Author: Ken Dropiewski

InspireMD Announces Presentation of Preliminary Cumulative Three-Year CGuard™ EPS Safety and Efficacy Data at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2018 Conference

TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE American: NSPR), developer of the CGuard™ Embolic Prevention System (EPS) for the prevention of stroke caused by the treatment of carotid artery disease, today announced that preliminary cumulative three-year follow-up safety, efficacy and stroke prevention durability data from […]

TARA Biosystems Announces Launch of Cardiotype.Fo, Best-in-Class In Vitro Assay for Assessment of Cardiac Contractility

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — TARA Biosystems Inc. a company offering “heart-on-a-chip” tissue models for drug discovery and development applications, announced today the launch of Cardiotype.Fo, the best-in-class in vitrosystem for assessment of cardiac contractility. Contractility of heart muscle tissue is a critically important measure of cardiac function and is used routinely […]

AngioDynamics Reports Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Financial Results

LATHAM, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGO), a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, peripheral vascular disease, and oncology, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, which ended August 31, 2018. “Our operating and financial accomplishments during the first quarter reflect our ongoing commitment to building […]

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 […]