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BioSig Technologies to Present at the 40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Santa Monica, CA, July 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that the research poster entitled “Unipolar Intracardiac Signal Morphology as a […]

Angiodroid Srl Announces CE Mark for ANGIOPULSE™ Intra-aortic Balloon Pump

BOLOGNA, Italy, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ANGIODROID Srl, an Italian manufacturer of medical technologies, announces the CE mark for ANGIOPULSE, its first intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) device. The new ANGIOPULSE IABP incorporates a new system for IABP management based on pressure regulation. Extremely sophisticated, ANGIOPULSE builds on the Italian experience of Angiodroid Srl (angiodroid.com), […]

Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for Less-Invasive Heart Pump Implant Procedure

DUBLIN – July 11, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) has received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a less-invasive implant approach of its HVAD(TM) System, a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for patients with advanced heart failure. The HVAD System is the smallest commercially available LVAD, and […]

CorWave’s Next-Generation LVAD, Neptune, Receives Funding

CLICHY, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The CALYPSO Research and Development (R&D) program, with a total budget of 25 million euros over 4 years, will be partially financed with 14 million euros support from the Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir (Future Investments Program), managed by the Secrétariat Général pour l’Investissement (General Secretariat for Investment – SGPI) and operated […]

Study Results Show Zio by iRhythm Improves Detection of Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation in At-Risk Population

SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRTC), a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, today announced that results of the mHealth Screening to Prevent Strokes (mSToPS) study, which showed increased detection of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) in high-risk […]

Medical Device Startup HeartHero Closes Seed Round Of Funding

DENVER, July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Medical device startup HeartHero announced today that it has raised a $1.5 million seed round investment from a venture capital firm, angel investors and grant funding. Initial investments will help HeartHero build a next-generation automated external defibrillator (AED). The company, which surpassed its initial funding goal, will focus now […]

Otsuka Medical Devices, Otsuka Holdings and ReCor Medical Announce Signing of Merger Agreement

TOKYO and PALO ALTO, Calif., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Holdings”), Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Medical Devices”) and ReCor Medical, Inc. (“ReCor”) announce the signing of a merger agreement pursuant to which Otsuka Holdings will acquire the remaining shares in ReCor from its current holders. The transaction is […]

Northwestern Medicine Receives Grant to Lead Research into Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

CHICAGO, June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Heart Association recently selected Northwestern Medicine as one of six centers to be part of a new, grant-funded national network dedicated to researching and understanding the causes of atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat. At Northwestern, a $3.7 million grant will fund research specifically on […]

Ministry of Health and Prevention of United Arab Emirates Introduces National Newborn Oncochlear CCHD Program with Masimo Rad-97 ™ Pulse CO Oximeters ® with Eve ™

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – ( BUSINESS WIRE ) – Masimo  (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) is launching a nationwide screening Protocol for Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) for all newborns. As part of the launch of the program which equips MOHAP nine clinics in […]

CHLA/USC Researchers Design Novel Micropacemaker

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker system in the pericardial sac surrounding the heart — a breakthrough that may open up new cardiac pacing options for children and adults. The micropacemaker — inserted through a single, […]