Coronary/Structural Heart

PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Offers First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for Heart Disease

WHITTIER, Calif., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital has a new treatment option available for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease. The new technology is a novel application of lithotripsy, sonic pressure waves or shockwave energy, which has been used for many years to safely break up kidney stones. […]

FDA Completes On-site Pre-Approval Inspection of Liquidia’s Morrisville, North Carolina Facility

No Form 483 observations were issued during 5-day inspection MORRISVILLE, N.C., Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ: LQDA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed an on-site Pre-Approval Inspection (PAI) of its Morrisville, North Carolina facility in connection with the on-going review […]

CardioNXT wins FDA nod for heart treatment delivery platform

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CardioNXT announced today that it received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the platform technology comprised of the iMap 3D Navigation & Mapping System™, Activate Software™, Sensor Enabled Axis Patient Patches™, and MultiLink Sensor Enabled Catheter™. The CardioNXT technology platform enables […]

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Impella ECP, the World’s Smallest Heart Pump

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart pump. The designation means the FDA will prioritize Impella ECP’s regulatory review processes including design iterations, clinical study protocols and pre-market approval (PMA) application. Impella ECP is the smallest […]

Latest Study Shows New Algorithm Can Predict Heart Failure Hospitalizations

SELENE HF adds to existing evidence that HF decompensation starts several weeks before hospitalization BERLIN, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BIOTRONIK today announced the results from a new study published in EUROPACE this week confirming that heart failure (HF) decompensation can be predicted early when monitored using an algorithm that combines existing remote monitoring trends and baseline […]

Orchestra BioMed™ Announces Peer-Reviewed Publication of MODERATO II Study Results Showing a Statistically Significant Reduction in Blood Pressure in Pacemaker-Indicated Patients Treated with BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy™

Double-blind, randomized trial data show a clinically meaningful and statistically significant net reduction of 8.1 mmHg in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure at 6 months in treated vs. control patients Very high (85%) response rate to therapy despite 81% of treated patients having isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), a more dangerous […]

SINOMED announces the first commercial implantation and European launch of the HT Supreme Drug Eluting Stent

TIANJIN, China, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SINOMED, a leading international medical device company, announced the first commercial implantation of the HT Supreme® Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) at University Hospital Galway in partnership with the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), marking the start of the European launch. The procedure was successfully performed by […]

Neovasc Announces Submission of COSIRA-II Protocol Supplement to FDA

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq, TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has filed a supplement to the COSIRA-II Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Following multiple productive discussions with FDA over the […]

Merit Medical Launches One-Vac™ Evacuated Drainage Bottle for Percutaneous Fluid Collection and Discard

Advanced design makes sample collection simple, efficient, and safe SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care, and endoscopy, […]

Occlutech granted important conditional FDA approval for PFO Study (OCCLUFLEX) in the U.S.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Occlutech Holding AG (“Occlutech”), one of the world´s leading providers of minimally invasive structural heart disease devices, announces the conditional U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval of its Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) application to conduct a pivotal study, OCCLUFLEX, comparing Patent Foramen Ovale (“PFO”) closure by […]