The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shockwave Medical, a pioneer in the development and commercialization of intravascular lithotripsy to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease, today announced an investment and collaboration agreement with Abiomed, Inc. As outlined by the agreement, Abiomed will invest $15 million in Shockwave and […]
SAN FRANCISCO – December 10, 2018 – Bay Labs, a medical technology company at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to cardiovascular imaging, announced today a collaboration with Edwards Lifesciences focused on improving the detection of heart disease. The partnership involves multiple initiatives, including the development of new AI-powered […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc. today announced the start of the Prospective Randomized Trial of the Optimal Evaluation of Cardiac Symptoms and Revascularization (PRECISE) trial. The first patient was enrolled by Michael C. Turner, M.D., at Imperial Health Cardiovascular Specialists in Lake Charles, LA. The PRECISE trial is designed to compare the usual approach of diagnosing […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. [NYSE American: CVRS], a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announces that its CorPath technology was used to conduct the first-in-human (FIH) Telerobotic Intervention Study, December 4 and 5, 2018, in India. This study represents the world’s first percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) conducted from […]
DUBAI, UAE, December 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Professor David Wood, President of the World Heart Federation, welcomes more than 5000 cardiologists, doctors, nurses, and health and policy experts from around the world to Dubai for WCC 2018 at a time when the opportunities for a sustainable impact on cardiovascular health have never been greater World […]
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX: RVA) (“REVA” Or The “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, announced the first implant of its recently launched Fantom Encore bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) in Italy. The implant procedure was performed by Professor Antonio Colombo at […]
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that it will begin a feasibility study for its CoreoGraft bioprosthetic graft on January 29th at the Texas Heart Institute. The pre-clinical […]
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center today announced that its internationally recognized cardiac team performed the world’s first transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr; a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to repair the heart’s mitral valve) in the CLASP IID Pivotal Trial. The CLASP IID Trial led […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JenaValve Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of differentiated transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of expansion of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) feasibility studies for the JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System with the Everdur™ transcatheter heart valve (THV) and […]
NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Conformal Medical, Inc., developer of the Conformal Left Atrial Appendage Seal for LAA occlusion, has secured $9 million in Series B funding. Conformal is developing proprietary seal technology for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Over five million people in the United States have AFib, […]
