Author: Ken Dropiewski

Neovasc Announces Notice of US Patent Granted for Tiara™ Transcatheter Device for Treatment of Severe Mitral Regurgitation

VANCOUVER, Oct. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies and in the development of minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina, today announced that the United States Patent […]

CHF Solutions Announces that James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital Receives Final Approval To Initiate Heart Failure Outpatient Study utilizing Aquadex FlexFlow® System

First Study of Aquadex FlexFlow System Sponsored by United States Veterans Administration for Aquapheresis Treatment in Patients Suffering from Fluid Overload. First patient enrollment expected in the fourth quarter of 2019. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), today announced that James A. Haley […]

Pi-Cardia Appoints Prof. Jacques Séguin As Chairman

REHOVOT, Israel, Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Pi-Cardia Ltd. (www.pi-cardia.net), announced today the appointment of Prof. Jacques Séguin, former CoreValve Founder and CEO and serial medical device entrepreneur, as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Jacques Séguin is a professor of Cardiac Surgery at Paris University and holds, in addition to his MD, a PhD […]

CINDE Announces: Edwards Lifesciences Invests $100 million to Expand its Operations in Costa Rica

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, Oct. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, a world leader in innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring aimed at patients, expanded its presence in Costa Rica with a $100 million investment and the addition of 500 new jobs by the end of 2020. The brand new facility is located […]

Admedus Inks $A36.2M Deal for CardioCel And VascuCel Patch Business

Transaction Highlights: Admedus has sold the distribution rights to its CardioCel® and VascuCel® product range for $A36.2 million (including all earnouts) to LeMaitre Vascular Inc. $A22.8M upfront payment plus two instalments of $A1m each after 12 months and 36 months Up to $A11.4M on earn-out payments for a total $A36.2M (at the current $US0.67/$A1 rate), subject to achievement of certain milestones Up to […]

PENUMBRA ANNOUNCES FIRST PATIENT ENROLLED IN STUDY OF MECHANICAL POWER ASPIRATION FOR THROMBUS REMOVAL IN CORONARY VESSELS

Prospective Study to Evaluate Safety and Performance of Indigo® System and CAT RX Aspiration Catheter ALAMEDA, Calif. – October 10, 2019 – Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN), a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, today announced enrollment of the first patient into the CHEETAH study, a prospective, multi-center U.S. study to […]

FDA Classifies Medtronic Sherpa Delivery Catheter Field Action Initiated in March 2019 as Class I Recall

DUBLIN, Oct. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified the company’s voluntary field action initiated in March 2019 related to the 6F Sherpa™ NX Active Coronary Guide Catheter as a Class I recall. The catheter is used during coronary […]

Corvia Medical’s Interatrial Shunt Device (IASD®) Receives Breakthrough Device Designation For Heart Failure

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Corvia Medical, Inc., a privately-held company with a first-in-class structural heart device to treat heart failure, today announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company a Breakthrough Device designation for its InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD) for heart failure. The IASD is […]

Novoheart Grants Stock Options

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novoheart Holdings Inc. (“Novoheart” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NVH; FWB: 3NH) announces that it has granted incentive stock options to purchase an aggregate of 1,150,000 common shares of the Company (the “Options”) to non-executive directors of the Company. Option Grants The Options have […]