At $1.8 billion, Q2 device financing nearly doubled the Q1 total, mainly from an increase in IPOs and early VC rounds, and acquisitions were slightly higher at $4.7 billion. Diagnostics funding also increased to $784 million from Q1's $597 million, and Danaher's monster $13.8 billion buy of life sciences company Pall headlined the second quarter's $15.6 billion total in diagnostics M&A activity.

Several new device-based therapies are emerging designed to fill the treatment gap for migraine suffers who do not respond to traditional migraine therapies. These novel treatments include a headband-like device designed to stimulate the trigeminal nerve and an image-guided intranasal interventional treatment.

A recent FDA action plan on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) medical software could encourage more to jump in, said Eko Chief Medical Officer Adam Saltman.