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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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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In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi gets the dos and don’t’s of entrepreneurship with serially successful MedTech leader Ray Cohen.

In this keynote address from DeviceTalks West, Cohen delivers a master class on how to build a successful MedTech, using Boston Scientific’s $3.7 billion acquisition as a case study.

DeviceTalks Managing Editor Kayleen Brown explores the future of connected health with Dr. Sarah Matt, author of the new book, The Borderless Healthcare Revolution. Go to DrSarahMatt.com to order the book.

Thank you to Lighteum Medical for sponsoring this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly. Go to http://lighteum.com/ for more information. Want to meet with Lighteum Medical in person at MD&M West? Book time with them here: https://calendly.com/lighteum-medical/mdmwest

MassDevice’s Chris Newmarker kicks us off with his Newmarker’s Newsmakers – SS Innovations, Boston Scientific, Teleflex, Resmed, Telefex Medical.

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