Author: Ken Dropiewski

New Study Demonstrates Accuracy of Fully-Automated Ejection Fraction Calculation Using Bay Labs’ EchoMD AutoEF Software

Study Results Presented at American Society of Echocardiography Annual Scientific Sessions NASHVILLE, Tenn. – June 25, 2018 – Bay Labs, a medical technology company at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to cardiovascular imaging, today announced its EchoMD AutoEF deep learning software has less variability in evaluating left ventricular […]

Avinger’s Ocelot Technology Featured in Live Case Transmission at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) 2018

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced that its Ocelot image-guided chronic total occlusion (CTO) crossing device was featured in a live case on June 19th at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) 2018 […]

Mercator MedSystems Receives $11M in Series D Equity Financing Led by Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co.

EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Mercator MedSystems, Inc., today announced it has received $11 million in Series D equity financing led by Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. (Salubris), with participation from current Mercator investors and other undisclosed new investors. The new funding will further advance the clinical development of Mercator’s proprietary micro-infusion catheter systems […]

REVA Extends Technological Lead in Bioresorbable Scaffolds With CE Mark Approval of the Full Fantom® Encore Product Line

SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX:RVA) (“REVA” or the “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, today announced it has received CE Mark approval for its full Fantom® Encore product line. This covers Fantom Encore in the 3.0 and 3.5 mm diameters, […]

Saranas Announces Scheduled Presentations at TVT 2018 in Chicago

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas Inc., a medical device company with innovative technology for real-time detection and monitoring of internal bleeding during endovascular procedures, has been invited to present at the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) Structural Heart Disease Summit, which will take place June 20-23 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Scheduled presentations of […]

PlaqueTec Sponsors and Presents Data at Vulnerable Patient Meeting

CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PlaqueTec announced today that it will sponsor the exclusive Vulnerable Patient Meeting (VPM), taking place 24-26 June in Stresa, Italy, for the fourth time. VPM, hosted by Cardialysis, is an annual invitation-only meeting focused on atherosclerosis for approximately 75-100 attendees, with a faculty of cardiology opinion leaders, regulators, […]

Idorsia initiates PRECISION – Phase 3 study with aprocitentan for resistant hypertension management

Allschwil, Switzerland – June 20, 2018  Idorsia Ltd (SIX: IDIA) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled into PRECISION, a Phase 3 study to investigate the efficacy and safety of aprocitentan for resistant hypertension management in adults. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, remains the most frequent addressable risk […]

InspireMD’s CGuard EPS Featured at the SBHCI Congress in Brazil

Tel Aviv, Israel, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE AMER:NSPR), a leader in embolic prevention systems (EPS) / thrombus management technologies and neurovascular devices, today announced that CGuard™ EPS was featured at the SBHCI Congress, sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology, which took […]

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories Selects Site for First-in-Human VenoValve Study

IRVINE, Calif., June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:HJLI) (Nasdaq:HJLIW), a company specializing in bioprosthetic medical devices to establish improved standards of care for treating cardiac and vascular diseases, today announced that it has selected Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (“FSFB”), in Bogota Columbia, as the […]