The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX:RVA) (“REVA” or the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Ray Larkin Jr., a current member of the Company’s Board of Directors, as Chairman of the Board, effective September 18, 2017. Mr. Larkin replaced Brian […]
DALLAS & SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced 12-month results from the Phase II TRIDENT clinical trial, conducted by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and co-sponsored by the company. The results showed a […]
CARAG Completes CE Marking for its Breakthrough Carag Bioresorbable Septal Occluder (CBSO) Innovative bioresorbable implant of Carag removes risks associated with conventional metal frameworks and expands treatment options for patients with heart defects. CARAG AG, a privately held medical device development company, today announced that it has completed CE (Conformité […]
Micell raises $62m for MiStent SES SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 BY BRAD PERRIELLO, Drug Delivery Business News Micell Technologies said last week that it raised a debt-and-equity round worth nearly $62 million from a syndicate of 51 unnamed investors. Paris-based Micell makes the MiStent SES sirolimus-eluting absorbable polymer coronary stent, designed to treat coronary artery […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Claret Medical® today announced publication of a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Interventions that underscores the role of the Sentinel Cerebral Protection System (CPS) in significantly reducing the early occurrence of stroke associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The study […]
SAN RAMON, Calif., and ZURICH, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BioVentrix, Inc. a pioneer of technologies and procedures for less invasive treatment of heart failure (HF), today announced the first clinical use of its closed-chest Revivent TC TransCatheter Ventricular Enhancement System at the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland. A team led by Prof. Francesco Maisano, co-director […]
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiosolutions, Inc., today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance to grant a key US patent covering the company’s proprietary ‘spacer’ technology for the treatment of regurgitation in incompetent heart valves. The allowed patent underlies the […]
HOUSTON & SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced that the trial design for its pivotal Phase III CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial will be presented tomorrow during the “Heart Failure: The Big Target for CV Regenerative Therapy […]
DUBLIN, Ireland, September 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Vasorum Ltd, following FDA approval of its PMA supplement, the developer and manufacturer of the novel Celt ACD®vascular closure device has added a 7F sized Celt ACD® device to its Celt ACD® 6F and Celt ACD® 5F size range in the USA. Celt ACD® is indicated for arterial puncture closure in […]
VANCOUVER, Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company“) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today provided an update on the study progress and clinical performance of the TiaraTM valve, a self-expanding mitral bioprosthesis for transcatheter implantation in patients with Mitral Regurgitation (“MR”), one of the most prevalent valvular heart diseases in western […]
