Author: Ken Dropiewski

Atriomx Health Announces $10 Million Series A Financing

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Atriomx Health, a Menlo Park, California-based developer of novel, non-invasive solutions for the detection and characterization of the underlying disease mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, announced today that it has secured a $10 million Series A financing. Ajax Health and Zeus Health will co-lead the Series […]

4C Medical Technologies Announces Completion of a $10 Million Over-Subscribed Convertible Note Financing

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced it has completed an over-subscribed convertible note financing in which it has raised $10 million in gross proceeds.  The financing was led by a China-based […]

Peijia Medical and HighLife Enter Into License and Technology Transfer Agreement for Transeptal Mitral Valve Replacement in Greater China

Collaboration Strengthens Peijia’s Position for Competing in a Largely Untapped Market and Supports Global Expansion of HighLife’s Technology SUZHOU, China and PARIS, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Peijia Medical Ltd (HK Stock Code: 09996) and HighLife SAS, a Paris-based medical device company, focused on the development of a unique transeptal mitral valve replacement (“TMVR”) system to treat […]

Edwards Treats First Patient In U.S. Clinical Trial Evaluating Minimally Invasive Device For Mitral Valve Disease

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), today announced that the first patient has been treated in the RESTORE clinical trial, which will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the investigational HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System in the United States and Canada. The HARPOON system uses a less-invasive technique than open-heart […]

Major Breakthrough: DragonFly-T™ First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair Surgery in China

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On December 15, 2020, Professor Wang Jian‘an’s team from the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine successfully applied the DragonFly-T™ Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Clamping System to perform the first human clinical application in mainland China. This is the first self-developed product for trans-femoral tricuspid regurgitation […]

Eindhoven’s Catharina Hospital Purchases ViewRay’s MRIdian Linac

Leading Clinical Training Hospital Aims to Begin MRIdian Patient Treatments in 2021 CLEVELAND, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, Netherlands, also known as Catharina Ziekenhuis, has purchased a MRIdian® Linac MRI-Guided Therapy System, a cutting-edge radiation therapy device that combines the latest innovations in precision radiation delivery […]

VOTIS Subdermal Imaging Technologies And ii Ventures Announce Plans To Develop Preventative Medicine Devices To Screen For Peripheral Artery Disease In India

An estimated 41-54 million Indians have the disease, many undiagnosed Emphasis on impoverished rural sector, comprising 65.53% of the national population JERUSALEM and MUMBAI, India, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — VOTIS Subdermal Imaging Technologies, Ltd., an Israeli corporation, and ii Ventures Private Limited (iiV), an Indian company, announced today that they have entered into a […]

Ontrak Announces Closing of Follow-On Offering of Non-Convertible Preferred Stock

Company to use non-dilutive capital for working capital, M&A, investment in technology SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ontrak, Inc. (NASDAQ: OTRK, OTRKP) (“Ontrak” or the “Company”), a leading AI-powered and telehealth enabled, virtualized healthcare company, today announced that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 1,730,000 shares of its 9.50% Series […]

Canon Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Compressed SPEEDER for 3D Exams on 1.5T MR, Enabling High-speed MR Imaging

New Software Version for Vantage Orian 1.5T Also Offers Solution to Help Clinicians Image and Quantify Fatty Liver Disease TUSTIN, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hospitals and institutions are continually looking for ways to improve diagnostic imaging throughput, especially in today’s environment where disinfection of systems and rooms in between patients is crucial. Now, […]