Coronary/Structural Heart

Recor Medical and Otsuka Medical Devices Announce First FDA-Approved Renal Denervation System for the Treatment of Hypertension

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recor Medical, Inc. (“Recor”) and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Medical Devices”) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Recor’s Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation (RDN) system for the treatment of hypertension. The Paradise system is intended as an adjunctive treatment […]

Xenter Unveils Groundbreaking Investigational Dual Sensor Wireless GuideWire for Minimally Invasive TAVR Procedures at TCT 2023

DRAPER, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xenter, Inc. (Xenter.io) announced the recent unveiling of its groundbreaking dual sensor investigational guidewire for TAVR procedures at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2023 conference in San Francisco, CA. Xenter introduced the first-of-its-kind wireless guidewire designed for use during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures that aims to collect an extensive range of crucial real-time data points to serve as an aortic regu

Cardurion Pharmaceuticals to Provide Update on CaMKII Inhibitor Program at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Cardurion” or “the Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announced that the Company will present preclinical data on its Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) inhibitor program at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023. Cardurion is the first

MyOme Presents New Data: Improved 10-year Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease through Polygenic Risk Scores Integrated with Clinical Factors Showcased at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting

Integrated polygenic risk score more accurately identified individuals at elevated risk for developing coronary artery disease, especially within borderline or intermediate clinical risk categories and for South Asian individuals MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — MyOme, Inc….

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Status to Toku’s Patented Cardiovascular Risk AI (CLAiR) Platform

AUCKLAND, New Zealand–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Toku, Inc., a commercial medical device company specializing in imaging technology and AI, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation to its patented CLAiR technology. The CLAiR platform, if cleared by the FDA, will be the first medical device in the US market that can provide affordable, point-of-care and non-invasive evaluation for risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using fundus retinal image

Using iPS Cells from I Peace, Heartseed Succeeds in Stable Production of High Purity Cardiomyocytes, A Major Step Forward in Advancing Autologous Cardiac Regenerative Medicine

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Leading GMP cell CDMO I Peace, Inc. (https://www.ipeace.com), specializing in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and iPSC-derived cell therapies based in Palo Alto, CA, and Heartseed Inc. (“Heartseed”), a Tokyo-based biotechnology…