New data found treatment with remote pressure monitoring can significantly reduce mortality risk in heart failure patients CardioMEMS is a tiny implantable sensor that can remotely flag early warning signs of worsening heart failure ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 21, 2023 — Abbott today announced new data that found monitoring patients […]
Author: Ken Dropiewski
Sequana Medical announces additional patents for DSR® in China and the United States
Ghent, Belgium – 22 March 2023 – Sequana Medical NV (Euronext Brussels: SEQUA) (the “Company” or “Sequana Medical“), a pioneer in the treatment of fluid overload in liver disease, heart failure and cancer, today announces further strengthening of the intellectual property portfolio for its DSR (Direct Sodium Removal) program. A key composition of matter patent was allowed in China and […]
Aortix Pump Therapy Leads to Rapid Decongestion and Improved Kidney Function in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure and Worsening Renal Function
Late-breaking data presented at THT shows substantial fluid loss and improvements in kidney and cardiac function at 30 days after Aortix therapy Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is a complex condition that impacts up to 40% of patients with acute decompensated heart failure and is growing at a double-digit rate HOUSTON, March 21, […]
Ancora Heart’s AccuCinch System Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Quality of Life, Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure Patients
12 Month Data Presented as Late-Breaking Clinical Science at THT 2023 and Simultaneously Published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a completely transcatheter device-based therapy to address heart failure (HF), today announced that patients treated with the investigational AccuCinch® Ventricular Restoration System demonstrated improvement […]
Starlight Cardiovascular Awarded $2.16M NIH SBIR Phase II Grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Award supports design and preclinical testing of pediatric stent SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Starlight Cardiovascular, Inc., a medical device company developing pediatric cardiovascular devices, announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of […]
Axon Therapies Cohort Study Extends Benefit to 6 months with Early Clinical Data from REBALANCE-HF Randomized Clinical Trial
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Axon Therapies, a private company focused on addressing a root cause of heart failure, today announced positive 6-month results from a roll-in cohort for their feasibility IDE trial, REBALANCE-HF. The latest data is consistent with prior results previously presented for their proprietary Splanchnic Ablation for Volume Management (SAVM) […]
V-LAP Allows Heart Failure Patients to Self-Adjust Medication: Vectorious Reports Promising Findings From its Pilot Study at the THT meeting
During 89.1% of the overall follow up duration (3504 days), Patient Self-Management (PSM) alone was sufficient to stabilize HF patients within the optimal LAP thresholds, while only 10.9% of follow up time, physician intervention was required to adjust medication TEL AVIV, Israel, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Yesterday, Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd. presented interim […]
Semler Scientific Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results
2022 Q4 and Full Year highlights compared to the corresponding period of 2021: Fourth quarter revenue was $13.8 million, an increase of 20% Fourth quarter net income was $3.2 million, an increase of 113% Full year revenue was $56.7 million, an increase of 7% Full year net income was $14.3 million, a decrease of 17% […]
Tenax Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent Covering Use of IV Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF)
Patent provides intellectual property protection until December 2040 PH-HFpEF affects more than 1,600,000 North Americans, with estimates indicating a prevalence of more than 2,000,000 patients by 2030 There are currently no FDA approved treatments for PH-HFpEF Levosimendan combines two MoAs that, for the first time, specifically target the symptoms PH-HFpEF patients […]
FDA Approves First-in-class Evkeeza® (evinacumab-dgnb) for Young Children with Ultra-rare Form of High Cholesterol
Approval extends Evkeeza to children aged 5 to 11 with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), an inherited condition characterized by extremely high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) 48% reduction in LDL-C from baseline at week 24 when Evkeeza was added to other lipid-lowering therapies in the pivotal trial TARRYTOWN, N.Y., March 22, […]



