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Upcoming Events

The Early Clinical Studies Playbook:
Leveraging Eastern European Data for US Regulations

Lunch & Learn

Tuesday, October 27, 12:00 – 1:30 pm

The need for First-In-Human and Early Feasibility Studies can be a daunting consideration for early stage medtech startups. Resources, cost, time and regulatory hurdles all come into the calculus about how, when and where to run these studies. Learn from the experience of a well-respected CRO which specializes in conducting these studies for US-based companies in several Eastern European countries.

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Medtech Innovation Forum

TCT® 2026

Saturday, October 31, 8:00 am – 5:45 pm

Organized by Fogarty Innovation and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) the Medtech Innovation Forum brings together visionary leaders from across the medtech landscape to confront the most urgent challenges in healthcare today, offering bold solutions, pioneering insights, and forward-looking strategies to shape the future of patient care. Attendees will also witness the highly anticipated TCT® Shark Tank, showcasing technologies with the potential to revolutionize care across clinical areas, as finalists compete for a prestigious $200,000 award from the Jon DeHaan Foundation. This full-day event launches TCT, the annual scientific symposium of CRF.

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Scientific Sessions

American Heart Association

November 6 – 9, 2026

Join us in Chicago for Scientific Sessions! This year, Fogarty is collaborating with the American Heart Association to produce the Innovation Forum on November 6, a one-day, high-energy experience designed to help clinicians, scientists, and innovators turn novel ideas into real-world solutions. Through candid conversations with founders, investors, and industry leaders, participants will explore the path from discovery to startup across cardiovascular and brain health.

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In the News

UltraSight Raises $24 Million to Scale Its AI-Guided Cardiac Workflow Platform Across U.S. Health Systems

UltraSight is a Fogarty alumni company.

Three Life-Saving Medical Technologies Named Finalists for the Second Annual Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize

Finalists for the 2026 Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize.

Flosonics Awarded $70m BARDA Contract for Wearable’s Advance into Trauma Care

Flosonics is a Fogarty alumni company.

Materna Medical Raises $5M to Launch Device Designed to Protect Pelvic Floor During Vaginal Delivery

Materna Medical is a Fogarty Company-in-Residence.

Singapore’s Biobot Surgical Raises $15.5M in Funding Led by ClavystBio

Biobot Surgical is in Fogarty's Company Accelerator Program.

Raydiant Oximetry Completes Enrollment of First 15 Patients in IDE Pilot Study at LSU Health Shreveport

Raydiant Oximetry is a Fogarty alumni company.

Blog

Andrew Cleeland on Respect

"There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self."– Henri-Frédéric Amiel Recently, Fogarty engineer-in-residence Jesus Magaña shared with me his take on the familiar teaching to “love thy neighbor.” His version was pragmatic: “You don’t have to love your...

Getting Specific about “Women’s Health”

What do you think of when you hear the term “women’s health”? “Most people think it means care that has to do with female reproductive organs,” said Amy Degenkolb, CEO of Fogarty company-in-residence Novocuff, Inc. Novocuff is a medical device company dedicated to...

Five Years In, Peggy McLaughlin is Still Inspired by What’s Next

Since joining Fogarty Innovation in 2021 as strategic clinical and regulatory advisor, Peggy McLaughlin has made her mark as a mentor, drawing on more than 30 years of medtech experience spanning companies of all sizes. Her career has taken her from Target...