Vizai hopes Medtronic deal will boost sales of its tech – and vice versa

While many medtech start-ups have their eyes on a trade sale as their ultimate goal, most would agree that a partnership with a big company is not to be sniffed at. And medtechs don’t come any bigger than Medtronic.

The world’s largest device maker is to sell Vizai’s stroke identification software, which uses artificial intelligence to spot suspected large vessel occlusion strokes on CT scans, and automatically notify neurologists and surgeons.