Shannon Lantzy

A 30-year-old producer at CNET was losing weight fast, constantly thirsty, experiencing blurry vision. Two different doctors gave him metformin, a Type 2 diabetes drug, and sent him on his way. For six months, Justin Eastzer felt isolated, scared, and progressively worse. The doctors never ran the autoantibody test that would've revealed Type 1 diabetes. Then Justin made a TikTok video about a blood glucose meter that sent data to his phone via Bluetooth. He thought the tech was cool....

A software company was using Zendesk to track customer feedback. Every issue, from "can't log in" to actual product defects, was automatically categorized as a "complaint." Thousands of them. When Kyle Rose, president of Rook Quality Systems, showed up for their first internal audit, he found exactly what FDA reviewers would've found: a massive compliance gap that could've killed their regulatory submission. This wasn't a careless startup. This was a functioning medical device company with a...

From 5G networks to space station surgery, exploring the invisible infrastructure that makes modern healthcare possible Remote surgery between continents. Glucose monitors competing with Netflix streams for wireless bandwidth. Surgical robots on the International Space Station. None of this is science fiction, it's the cutting edge of medical technology that Dr. Omar Al-Kalaa has been working to make safe, effective, and accessible. In this episode of Inside MedTech Innovation, I had the...