Coronary/Structural Heart

Cardiost, Inc. Strengthens Scientific Advisory Board with Renowned Cardiovascular Experts, Advances Prototype Development with OEDIT Grant Support

Fort Collins, CO, Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fort Collins, CO – Colorado-based medical device start-up Cardiost, Inc., a graduate of Innosphere Ventures Accelerator program, has added key opinion leaders Dr. Daniel J. Goldstein, MD and Dr. Pedro R. Moreno, MD as part of their Scientific Advisory Board. Cardiost is currently designing an alpha prototype […]

AccuLine Announces Know-How License Agreement with Mayo Clinic to Advance Early Detection of Heart Attacks

PETAH-TIKVA, Israel, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — AccuLine, a digital health startup company, has announced today a collaboration with Mayo Clinic through a know-how license agreement for the advancement of CORA, AccuLine’s novel solution designed for the early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD).  As part of the agreement, Mayo Clinic will become a shareholder in […]

Clint and ACC Collaborate on Innovations to Advance Precision Health and Expand Access to Clinical Trials

Redwood City, California, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clint, the clinical intelligence platform, is collaborating with the American College of Cardiology to advance precision health and expand access to clinical trials. This collaboration will accelerate time-to-market for novel therapies and support clinicians in identifying and closing care gaps for each individual patient […]

Nanox.AI’s HealthCCSng AI Solution Reveals ~60% of Patients in Study had Previously Undetected Risk of a Cardiovascular Event from Routine Chest CTs

NEVE ILAN, Israel, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NANO-X IMAGING LTD (“Nanox” or the “Company,” Nasdaq: NNOX), an innovative medical imaging technology company, today announced that HealthCCSng, an AI-powered solution created by Nanox’s deep-learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary, Nanox.AI, was used in a clinical study evaluating routine CT scans and found that […]

PercAssist Announces First Patient Treated in EUREKA Study of PSCA System for Hemodynamic Support in Chronic Heart Failure

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PercAssist, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technology for a minimally invasive, extravascular platform to provide hemodynamic support for chronic heart failure patients, today announced the successful completion of its first patient in the EUREKA First-in-Human clinical study. “This milestone marks the beginning of our efforts […]

Merck Receives Priority Review from FDA for New Biologics License Application for Sotatercept, an Activin Signaling Inhibitor to Treat Adults with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

RAHWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review a new Biologics License Application (BLA) for sotatercept, Merck’s novel investigational activin signaling inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients […]

Patient with Second Historic Pig Heart Transplant Treated with Novel Investigational Antibody Therapy Produced at Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing

Lee, MA, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A historic transplant of a genetically modified pig heart has been successfully performed on a 20-year Navy veteran and married father of two suffering from end-stage cardiovascular disease. The surgery, which took place on September 20, was the patient’s last chance at […]

EnCompass receives FDA conditional IDE approval to commence a US pilot study of its F2 cerebral embolic protection (CEP) system in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

CARSON CITY, Nev., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — EnCompass Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on protecting patients from brain injury during cardiovascular procedures, announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially granted conditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for its F2 cerebral embolic protection system on Friday, September 22, […]

Zeus Launches Next-Generation Tubing for Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

ORANGEBURG, S.C., Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Zeus, a global leader in advanced polymer solutions, announced today that it has developed Absorv™ XSE oriented tubing, the newest member of the company’s family of bioabsorbable products. Available in a variety of resins and expanded size ranges, Absorv XSE provides a highly customizable platform […]

SHL Telemedicine’s SmartHeart® Technology Shows Remarkable Effects in Mayo Clinic and Imperial College London Trials

TEL AVIV, Israel & ZURICH & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (NASDAQ: SHLT, SIX: SHLTN;) (“SHL” or the “Company”), a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine solutions, is pleased to announce the initial results from the Mayo Clinic HELP-MI and the Imperial College London TELE-ACS trials, presented at […]