Medtech Pioneers

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Across
  1. 1. Marketer of the first CGM system
  2. 5. Market leader in robotic-assisted surgery
  3. 6. First transcatheter heart valve introduced by Edwards Lifesciences
  4. 7. First FDA-approved coronary stent: Palmaz-_______
  5. 9. Famous sunken ship that ushered in ultrasound technology
  6. 12. Inventor of balloon catheter
  7. 14. Current Medtronic CEO
  8. 15. Former CEO of Percutaneous Valve Technologies
  9. 16. Maker of FreeStyle Libre diabetes product portfolio
  10. 17. Treatment that filters waste from the blood
  11. 19. Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign co-founder & director
  12. 22. J&J subsidiary offering the Monarch Platform
  13. 24. Surgically implanted device to aid severe hearing loss
  14. 25. Digital surgery company acquired by J&J in 2019
  15. 26. Human _______ Project
  16. 27. Inventor of artificial kidney in the 1940s
  17. 28. Alphabet arm focused on precision healthcare
  18. 29. Pioneering acute ischemic stroke device: _____ Retrieval System
Down
  1. 2. Life-saving device used during cardiac arrest
  2. 3. Offers the iLet Bionic Pancreas
  3. 4. Developer of first permanent artificial heart
  4. 8. Impella heart pump developer acquired by J&J
  5. 10. Intravascular lithotripsy pioneer acquired by J&J in 2024
  6. 11. Silicon Valley medical device entrepreneur
  7. 13. Developer of micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS)
  8. 18. Former Medtronic CEO
  9. 19. Co-founder of Intuitive Surgical and Auris Health
  10. 20. Sleep apnea and respiratory technology innovator
  11. 21. Kevin Lobo is Chair and CEO
  12. 23. Co-founder of Medtronic
  13. 30. Agency that began by fighting mosquitoes and malaria in the 1940s