Author: Ken Dropiewski

Geneva Health Solutions Hits 50 Cardiology Practice Customer Milestone for Remote Cardiac Monitoring

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Geneva Health Solutions (GHS), the leading cloud-based technology platform and service for managing data from implantable cardiac devices, announced it has hit a critical milestone for the number of practices using the GHS remote monitoring service and platform. In addition, the company secured a strategic investment and continues to […]

Hancock Jaffe Laboratories to Conduct Analysis for FDA Submission Package for Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

IRVINE, Calif., July 11, 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 initiated an analysis of its bioprosthetic heart valve in order to determine […]

BioSig Technologies to Present at the 40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Santa Monica, CA, July 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that the research poster entitled “Unipolar Intracardiac Signal Morphology as a […]

Angiodroid Srl Announces CE Mark for ANGIOPULSE™ Intra-aortic Balloon Pump

BOLOGNA, Italy, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ANGIODROID Srl, an Italian manufacturer of medical technologies, announces the CE mark for ANGIOPULSE, its first intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) device. The new ANGIOPULSE IABP incorporates a new system for IABP management based on pressure regulation. Extremely sophisticated, ANGIOPULSE builds on the Italian experience of Angiodroid Srl (angiodroid.com), […]

Corindus Names Aquilla S. Turk, D.O. as Chief Medical Officer, Neuroendovascular

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (NYSE American:CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that Aquilla “Quill” Turk, D.O. has joined the company as Chief Medical Officer, Neuroendovascular. Dr. Turk is a practicing physician at the Medical University of South Carolina where he serves as Director of […]

Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for Less-Invasive Heart Pump Implant Procedure

DUBLIN – July 11, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) has received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a less-invasive implant approach of its HVAD(TM) System, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for patients with advanced heart failure. The HVAD System is the smallest commercially available LVAD, and […]

CorWave’s Next-Generation LVAD, Neptune, Receives Funding

CLICHY, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The CALYPSO Research and Development (R&D) program, with a total budget of 25 million euros over 4 years, will be partially financed with 14 million euros support from the Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir (Future Investments Program), managed by the Secrétariat Général pour l’Investissement (General Secretariat for Investment – SGPI) and operated […]

Avinger Appoints Jaafer Golzar, MD, FACC, FSCAI, as Chief Medical Officer

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced the appointment, effective immediately, of Jaafer Golzar, MD, as the Company’s Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Golzar provides Avinger with an extensive and impressive history of […]

Study Results Show Zio by iRhythm Improves Detection of Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation in At-Risk Population

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRTC), a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, today announced that results of the mHealth Screening to Prevent Strokes (mSToPS) study, which showed increased detection of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) in high-risk […]