Regulatory

Euphrates Vascular announces FDA clearance of the ICHOR Reperfusion System 

St. Louis, Missouri – Euphrates Vascular (www.euphratesvascular.com), a company focused on the treatment of vascular occlusions, recently received 510(k) clearance for sale of its ICHOR Percutaneous Reperfusion System. ICHOR is a Percutaneous Reperfusion System designed to treat organized thrombus and embolic events in the peripheral vasculature. ICHOR is a “one size fits […]

FDA Approves World’s First Device for Treatment of Premature Babies and Newborns with an Opening in Their Hearts (a Common Congenital Defect)

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Amplatzer Piccolo™ Occluder, the world’s first medical device that can be implanted in the tiniest babies (weighing as little as two pounds) using a minimally invasive procedure to treat patent ductus arteriosus, or […]

MRI Interventions Receives FDA Clearance for ClearPoint® PURSUIT™ Neuro Aspiration System

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCQB:MRIC), a platform neurosurgery company with products designed for navigation in procedures involving deep-brain stimulation, ablation, and gene and drug delivery today announced FDA Clearance of the ClearPoint PURSUIT Neuro Aspiration system. The PURSUIT device was designed in collaboration […]

Edwards’ SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve Receives FDA Approval

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced that the SAPIEN 3 Ultra system has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis patients […]

ARCA biopharma Updates Special Protocol Assessment Request to FDA for Gencaro Phase 3 Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trial

WESTMINSTER, Colo., Dec. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company applying a precision medicine approach to developing genetically-targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has submitted an amendment to its Special Protocol Assessment (SPA)request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The amendment addresses […]

CathWorks FFRangio™ System Receives U.S. FDA Clearance

KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced today that its FFRangio™ System received United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The FFRangio system demonstrated accuracy versus the invasive FFR wire in a blinded comparative study, FAST-FFR. The results of the FAST-FFR pivotal study were used to establish substantial […]

Paragonix Technologies, Inc., Announces 510(k) Clearance Allowing for Use of the Paragonix SherpaPak™ Cardiac Transport System with Pediatric and Small Donor Hearts

BRAINTREE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Paragonix Technologies, Inc. today announced that it received clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a design enhancement allowing for the use of the Paragonix SherpaPak™ Cardiac Transport System (CTS)1,2 with small and pediatric donor hearts. Starting in Q1 2019, Paragonix SherpaPak™ CTS will now be shipped with […]

Cardiva Medical Announces FDA Approval of the VASCADE MVP Vascular Closure System for Multi-Site Vessel Closure Following Electrophysiology Procedures

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiva Medical, Inc., an innovator in the field of vascular closure, today announced that the company has received PMA approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the VASCADE® MVP Venous Vascular Closure System. VASCADE MVP is the first and only vascular closure system designed […]

Hancock Jaffe Receives Approval for First-in-Human VenoValve Study

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that it has received regulatory approval from INVIMA, the Colombian equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for its first-in-human […]

Aortica Corp. Announces FDA Approves Medtronic Valiant NAVION™ for Inclusion in Starnes’ Physician-Sponsored IDE

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aortica Corporation today announced that FDA has approved a supplement to an ongoing Physician Sponsored IDE study at the University of Washington (UW) sponsored by Principal Investigator & Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Benjamin Starnes. The positive decision allows the use of Medtronic’s Valiant NAVION™ stent graft system […]