The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELGX), a developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, announced 1-year results from the LUCY (Evaluation of FemaLes who are Underrepresented Candidates for Abdominal Aortic AneurYsm Repair) registry as reported on Saturday, June 23rd at the 2018 Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting. The LUCY study […]
SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartSciences, an innovative medical device company, is proud to announce its participation as an exhibitor at the upcoming 2018 International Congress on Electrocardiology (ICE), which will be held in Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan, June 28-30, 2018. ICE2018 will be the joint meeting of the 45th Congress of […]
