Patient safety concerns and limited payments for hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are fueling double-digit growth in the multibillion-dollar market for point-of-care vascular imaging devices as hospitals increasingly look to these vein-viewing technologies to improve patient satisfaction and minimize complications associated with venous access procedures.

EBI’s device team reviews of the top news stories in the medical device industry in 2011. Top stories include: 510(k) reform, user-fees, VC money dries up for medtech, hot clinical spaces of the year, where private investment dollars went in 2011, big changes at J&J, and the new physician/hospital alignments and their impact on the medical device industry.

Start-Up's monthly comprehensive review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding during the month, including companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic and research instrumentation and reagent sectors.