Ahead of ROSCon, anyone using ROS in a medical context is welcome to update the community here with a quick status update. I’ll go first on behalf of Vexev!
Ps if you haven’t seen, there will be a Birds of a Feather session at ROSCon Toronto! 9am Tuesday. Followed by a community meeting online in October.
Context:
We use ROS in our 8dof ultrasound imaging robot. We’re a startup, pre regulatory submission. Full context in the 2024 ROSCon Keynote: Keynote: Saving lives sooner: leveraging ROS 2 for end-stage kidney disease with Deanna Hood
Updates:
- Successful results from our last clinical trial have been published! Vexev's VxWave System Successfully Meets Clinical Endpoints in Landmark Study Evaluating Robotic Ultrasound Scanning for Mapping Vascular Access at U.S. Renal Care Dialysis Clinics - Vexev
- The safety of our hardware has been beefed up following strategies I described in this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJPVY4B1Yc
- V&V, cybersecurity and FDA trial are all on our radar!
still with no plans to remove ROS 
Please keep an eye out for:
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Sydney-based technologists for our open roles: Work with us - Vexev
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People looking to join the community. (Sign up to this mailing list https://groups.google.com/g/ros-medical-community-group-invites )
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Speakers for sessions on:
* V&V and what changes when SOUP is involved vs not (incl ROS)* cybersecurity and implications of including ROS in the SBOM
* what OTA updates look like for medical devices and how that contrasts with packaging practices in ROS community
Share your updates whether you will be at ROSCon or not - the objective is to help each other find what we’re looking for, to move faster.
Context: (what you’re working on)
Updates: (news/where you’re at)
Please keep an eye out for: (how others can support)