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IRVINE, Calif., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Esperto Medical™ today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Scalable Solutions Mission Office to develop its next-generation continuous blood pressure monitoring solution. The project, titled “Continuous, Non-invasive, Calibration-Free Blood Pressure Monitoring by Resonance Sonomanometry,” will adapt Esperto’s proprietary resonance sonomanometry™ (RSM) technology into a wearable, wireless device suitable for home and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

IRVINE, Calif., May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bright Uro, a medical device company with a mission to transform care for lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) through innovations in urodynamics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Glean® Abdominal Sensor. This new sensor expands the capabilities of the Glean® Urodynamics System to include multi-channel urodynamic studies. This comprehensive system enables wireless, catheter-free ambulatory urodynamics designed to support clinical decision making for patients with LUTD and other urological conditions.

Saint Paul, MN – April 15, 2026. Carbon Medical Technologies, Inc. (CMT), a manufacturer of implantable medical devices and delivery systems utilizing proprietary technologies, is pleased to announce that its InjecSURE® Injection System has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the 510(k) pathway. This milestone marks the introduction of a new accessory system designed to support the delivery of syringe-based injectable materials into urethral tissues during cystoscopic procedures.

The tax incentives in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump last year are a prime example of the public policies reinforcing the U.S. position as the global leader in medtech innovation. 

 WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, the largest trade association representing medtech innovators, thanked President Trump and Congress for enacting the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act (S. 3971). Signed into law, the legislation reauthorizes the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today applauded House of Representatives passage of S. 3971, the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, legislation reauthorizing the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. House passage follows Senate passage earlier this month, bringing the restoration of these initiatives one step closer to completion.  

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today welcomed Senate approval of legislation reauthorizing the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and urged the House of Representatives to act swiftly on passage.

HALIFAX, NS, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – ABK Biomedical, Inc., an innovative, medical device company dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of advanced imageable embolic medical devices, today announced the completion of patient enrollment in its pivotal U.S. FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study, ROUTE90. The study evaluates Eye90 microspheres®, a novel Yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolization device, for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of primary liver cancer.