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FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Online registration is open for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. The meeting takes place March 17–22, 2018, at the Los AngelesConvention Center in Los Angeles, Calif. SIR 2018 brings together more than 5,000 interventional radiology physicians, fellows, trainees and related health care professionals to explore […]
Gottlieb updates on Puerto Rico med device manufacturing recovery OCTOBER 20, 2017 BY SARAH FAULKNER In the weeks following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the people and leadership in Puerto Rico have been working to rebuild the island’s infrastructure. The FDA, which has been working with federal and local agencies, today provided an […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surmodics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies, today announced enrollment of the first patient in TRANSCEND, the pivotal clinical trial for the SurVeil® drug-coated balloon (DCB). The randomized trial will evaluate the SurVeil DCB for treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) in […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the Confirm Rx™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), the world’s first and only smartphone compatible ICM designed to help physicians remotely identify cardiac arrhythmias. With FDA clearance Abbott can now provide U.S. patients a new […]
NEWTOWN, Pa., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Micro Interventional Devices, Inc. announced today the second successful implantation of its MIA (Minimally Invasive Annuloplasty) technology. The patient was enrolled in the first arm of the STTAR (Study of Transcatheter Tricuspid Annular Repair) clinical trial studying the safety and efficacy of MID’s MIA device […]
DUBLIN – October 23, 2017 – Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today announced the first patient implant in the APOLLO Trial – the pivotal trial designed to evaluate the Intrepid(TM) TMVR system following receipt of an investigational device exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As the first-ever pivotal trial for transcatheter […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it will incorporate the HeartFlow® FFRct Analysis in a case series of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures with the CorPath® GRX System to evaluate the feasibility and utility of clinical decision support. “We are […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Claret Medical, developer of the Sentinel® Cerebral Protection System, the first FDA-cleared cerebral protection device for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), today announced that it has closed on a Series C financing of $14.5 million led by Lightstone Ventures, with participation from existing investors Easton Capital, HealthCor Partners, […]
DANVERS, Mass., Oct. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support and recovery technologies, announces that there are more than 30 presentations potentially featuring the Impella® line of heart pumps scheduled during the 29th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, the annual scientific symposium of […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), today announced initiation of INSIGHT, a prospective, global, single arm, multi-center study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Pantheris® Lumivascular Atherectomy System for treating in-stent […]
