Coronary/Structural Heart

LivaNova Announces Publication of Literature Review Highlighting the Clinical Value and Safety of the Perceval Sutureless Valve for Aortic Valve Replacement

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova” or the “Company”), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced the publication of the analysis, “The Perceval® Sutureless Aortic Valve: Review of Outcomes, Complications and Future Direction,” by Powell, Pelletier, Chu, Bouchard, Melvin and Adams in the latest issue of Innovations1. The literature review, which included […]

Corindus Announces First Patient Enrolled in PRECISION GRX Registry

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. [NYSE American: CVRS], a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced first patient enrollment in the PRECISION GRX Registry, a post-market study to continue market surveillance of the Company’s second generation CorPath GRX System. The PRECISION GRX Registry will include up to 25 sites […]

Micro Interventional Devices Completes First Clinical Tricuspid Bicuspidization Procedure Utilizing MIA Technology

NEWTOWN, Pa., Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Micro Interventional Devices, Inc.(MID) has successfully completed the first in human tricuspid valve bicuspidization procedure utilizing its MIA (Minimally Invasive Annuloplasty) technology.  The successful bicuspidization resulted in a 34.5% reduction in valve area, reducing the patient’s tricuspid regurgitation from severe/moderate to trace. The patient was the […]

Siemens Healthineers introduces Somatom Confidence RT Pro CT Scanner

Erlangen, 2016-Sep-27 Somatom Confidence RT Pro is a dedicated CT for radiation therapy DirectDensity algorithm delivers electron density images independent of kV settings, ensuring a smooth simple dose calculation workflow New version of syngo.via RT Image Suite software offers advanced treatment of moving tumors Siemens Healthineers introduced its new Somatom […]

BioCardia Receives U.S. Patent Covering A Method Of Preparing And Characterizing Mesenchymal Cells, Providing Further Protection To Cardiallo Cell Therapy Program

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC:BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, with clinical programs in heart failure and sub-acute infarction, today announced the issuance of United States Patent No. 9,301,975 relating to a method of producing mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow cells in […]

Cardiac Insight, Inc. Continues Steady Beat of Progress with New $4.5 Million Investment and Attracts Prestigious Healthcare M&A Executive, Clifford J. Stocks, to Its Board of Directors

KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiac Insight, Inc., a U.S. developer of wearable medical devices and diagnostic software, announced today that the company continues to experience a steady beat of market traction and industry endorsement with a recent infusion of $4.5 million into their new C-1 round of funding, currently capped at $10 […]

NaviGate Cardiac Structures, Inc. (“NCSI”) reports world’s first successful transcatheter implantation of 52-mm tricuspid valve into a transplanted-heart patient

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Aug. 30, 2017 – NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc. (“NCSI”) announced today that its GATE™ catheter-guided tricuspid atrioventricular valved stent (A VS) was implanted through the jugular vein six weeks ago into a patient’s transplanted heart that was failing due to severe tricuspid valve insufficiency. The successful implantation […]

Data Published in The Lancet Shows Positive Results at Primary Endpoint in the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension with MobiusHD Device

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vascular Dynamics, Inc. (VDI), a privately held medical device company developing novel solutions for the treatment of hypertension, today announced European results of the company’s first-in-human trial of its MobiusHD®implant published in The Lancet.  The publication reported an average reduction of 24-hour […]

Neovasc’s Reducer System Reviewed in European Heart Journal

VANCOUVER, Sept. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company“) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today announced the European Heart Journal published a clinical review of its Neovasc Reducer™ (“Reducer”) device for the treatment of refractory/persistent angina pectoris, a common and disabling medical condition, and a major public health problem that affects […]