Author: Ken Dropiewski

Inari Medical Announces First Patient Enrolled in CLOUT Registry Using the ClotTriever Thrombectomy System

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – September 27, 2018 — Inari Medical, Inc. announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the ClotTriever Outcomes Registry (“CLOUT”) using the ClotTriever® Thrombectomy System. CLOUT is a 500-patient prospective, multicenter, single-arm registry to evaluate real world outcomes after treatment of patients with thrombosis in the […]

Acute Kidney Injury in the spotlight at the world’s largest international cardiovascular conference TCT 2018

Highlights: • Osprey Medical showcased at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference with two scientific sessions and moderated abstract sessions focused on awareness and prevention of contrast induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) • Osprey Medical featured its Be Kind to Kidneys Program, patient education materials and GE partnership at […]

Bardy Diagnostics™ Selected as a Winner of the Children’s National Pediatric Medical Device Innovation Competition

SEATTLE, Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., (“BardyDx”), a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, including the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (“CAM™”), the world’s first P-wave centric™ ambulatory cardiac monitor and arrhythmia detection device, announced it was selected as one of six winners of the […]

Edwards Lifesciences’ Philanthropy Exceeds Every Heartbeat Matters Goal To Impact One Million Underserved People Ahead Of Schedule

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE :EW ), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, announced at a 60th anniversary educational event that the Every Heartbeat Matters initiative has exceeded the goal to impact the global burden of heart valve disease […]

Six pediatric device innovators awarded total of $150,000 at Children’s National 6th Annual Pediatric Device Symposium

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Six companies presenting innovative medical devices that address significant unmet needs in pediatric healthcare were awarded a total of $150,000 in grants yesterday in Philadelphia, Penn. at the Sixth Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System. The “Make Your Medical Device […]

ONE-YEAR RESULTS FROM REAL-WORLD STUDY SHOWED ABBOTT’S PORTICO™ TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY REDUCED SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced one-year results from a real-world, international, multicenter, 941-patient study of the company’s Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis – a life-threatening narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve. At one year, implantation with […]

Flow Forward Medical Exceeds $8 Million in Aggregate Capital Investment and Awarded Grant from the National Institutes of Health

Fairway, Kan. – September 26, 2018 – Flow Forward Medical Inc. (Flow Forward), a medical device company focused on improving outcomes for hemodialysis patients through the rapid creation of high-quality vascular access sites, today announced it has raised an additional $1.2 million in Series A financing from a group of investors, […]

Catasys Announces Expansion of OnTrak-A Solution to Florida and Georgia with Leading National Health Plan

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Catasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATS) (“Catasys” or the “Company”), a leading AI and technology-enabled healthcare company, today announced that it has expanded its OnTrak-A solution into Florida and Georgia with one of the nation’s leading health plans. This follows OnTrak-A’s expansion into Iowa and Nebraska earlier this month. Eligible […]