DUBLIN, Aug. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Evolut™ Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) system for patients with symptomatic severe native aortic stenosis who are at a low risk of surgical mortality. The low-risk patient population is […]
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Edwards SAPIEN 3 TAVR Receives FDA Approval For Low-Risk Patients
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to expand use of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 and SAPIEN 3 Ultra transcatheter heart valve systems to the treatment […]
FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent (AMDS)
Ascyrus Medical receives Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for its Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent (AMDS) to treat acute Type A aortic dissections. BOCA RATON, FLA. (PRWEB) AUGUST 14, 2019 Ascyrus Medical announced today that it has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for its Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent (AMDS) […]
V-Wave’s Interatrial Shunt Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Heart Failure
CAESAREA, Israel, Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — V-Wave Ltd., a privately held medical device company developing novel implantable interatrial shunt devices, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just granted the company a Breakthrough Device Designation for its interatrial shunt for Heart Failure (HF). V-Wave’s minimally invasive, implanted interatrial […]
DynoSense Corp. Announces FDA Approval of Its Cloud Based Vital Signs Measurement System
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DynoSense Corp. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company clearance for its patented Vital Signs Measuring System, the world’s first most integrated and cloud-based vital signs measuring and recording platform. Its unique worldwide patented and award-winning design is as simple […]
Windtree Announces FDA Fast Track Designation for Istaroxime
WARRINGTON, Pa., Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: WINT), a biotechnology and medical device company focused on developing drug product candidates and medical device technologies to address acute cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for istaroxime for the […]
Philips’ response to updated FDA letter to healthcare providers on paclitaxel devices to treat peripheral artery disease
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced its response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Letter to Health Care Providers regarding treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the superficial femoropopliteal artery (SFA) with paclitaxel-coated devices. Importantly, the FDA recommendation continues […]
Amarin Announces FDA Notification of Advisory Committee Meeting Planned to be Held in November 2019 in Connection With Vascepa® REDUCE-IT™ sNDA
PDUFA Date Extension to End of December 2019 Expected Management to Host Conference Call Today at 7:00 p.m. ET BEDMINSTER, N.J. and DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a pharmaceutical company focused on improving cardiovascular health, announced today that it received notice today from the […]
B. Braun Interventional Systems Receives Breakthrough Device Designation Status from the FDA for SeQuent Please ReX Drug Coated PTCA Balloon Catheter
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. (BIS) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the SeQuent Please ReX drug-coated PTCA balloon catheter for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR). SeQuent Please ReX is […]
Endotronix Announces FDA Approval to Begin Landmark PROACTIVE-HF Pivotal Trial for Cordella™ PA Pressure Sensor System
LISLE, Ill., Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Endotronix, Inc., a digital health and medical technology company dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure (HF), today announced it has received conditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin the multi-center PROACTIVE-HF trial of the Cordella™ Pulmonary […]



