MedTech 101

About MedTech 101

Discussions about Medical Technology, Pharmaceuticals and popular trends; covering from basic to complex topics in a simplified way to make you understand. Rodney is a Biomedical Engineer and co-inventor working in R&D, ex Johnson & Johnson.

Publisher

Rodney Moses

Category

health & fitness · science · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Apr 2023

Latest episode

30 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 71 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Delivering Blood by Drone Across Kenya, with Derek Ngokonyo

   Send us a Message This episode takes MedTech 101 to Nairobi for the first time. I sit down with Derek Ngokonyo, managing director of ThatcherX, the Kenyan drone operator using hybrid VTOL aircraft to move blood samples and medical supplies across some of the country's hardest to reach regions. What started as on the ground blood donation advocacy through the Kenyan by Blood Foundation grew into a partnership with Arizona based Good Drone Company and a fleet of ten Malaika drones covering up ...

2. 

   26 Jun 2026

   Measuring Blood Glucose from Saliva; No Needles, No Blood | Luc Pierart

   Send us a Message What if you could monitor your blood glucose levels in 10 seconds, no needles, no blood, just a simple saliva test that looks like a lipstick? In this episode, Rod sits down with Luc Pierart, co-founder of LipsTech and a 30-year veteran of medical technology with over 50 patents to his name. Luc shares how his team has cracked a problem that scientists have been trying to solve since 1941, achieving 98% accuracy in a clinical trial of 180 type 2 diabetic patients using a co...

3. 

   15 May 2026

   Brain Health as Mainstream as an Eye Test with Lucas Scherdel, Connectome Health

   Send us a Message What if diagnosing depression was as simple as a 15-minute brain scan, no questionnaires, no guesswork, just objective data? That's exactly what Lucas Scherdel and his team at Connectome Health are building. In this episode, Lucas breaks down how their TD-fNIRS technology reads brain activity non-invasively using near-infrared light, how AI turns that raw signal into stable biomarkers, and why the absence of any objective brain test for mental health conditions is one of th...

Inside a recent episode

Virtual Physical Therapy & AI with Dr. Ashok Gupta, CEO & Founder of TheraNow

Published 10 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You would remember those days like a sensor would be put on you or you would need a special device. And then that's how anything non-conventional was being done. And we realized like if we got that route, what's probably going to happen is one, logistically, it'll be very difficult to scale. Second, the cost of that hardware will be inbuilt into the service delivery itself. And then third, a lot of people will be, somehow it wouldn't be good for them because they are not able to adapt to that technology. The barrier to entry will be even higher. So considering all that, what we always felt is the burden of technology should not be on the patient. […]

Who has been a guest on MedTech 101

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chay Carter
• Shaun Bagai
• Viral Thakkar
• Ben Tasker
• Kevin Tracey

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

45,531

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

60

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