As more medical device companies incorporate artificial intelligence, chip designer Nvidia is playing a central role. The company has struck partnerships with top medtech firms including Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare and Philips.
The uses span a breadth of technologies. In imaging, Nvidia has partnered with GE Healthcare around autonomous X-ray and ultrasound solutions, and is working with Philips to develop foundation models, a type of model that can be used for a wide variety of tasks, for MRI machines. In robotics, J&J’s Monarch platform for bronchoscopy uses Nvidia’s computing platform. Nvidia also debuted a new developer framework for healthcare robotics in March, called Isaac for Healthcare. The system features three computers to generate synthetic data to simulate workflows, create virtual environments where robots can safely learn skills, and a platform to deploy applications and for real-time sensor processing.
MedTech Dive spoke with David Niewolny, director of business development for healthcare and medical at Nvidia, about the company’s partnerships and the future of AI in medical devices.
