Author: Ken Dropiewski

Five-year Follow-up Data Demonstrate the WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device Provides Stroke Risk Reduction Comparable to Warfarin Therapy

DENVER and MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) announced final five-year outcomes data from the PREVAIL study of the WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device today during a late-breaking clinical trial session at the 29th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, in Denver. The […]

Imricor and MiRTLE Medical Announce Joint Development Agreement to Deliver 12-Lead ECG for Real-Time MRI-Guided Cardiac Ablations

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Imricor and MiRTLE Medical announce a joint development agreement to fully integrate MiRTLE’s MR compatible 12-lead ECG system with Imricor’s Advantage-MR™ EP Recorder/Stimulator System. This integration, along with Imricor’s MR compatible catheters, will allow physicians to perform complex cardiac ablations, such as for treating ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation, under real-time MRI-guidance. […]

4C Medical’s Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Presented at TCT 2017 Shark Tank Innovation Competition

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced that its medical device for mitral regurgitation (MR) was presented at the Shark Tank Innovation Competition at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting held October 29-November 2, […]

Medline to Acquire Centurion Medical Products for Undisclosed Sum

NORTHFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Medline and Centurion Medical Products today announced an agreement for Medline to acquire the Williamston, Michigan-based medical supplies manufacturer in a transaction that will close later this year. Once the acquisition closes, Medline will have a full set of vascular access products that complement its minor procedure tray offerings and its […]

Medtronic Shows Off Early Intrepid TMVR Data

DUBLIN and DENVER – November 1, 2017 – Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today presented positive data for its self-expanding Intrepid(TM) transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system in patients with severe, symptomatic mitral valve regurgitation. Presented as a First Report Investigation at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American […]

Elixir Medical Corporation Unveils Transformational DynamX™ Stent Featuring Adaptive Segments that Uncage the Stented Artery

MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Elixir Medical, a leader in the development of breakthrough adaptive remodeling technologies designed to mimic the normal arterial function after cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease intervention, unveiled for the first time its novel stent technology, DynamXTM, a bioadaptive drug eluting stent (BA-DES) platform at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics […]

Lombard Medical Announces Shares to Trade on OTCQX

OXFORDSHIRE, U.K.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Lombard Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVAR), a medical device company focused on endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), today announced that it has notified Nasdaq of its intention to voluntarily delist the Company’s shares from the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and transfer its listing to the OTCQX. Lombard […]

TCT 2017: BIOTRONIK Symposium Highlights Differing Roles of Drug-Eluting Stents and Magnesium Scaffolds in Clinical Practice

Denver, United States / Buelach, Switzerland, 31.10.2017 (PresseBox) – Data presented at the BIOTRONIK-sponsored symposium on the Orsiro1 drug-eluting stent (DES) demonstrate why Orsiro is gaining prominence in the crowded DES market. In addition, clinical and preclinical data presented about Magmaris2 reinforce the case that the magnesium-based resorbable technology does not share the same risk of […]

OrbusNeich’s COMBO Dual Therapy Stent Demonstrates Non-Inferiority vs the Market Leading XIENCE™ Everolimus Eluting Stent

DENVER, October 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — New results from the HARMONEE Japan/US Registration Trial, reported by OrbusNeich today in the First Report Investigations session at the 29th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, demonstrate that the COMBO(TM) Dual Therapy Stent (DTS) compares favorably to the market leading option for treating patients […]