Can BD’s New MiniDraw System Remove the Pain Points of Blood Testing for Patients, Health Systems

In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Bridget C. Bagnato, worldwide president of specimen management at BD, gives us a glimpse of phlebotomy’s future – the BD MiniDraw, a blood testing system that can run a wide array of diagnostic tests on the blood drawn from a fingertip. How might this change how and where blood is drawn in the future. Thank you to Aptyx for sponsoring this episode! Listen to our interview with CEO Gregg Tobin and go to Aptyx.com for more information. We also include a portion of an interview Co-Host Tom Salemi did with Nikolai Begg, senior director of portfolio R&D, Robotic Surgical Technologies, Medtronic, in this week’s DeviceTalks Tuesday Surgical Robotics Week. To listen to the entire interview or our other episodes with Intuitive or Virtual Incision go here. https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/experience/elitewtwhmedia/2927718/4415884/devicetalks-tuesdays Also, listen to hear how you can join a unique networking opportunity at Medtronic on April 30 as part of DeviceTalks Boston. We also introduce the new podcast discount code DTWEEKLY25. Use it when you register to attend at DeviceTalks.Boston.com Thanks for listening to the DeviceTalks Weekly Network. Subscribe to the DeviceTalks Podcast Network so you don’t miss a future episode.

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