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US Medtech Industry’s Response to COVID-19 and Opportunities for future

 

Dhiren V. Mehta
President and CEO
Allwin Medical Devices, California, USA

Medtech industry responded to the challenge with the utmost speed and urgency. To complement the efforts made by healthcare workers, many Medtech companies declared they would remain open to serve the community. Many medical device manufacturers are taking unprecedented steps to help. Although this may be a once in a lifetime occurrence, the Medtech industry will evolve to face similar challenges in the future, keeping in mind employee safety, patient interaction with healthcare professionals, production efficiencies and national security.

Although, beating COVID-19 has been thought to be a collective effort from a multitude of Medtech companies, here is a snapshot of a few responses from key drivers in the industry.

There were 26 COVID-19 cases on March 4, 2020, and today on July 27, 2020, there are 4.1 million in the USA solely. The US has reported the highest number of deaths worldwide - 145,000. This illustrates how one of the most powerful countries in the world has mishandled the pandemic. The reason for this grave situation is beyond the scope of this article.

On the contrary, the Medtech industry responded to the challenge with the utmost speed and urgency. They realized that the over-dependence on imports for PPE, ventilators, etc. have put them in a tough spot. The demand for face masks was increasing exponentially and soon, the US states were competing against each other for their stocks from whoever can supply. In totality, the United States went to war against the virus with a broken supply chain. However, not all was lost:

To complement the efforts made by healthcare workers, many Medtech companies declared they would remain open to serve the community. Many medical device manufacturers are taking unprecedented steps to help.

Although, beating COVID-19 has been thought to be a collective effort from a multitude of Medtech companies, here is a snapshot of a few responses from key drivers in the industry.

Company COVID-19
3M Increased production of n95 masks multifold. 3M also published its price lists to help customers avoid inflated prices and to help fight PPE counterfeits during COVID-19.
Ford US motor car pioneers partnered with GE and Airon to produce ventilators in a really quick period.
Abbott Received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from FDA on March 18 for its first molecular test for COVID-19, used on its m2000 RealTime system.
AbioMed Impella RP temporary heart pump gained FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for an expanded indication to treat COVID-19 related acute right heart failure or decompensation, including pulmonary embolism.
AbviNOW Medical Introduced a way for full medical exams to be performed remotely amid COVID-19 using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
B. Braun Received FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of infusion pumps with nebulizers to treat COVID-19 patients.
BD Received FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on July 2 for its portable, rapid, point-of-care antigen test for COVID-19.
Bio-Rad Laboratories Received FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on April 29 for a COVID-19 total antibody serology test that detects all three antibodies (IgM, IgA, IgG) to the disease. The test features diagnostic specificity of more than 99% and a sensitivity of  98%.
Hologic Created a fully automated test that detects genetic material from SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus strain, in under three hours.
Medtronic Made progress in increasing ventilator production worldwide.
PMT Partners Its small, compact, and portable Oxylator® ventilation-resuscitation device was successfully used to treat a patient with COVID-19.
Roche Elecsys COVID-19 serology antibody test received FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on May 2, featuring specificity greater than 99.8% and sensitivity of 100%.
Steris Received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from FDA to decontaminate N95 or N95-equivalent respirators up to 10 times using the Non-Lumen Cycle of the V-PRO® Low-temperature Sterilization System.
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