The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced the Edwards PASCAL transcatheter valve repair system has received CE Mark for the treatment of patients with mitral regurgitation. “Mitral valve disease is complex, varied and […]
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foldax, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted IDE approval to begin an Early Feasibility Study of the Tria surgical aortic heart valve for the treatment of aortic valve disease. Using breakthrough LifePolymer™ – a proprietary advanced biopolymer material – and […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (“Corindus” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today it is seeking premarket clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the CorPath GRX System in neurovascular intervention. CorPath GRX, the second generation robotic platform, received FDA clearance for percutaneous […]
DUBLIN – February 7, 2019 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval on an expanded indication for its Pipeline(TM) Flex embolization device.1 Previously indicated for the endovascular treatment of adults with large or giant wide-necked intracranial aneurysms (IAs) in the internal carotid […]
WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, has announced that it received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the MANTA™ Vascular Closure Device – the first commercially available biomechanical vascular closure device designed specifically […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Cook Medical announced its recent approval from the U.S. FDA for its Zenith Dissection Endovascular System. The system, consisting of a proximal stent-graft component and a distal bare stent component, provides physicians a less invasive alternative to open surgery for repair of Type B dissections of the […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) has achieved CE Mark for Impella Connect, the first-of-its kind cloud-based technology that enables secure, real-time, remote viewing of the Impella console for physicians and hospital staff from anywhere with Internet connectivity. European CE Mark adds to Impella Connect’s previous U.S. FDA PMA approval. Impella Connect uses […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — XableCath, Inc., announced that its XableCath™ blunt and abrasion tip catheters, were cleared by the FDA as Peripheral Crossing Catheters. The catheters have been safely and successfully used to cross challenging lesions in both arterial CTO’s and chronic obstructive venous lesions. […]
ATLANTA, Jan. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CorMatrix® Cardiovascular, Inc. www.cormatrix.com, a leading developer of regenerative cardiovascular medical devices, today announced FDA approval of an early feasibility study IDE to evaluate the safety and feasibility of the Cor™ TRICUSPID ECM® cardiac valve for adults with endocarditis and for pediatric patients with congenital heart valve disease. The […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rebound Therapeutics® Corporation today announced FDA 510k clearance of their AURORA Surgiscope® System, the world’s first single-use disposable Neurosurgical Endoscope for minimally invasive access, visualization and illumination of the target neuro anatomy. The Aurora Surgiscope System consists of two components: the sterile, single use, neurological endoscope called the Aurora Surgiscope […]
