough to do a comparison.

sn0n 5mo ago

First gut reaction: this is a made up list. But it checks out. verified

rjmunro 5mo ago

I'm not sure the da Vinci Surgical System is a good example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4941968/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4941968/

electriclove 5mo ago
That looks like a 10 year old publication. Can anyone familiar with this technology speak to the current state?

dmd 5mo ago

Apart from THAT what have the Romans ever done for us?

manwithopinions 5mo ago

Which of those is groundbreaking? The Butterly handheld ultrasound is old technology in a new form factor with a bunch of trade offs. Useful in some situations, sure, but “groundbreaking”? Same with the Swoop portable MRI: existing technology, different form factor, big trade offs. You’ve pretty much demonstrated the criticism is true, that all these grandiose claims made by VC backed medical device companies are… bunk. They made something smaller and shittier, yay?

physPop 5mo ago
butterfly and the swoop are both essentially useless too compared to their reference devices

Der_Einzige 5mo ago

Thank you for dealing with yet another midwit.

nosrepa 5mo ago

Thanks to the Zio patch I was finally able to convince doctors I actually had a heart condition that I had been telling them I had for years. For about a decade they were telling me my irregular rhythm was due to anxiety.

SV_BubbleTime 5mo ago
What was it? Thyroid?

doctorpangloss 5mo ago

actually i think the chatbot you consulted listed a bunch of stuff that is a pretty bad example of VC (deep capital markets) leading biotech innovation. Shockwave is a good example - HistoSonics is a much better example and was written about on HN. By comparison Intuitive has conclusively discovered that outcomes are more or less the same as non-teleoperated laparoscopic procedures, at least ones common enough to do a comparison.