ZUG, Switzerland, December 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Premium cardiac and vascular imaging rises to a new standard as Hitachi Medical Systems Europe introduces the next level of intelligent Vector Flow Mapping (iVFM) at EuroEcho Imaging 2018 in Milan, Italy, December 5, 2018. Increasing in popularity, the third generation of non-invasive intracardiac blood flow visualization technology provides unique information about the intraventricular vortex and […]
Author: Ken Dropiewski
MEDTRONIC STATEMENT REGARDING RECENT DOJ ANNOUNCEMENT
DUBLIN – December 4, 2018 – Medtronic plc has agreed with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve three claims against Covidien LP and ev3, Inc., now part of Medtronic. Regarding a matter concerning the Systematic Evaluation of Patients Treated With Stroke Devices for Acute Ischemic Stroke (STRATIS) Registry, […]
Orchestra BioMed™ Appoints C. Evan Ballantyne as Chief Financial Officer
NEW HOPE, Pa., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchestra BioMed, Inc. (“Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical innovation company developing advanced therapeutic solutions to address major unmet medical needs, announced today that it has appointed Evan Ballantyne as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Ballantyne is an experienced financial and […]
REVA Announces First Implant of the Fantom Encore Bioresorbable Scaffold in Italy
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX: RVA) (“REVA” Or The “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, announced the first implant of its recently launched Fantom Encore bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) in Italy. The implant procedure was performed by Professor Antonio Colombo at […]
Biotricity Actively Pursues Holter Market with Bioflux Product Offering
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biotricity Inc. (OTCQB: BTCY), a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, today announced that it will be actively pursuing the Holter market in addition to the MCT market with its Bioflux product offering, expanding its revenue growth opportunities. Bioflux is a 3 in 1 monitoring solution, […]
Caelum Biosciences Announces Two Oral Presentations of Additional Data from Phase 1b Study of Anti-Amyloid mAb CAEL-101 and Preclinical Imaging Study at 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
NEW YORK, Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caelum Biosciences, Inc. (“Caelum”), a company focused on developing treatments for rare and life-threatening diseases, today announced additional global longitudinal strain (“GLS”) data from the Phase 1b study of CAEL-101, a light chain fibril-reactive monoclonal antibody (“mAb”) 11-1F4, in patients with cardiac amyloid light […]
Hancock Jaffe Announces January CoreoGraft Study at the Texas Heart Institute
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that it will begin a feasibility study for its CoreoGraft bioprosthetic graft on January 29th at the Texas Heart Institute. The pre-clinical […]
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center Performs World’s First Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Repair in CLASP IID Pivotal Trial
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center today announced that its internationally recognized cardiac team performed the world’s first transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr; a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to repair the heart’s mitral valve) in the CLASP IID Pivotal Trial. The CLASP IID Trial led […]
Arizona Patients Successfully Receive the World’s First Bioconvertible IVC Filter Commercially Offered In US
BTG plc (LSE: BTG), the global healthcare company, today announced the first patients outside of a clinical trial have been successfully implanted with the BTG Sentry device – the world’s first bioconvertible IVC filter. The BTG Sentry filter is designed to provide protection from Pulmonary Embolism (PE) for the period […]
JenaValve Technology Receives FDA Approval for Expanded IDE Enrollment in the Treatment of Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Severe Aortic Regurgitation
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JenaValve Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of differentiated transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of expansion of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) feasibility studies for the JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System with the Everdur™ transcatheter heart valve (THV) and […]


