Artificial Intelligence in Medtech

BOSTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, brought together innovators and industry leaders at The MedTech Conference 2026, held October 18-21 in Boston. The conference recognized companies developing technologies to address a diverse array of patient needs through awards offered in several competitions and programs.

BOSTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, convened the 13th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Device Innovation on October 18 at The MedTech Conference 2026 in Boston. In collaboration with the five U.S. Food and Drug Administration-funded Pediatric Device Consortia and with support from the Mussallem CHD Alliance, the symposium brought together innovators, clinicians, regulators, investors, and patient advocates to address the evidence and access barriers that keep promising technologies from reaching children.

WASHINGTON — AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced that John Jaeckle, Chief Regulatory Affairs Strategist, at GE HealthCare, is the recipient of the 2026 AdvaMed Imaging Röntgen Award. The award recognizes Jaeckle’s more than 25 years of leadership in medical imaging regulation and standards development, including his work to advance computed tomography technology, performance and regulatory alignment in the United States and worldwide.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today recommended refinements the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could make to help its proposed Regulatory Alignment for Predictable and Immediate Device (RAPID) coverage pathway deliver more timely access to breakthrough medtech for Medicare beneficiaries.

AUSTIN, Texas – October 8, 2026 – Paradromics Inc., a neurotechnology company developing high-data-rate brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to restore and enhance human capabilities, today announced that its brain-computer interface has demonstrated more than four years of stable neural recording and decoding performance.

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