2018 WMIF | Reconceiving Medical Devices in an AI Dominated Environment

Moderator: Pat Fortune, PhD, VP, Market Sectors, Innovation, PHS Charles Cadieu, PhD, CEO, Bay Labs Richard Kuntz, MD, SVP, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Medtronic Jonathan Rothberg, PhD, Founder and CEO, Butterfly Network Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD, Associate Chief, Cardiology Division, MGH; Professor of Medicine, HMS Medical device companies are focused on developing smaller, faster and smarter devices. New technologies will enhance the function of medical devices throughout patient care. Leveraging AI technology to more effectively interact with patients and inform / facilitate outcomes enables smart devices that can learn and improve performance over time. The nature of AI based devices, the challenges inherent in developing them and how such devices can evolve over the next 5 years and beyond will be examined.