HAPPY NEW YEAR! Host Tom Salemi squeezes in that salutation one final time in our first episode of DeviceTalks Weekly.

In this episode, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown shines the FOMO spotlight on a possible new approach to treating stroke victims. Liane Teplitsky, now executive chair of Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Carvolix, explains how an early-stage robot could give more interventionalists the power to help stroke victims.

Tom Salemi and MassDevice’s Chris Newmarker Vensana Capital Co-founder Justin Klein, MD, as a temporary member of the Newsmaker team where the review the highs and lows of the first full week of the year. Tom and Justin then talk about the state of MedTech venture capital starting with the HSBC annual report.

Finally, Chris Newmarker hosts our keynote interview featuring Lisa Anderson, president of Paragonix Technologies, which is upending how donated organs are stored for transportation before transplantation.

Newsmakers include the late Tom Fogarty, Teleflex, Staar Surgical, Alcon, W.L. Gore, Conformal, and Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

You can access the HSBC report here - https://www.hsbcinnovationbanking.com/us/en/resources/2025-annual-venture-healthcare-report?cid=B:OSOC:10937621680:10893300135

Thank you for listening to DeviceTalks Weekly!

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• (00:06:40) - Meet Justin Klein, MD, co-founder managing partner, Vensana Capital
• (00:08:42) - MedTech pioneer Dr. Tom Fogarty passes away at 91
• (00:14:28) - Teleflex announces leadership transition as CEO Liam Kelly departs, cuts 2025 revenue guidance
• (00:17:20) - Staar Surgical to terminate Alcon deal after stockholder vote W.L. Gore to acquire left atrial appendage device maker Conformal Medical
• (00:20:10) - W.L. Gore to acquire left atrial appendage device maker Conformal Medical
• (00:24:45) - Johnson & Johnson MedTech submits Ottava surgical robot to FDA
• (00:27:19) - Tom and Justin review HSCB report
• (00:46:54) - FOMO Interview with Kayleen Brown and Liane Teplitsky
• (00:57:38) - Keynote interview with Lisa Anderson, President, Paragonix Technologies

Happy New Year DeviceTalkers!

We’re excited to start 2026, but not before give a proper goodbye to 2025 by picking our top tech, biggest newsmaker (company or person), and biggest news of the year. Listen the selection from our editorial team – Kayleen Brown, Jim Hammerand, Chris Newmarker, Tom Salemi, and Sean Whooley – and a special guest, Chris Landon, CEO of Natus Medical.

Just before we share our final thought, Brown gets a glimpse of the future of Ambulatory Surgery Centers from Oliver Keown, MD, CEO and founder of Oath Surgical. They recording the FOMO interview at DeviceTalks West.

To all of our listeners, thank you for listening to DeviceTalks Weekly!

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• (00:00:00) - Thank you from Tom and Kayleen
• (00:05:05) - Overview of the Episode
• (00:07:00) - FOMO Interview – Oliver Keown, MD, CEO of Oath Surgical on ASCs
• (00:17:20) - 2025 Year in Review
• (00:19:40) - Introduction of Guest Panelist – Chris Landon, CEO, Natus Medical
• (00:25:20) - Our choices of medical technology of the year
• (00:47:50) - Newsmaker of the year – Company or Individual
• (01:01:40) - Biggest news story of the year

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we give the entire stage to Medtronic’s surgical robotics business in honor of the FDA’s approving the Hugo RAS system for urological procedures.

This episode is sponsored by Confluent Medical Technologies. Visit http://confluentmedical.com/ for more information.

First, MassDevice editor Chris Newmarker asks James Porter, MD, a practicing surgeon and CMO of Medtronic’s surgical business, why he sees as a better alternative for hospitals and surgeons.

Then, Host Tom Salemi visits with Rajit Kamal, the VP of the company’s surgical robotics building to learn what’s next. How will the company take on the massive incumbent, Intuitive.

We’ll also visit with Gayle Grimes, author of MassDevice’s Medtech Market Intelligence Report on surgical robotics. Go here to learn more. https://www.massdevice.com/product/robotic-surgery/

This week’s Newmarker’s Newsmakers are CMR Surgical, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Olympus, Nephrodite, and Medline.

Go here to listen to Rajit Kamal’s first appearance on the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast: https://www.devicetalks.com/velys-inhance-and-other-reasons-why-depuy-synthes-sees-ortho-opportunities-2021s-top-dtw-episodes/

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• (00:02:55) - Surgical Report Gayle Grimes
• (00:10:56) - CMR Surgical wins FDA clearance for next-gen Versius Plus surgical robot in cholecystectomy
• (00:13:22) - Johnson & Johnson MedTech EP leader Bodner explains recent ASC boost for PFA
• (00:15:03) - Olympus launches second medtech investment fund with $150M
• (00:16:08) - Continuous dialysis implant wins FDA Breakthrough Device Designation
• (00:18:33) - Medline prices $7B IPO, begins trading on Nasdaq
• (00:23:00) - Confluent Medical, Part 1
• (00:26:40) - Interview with James Porter, MD, CMO, Robotic Surgical Technologies & Digital Technologies, Medtronic
• (00:52:43) - Confluent Medical, Part 2
• (00:56:22) - Interview with Rajit Kamal, VP and GM, Robotic Surgical Technologies, Medtronic