The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Emboline, Inc., an emerging medical device company with a game-changing device for total embolic protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, announced today that it has completed a Series B funding round totaling over $10 million. The funding includes $3 million in new […]
TUSTIN, Calif., April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. will begin direct sales of its coronary (PTCA) guide wires in the US. These guide wires are currently distributed by Abbott Vascular. As of July 1, 2018 the entire portfolio of Asahi PTCA guide wires will also be available directly from Asahi. All sales requests prior to July 1 should continue to be directed […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHFS) announced today its commercial expansion into the Hong Kong market through its Asia distributor, Transmedic. Further, Transmedic has confirmed its first commercial orders for both Singapore and Hong Kong. “Our expansion into the Asian markets is a key […]
ZWICKAU, Germany, April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — HeartStitch® Trans-Apical Access and Closure device provides safe and effective percutaneous trans-apical access for structural heart procedures and reliable closure. The proven suture-based technique emulates surgical closure without the need for open heart surgery or limited thoracotomy access (open surgical access to the heart between the ribs) when […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the initiation of a clinical trial evaluating long-term outcomes of patients who undergo stent implantation guided by high-resolution light-based imaging technology—called optical coherence tomography (OCT)—compared to a common X-ray-guided technique called angiography. The trial (ILUMIEN IV) is the first large-scale randomized global […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc. today announced that NHS England has chosen the HeartFlow® FFRct Analysis as part of the Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP) program. The HeartFlow Analysis was chosen as a new technology to be funded by ITP through a competitive process of nearly 300 applicants. It is the only ITP […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JenaValve Technology, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of differentiated transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems for the treatment of aortic valve disease, today announced successful patient enrollment in the CE Mark study of the next generation JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System utilizing the Coronatix™ Transfemoral Delivery Catheter for […]
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 243, Issue 7, April, 2018) reports that supporting cells in the heart, known as fibroblasts, are selectively activated by factors present in heart disease. The study, led by Dr. Megan McCain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A recently published study in the European Journal of Heart Failure highlighted a per protocol analysis of the CARRESS-HF study, which demonstrated that ultrafiltration with the Aquadex Flex Flow System by CHF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHFS) was associated with a higher cumulative fluid loss (p=0.003), […]
ROME, April 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Nobles Medical Technologies II, Inc. (NMT2) has announced the first peer-reviewed publication of data for PFO closure using the NobleStitch™ EL. The first systematic clinical experience by using the revolutionary “deviceless” technique to close Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) has been recently published in the prestigious peer-reviewed European […]
