The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
Introduction of Orbital Atherectomy Expands Treatment Options for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, announced today that the first patient in the United […]
News Follows Medtronic Receiving FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for its Valiant Navion™ LSA Branch Thoracic Stent Graft System DUBLIN, Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced it has received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Valiant® TAAA Stent Graft System […]
TORUS-2 marks second Investigational Device Exemption approved for company in less than two years. MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PQ Bypass, Inc., a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced it has received full approval of its investigational device exemption (IDE) trial of the company’s TORUS stent graft, a novel stent graft platform designed […]
SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BioVentrix, Inc. announced the first patient was enrolled and treated in the REVIVE-HF European study, a prospective multi-center, dual-arm randomized controlled study evaluating the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy induced heart failure with the Revivent TCTM System compared to Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) or drug treatment. The patient […]
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia (Nasdaq: BCDA), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced renewal of the CE Mark for the Helix™ Biotherapeutic Delivery Catheter and Morph® Universal Deflectable Guide Catheter, both used in the delivery of biotherapeutics to the heart. CE Mark renewal enables […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kardium Inc. today announced that the Globe® mapping and ablation system has successfully demonstrated safety and efficacy in the GLOBAL-AF study. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. The study demonstrated a 76% percent freedom from atrial fibrillation at 12 months after a […]
Study to Evaluate Novel Implantable Defibrillator System with a Lead Placed Outside the Heart and Veins DUBLIN, Oct. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the start of a worldwide pivotal study evaluating its investigational Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) system to treat dangerously fast heart rhythms. The […]
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, announces the 1,000th patient has been treated with the Impella heart pump in Japan. The Impella 2.5 and Impella 5.0 heart pumps are approved for the treatment of drug-resistant acute heart failure and are the first and only percutaneous temporary […]
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Diagnomics Inc., a San Diego-based genetic testing company, is releasing a cardiovascular-focused genetic report through the Illumina Global Screening Array platform. The new clinical report, Cardiac Care, is now added to the company’s established clinical portfolio, Gene Impetus, that emphasizes medically actionable panels generated from genomic data […]
The new fund has already received a commitment from an anchor investor, Vincent Tchenguiz Recent exits of Accelmed’s ventures portfolio companies include the acquisition of Eximo Medical by AngioDynamics for $66 million and Endospan, that entered into an option agreement to be acquired by CryoLife for a total of up […]
