Coronary/Structural Heart

Saranas™ Announces Initial Clinical Cases with the Early Bird™ Bleed Monitoring System

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas Inc., a medical device company with innovative technology for real-time detection and monitoring of internal bleeding during endovascular procedures, announced that the first clinical cases with Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System were performed at Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center (Morristown, NJ). The cases varied across multiple interventions […]

Freudenberg Medical Presents New Catheter Handle Platform and Steerable Introducer Products at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2018

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Freudenberg Medical, a global developer and manufacturer of finished medical devices and subassemblies, components, and minimally invasive solutions for the medical device industry, announced several new options for medical device companies looking to accelerate time to market. The new Composer®XL Deflectable Catheter Handle Platform provides a commercialization ready […]

CareDx broadens HeartCare availability

BRISBANE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value diagnostic solutions for transplant patients, today announced the launch of the Surveillance HeartCare® Outcomes Registry (SHORE). CareDx will launch SHORE during the 22nd Annual […]

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Receives All Necessary Approvals for Transaction With Mesoblast

NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (ASX: MSB; Nasdaq: MESO) today announced that Tasly Pharmaceutical Group has successfully obtained all necessary approvals, including the Safe Administration of Foreign Exchange, required for closing the investment agreement and the development and collaboration agreement with Mesoblast […]

New Study Confirms Significant Potential U.S. Market for Hancock Jaffe’s VenoValve®

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, has commissioned a research report from The Sage Group, a research organization specializing in peripheral vascular disease. The report, titled “Chronic Venous Disease: Epidemiology […]

Alnylam Announces Publication in Circulation of Exploratory Cardiac Endpoint Data from APOLLO Phase 3 Study of Patisiran

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today publication of data from exploratory cardiac assessments in the APOLLO Phase 3 study of patisiran, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults. The results were published online today in the […]

FDA approves device for treatment of acute coronary artery perforations

SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a device intended to treat acute coronary artery perforations, or tears in the blood vessels of the heart. The PK Papyrus Covered Coronary Stent System is the first device approved by the FDA for this indication in […]

BioCardia Receives Two New U.S. Patents

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC :BCDA ], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced the issuance of two United Statespatents. U.S. Patent No. 10,035,982 relates to methods of preparing culture-expanded cells for the treatment of heart failure. The patent has broad claims on […]

Infraredx to Present Results of the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) Study at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018 Scientific Symposium

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, today announced that results from the highly anticipated Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) Study have been accepted as a late-breaking clinical trial at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, to […]

Acarix gains market acceptance in Austria; new customers orders CADScor®System for ruling out Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

Press release Malmö, September 12, 2018 Acarix gains market acceptance in Austria; new customers orders CADScor®System for ruling out Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Acarix AB (publ) (“Acarix”) reports first sales in Austria for its handheld CADScor®System for early rule-out of CAD. The Austrian sales mirror growing success in neighboring Germany […]