Vortex Biosciences has announced two promotions within its top executive team, including naming a new CEO.

This month's edition of Device Debuts includes new product launches from Medtronic, Cochlear, Qualcomm, Titan Spine, Stryker, Philips, Nuance, Nevro, Siemens, Vortex BioSciences, ResMed, Respircardia, and others.

Liquid biopsies look set to revolutionize the management of cancer patients.  A significant application could come in immuno-oncology, given the rapid uptake of IO drugs and the need to monitor changes in a patient’s immune profile over time to guide therapy selection.

Device Debuts is a new regular feature highlighting Medtech Insight editors’ top picks of medical devices that have been commercialized for the first time in the last month. This edition features an innovative minimally invasive surgical stapler, a pain-free blood-collection device, a novel approach for collecting, and circulating tumor cells, a rapid fluid-infusion device for critically ill patients, and an EP-mapping and navigation system.