{"podcast":{"title":"Med Tech Gurus","slug":"med-tech-gurus-783906","podcast_index_feed_id":783906,"rss_url":"https://med-tech-gurus.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://med-tech-gurus.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/f/3/8/6f38155fe9a39cf6/Logo_3000px_15_1.png","author":"Tom Hickey","episode_count":361,"summary":"Med Tech Gurus is a podcast dedicated to helping medical device executives stay on the leading edge of their industry. Whether you're looking to grow your sales team, commercialize new devices, set up national accounts, or improve your clinical performances, this podcast is designed to help. Each episode features an interview with a thought leader or practitioner, discussing topics like: sales force, innovation, patient outcomes, emerging technologies, supply chain, group purchasing organizations, device launches, value analysis, biotech, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T08:23:58.791950+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/med-tech-gurus-783906"},"episode":{"title":"Stickers That Can Save Lives: The Future of MicroWearable Health Monitoring","slug":"stickers-that-can-save-lives-the-future-of-microwearable-health-monitoring","published_at":"2026-04-08T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/med-tech-gurus-783906/stickers-that-can-save-lives-the-future-of-microwearable-health-monitoring","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/med-tech-gurus-783906","url":"https://med-tech-gurus.libsyn.com/stickers-that-can-save-lives-the-future-of-microwearable-health-monitoring","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/med-tech-gurus/333_Stickers_That_Can_Save_Lives_-_The_Future_of_MicroWearable_Health_Monitoring.mp3?dest-id=1513100","summary":"What happens when rocket-science precision meets frontline healthcare? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus , we sit down with Professor Mark Kendall, Founder & CEO of WearOptimo and one of the world's most visionary biomedical innovators. A former rocket scientist turned medtech pioneer, Mark has already transformed vaccine delivery with groundbreaking platforms like PowderJet and Vaxxas. Now, he's doing it again — this time with a revolutionary micro-wearable sensor designed to pull high-fidelity biosignals directly from the skin without painful needles or invasive hardware. Mark explains how WearOptimo's sticker-like microneedle patch, built using cutting-edge manufacturing techniques that scale to tens of millions of units, is redefining what wearables can do. The first target? Hydration monitoring — solving a problem so widespread it quietly reduces life expectancy and affects elite athletes, surgical outcomes, and everyday health. From scalable manufacturing and AI-enabled biomarker intelligence, to building elite teams and navigating fundraising, Mark delivers powerful lessons on innovation, leadership, and building technologies that truly matter. If you're passionate about the future of wearable medicine, platform technology, and designing solutions that actually reach the real world, this conversation is one you won't want to miss.","meta_description":"What happens when rocket-science precision meets frontline healthcare? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus , we sit down with Professor Mark Kendall, Founde…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2429,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/med-tech-gurus-783906/episodes/stickers-that-can-save-lives-the-future-of-microwearable-health-monitoring/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/med-tech-gurus-783906/stickers-that-can-save-lives-the-future-of-microwearable-health-monitoring.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}