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DeviceTalks Weekly

by DeviceTalks Podcast Network · English

Hosted by Tom Salemi, DeviceTalks Weekly is the foundational podcast for the entire DeviceTalks Podcast Network. The series delivers weekly news, insights, and commentary from MedTech industry leaders, keeping the medical device industry in the know and inspiring medical technology professionals to build better MedTech devices and companies.

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Ep 308 - How Zimmer Biomet will use AI and robotics to lighten the load on orthopedic surgeons

Device Talks Weekly Ep 308 combines (1) a “Future of MedTech Opportunities” RFID masterclass and (2) a keynote interview on Zimmer Biomet’s AI/robotics vision for orthopedic “surgeon-guided autonomy”…

13 Nov 2026 · 52m · 21 chapters

Ep 307 - Prana Surgical’s CEO Wants to Bring a Lumpectomy Approach to Lung Surgery

Device Talks Weekly Ep 307 covers (1) a “Newsmakers” roundup on medtech deals, antitrust litigation, and corporate restructuring, (2) FOMO on energy-delivery engineering for pulse field ablation…

23 Oct 2026 · 1h 2m · 26 chapters

Ep 306 - After FDA Authorization, J&J’s Robotic Surgery President Looks Ahead to OTTAVA’s Commercial Rollout

Device Talks Weekly Ep 306 interviews Johnson & Johnson’s Rocco De Bernardes on Otava, J&J’s table-integrated soft tissue robotic surgical system, covering what changed after FDA authorization and…

16 Oct 2026 · 44m · 17 chapters

Ep 305 - Preceptis CEO Dave Carey on Hummingbird and Helping Kids Avoid the Trauma of Anesthesia

Device Talks Weekly Ep 305 combines “Newsmakers” medtech headlines with a keynote interview about Perceptus Medical’s Hummingbird ear tubes—moving pediatric ear tube placement from the OR to the…

25 Sep 2026 · 54m · 15 chapters

Ep 304 - J&J MedTech's Polyphonic Lead Explains Why Surgical Intelligence Is the Next Big Shift in the OR

Device Talks Weekly Ep 304 covers MedTech news (PFA ablation competition; cybersecurity incidents; leadership changes; incisionless histotripsy) and a keynote interview on “surgical intelligence” as…

11 Sep 2026 · 53m · 18 chapters

Ep 303 - Xeltis CEO Schutte on Building a Business Around Tech that Helps the Body Build New Blood Vessels

Device Talks Weekly Ep 303 combines (1) MassDevice news, (2) Siemens Healthineers’ helium-independent MRI (“dry-cool”) and (3) a keynote on Zeltis (Xeltis) CEO Eliane Schutte’s scaffold that enables…

4 Sep 2026 · 1h 7m · 27 chapters

Ep 302 - Inner Logic CEO Porras explains how autonomous surgery can save us from looming surgeon shortage

InnerLogic CEO Tito Portis explains why “autonomous surgery” should be approached as a staged shift from automation to true autonomy, and argues that the bigger bottleneck is not training quality but…

21 Aug 2026 · 1h 1m · 24 chapters

Ep 301 - Medtronic’s Grubb on Bringing a Structuralist Perspective to a Growing Structural Heart Portfolio

Device Talks Weekly Ep 301 focuses on Medtronic Structural Heart leadership and structural heart’s rapid evolution, plus a “Newmarkers Newsmakers” roundup of medtech business and clinical news.

14 Aug 2026 · 1h 15m · 24 chapters

Ep 300 - How Mobia Medical’s Stroke Recovery Mission Muscled It Past MedTech’s Public Market Malaise

Device Talks Weekly episode featuring (1) MassDevice “Newmarkers Newsmakers” top stories on medtech industry news and (2) a keynote interview with Mobia Medical CEO Richard Faust about the company’s…

7 Aug 2026 · 1h 10m · 24 chapters

Ep 299 - Surgical Robotics Recap: Steve Bell on SRS, Karl Storz’s Gaudet and Sovato CEO Brian Miller

Recap of SRS 2026 surgical robotics themes plus sponsor and two strategy interviews: Carl Storz’s shift away from building its own surgical robotic systems, and Savato CEO Brian Miller on remote care…

31 Jul 2026 · 1h 13m · 32 chapters

Ep 298 - Is Fractyl poised to create a new MedTech market by helping former GLP-1 users keep weight off?

Fractal Health’s Revita duodenal mucosal resurfacing, aiming to create a new MedTech market by helping people maintain GLP-1 weight loss after stopping the drugs (“post-GLP1 weight maintenance”),…

24 Jul 2026 · 41m · 15 chapters