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FDA Clears Siemens Healthineers SOMATOM X.cite CT Scanner With Intelligent User Interface Concept

myExam Companion intelligent user interface concept guides technologists through complex clinical tasks myExam Companion automatically adapts scans based on A.I.-trained clinical decision trees to simplify image acquisition parameters and reconstruction tasks SOMATOM X.cite improves patient comfort with an 82cm gantry bore and delivers powerful performance with Vectron tube MALVERN, Pa.–(BUSINESS […]

Medtronic Drug-Coated Balloon Receives U.S. FDA Approval to Treat Arteriovenous Fistula Lesions

Clinical Data Demonstrates IN.PACT™ AV DCB Is Safe, Reduces Reinterventions, and Maintains Access for End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Dialysis DUBLIN, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the IN.PACT™ AV drug-coated balloon (DCB), a paclitaxel-coated balloon indicated for the […]

Merit Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for WRAPSODY™ Endovascular Stent Graft System

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy, announced today that it has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation […]

BioSig Commences Clinical Trial Enrollment for PURE EP System

Westport, CT, Nov. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM) (“BioSig” or the “Company”), a medical technology company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to improve signal fidelity and uncover the full range of ECG and intra-cardiac signals, today announced that the Company commenced its […]

Biosense Webster Launches a Two-pronged Initiative to Tackle the New Millennium Epidemic of Atrial Fibrillation

A new Atrial Fibrillation Management Report highlights that catheter ablation is almost 10 times more effective at delaying Atrial Fibrillation progression than drug therapy, yet just 4% of eligible patients are receiving ablation therapy Get Smart About AFIB (GSAAF) is a new public health campaign launched to tackle the growing […]

LivaNova to Restructure its Heart Valve Business Line and End Caisson Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Program

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology and innovation company, today announced it is ending its Caisson Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) program and will undertake a restructuring of its heart valve business to improve profitability and ensure business continuity. “The time has come to address the continued declines […]

Cardurion Pharmaceuticals Announces Investment from Polaris Partners and Appoints Amy Schulman to Board of Directors

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has consummated a private investment from Polaris Partners, a leading healthcare investment firm with a long history of partnering with entrepreneurs in […]

New Published Clinical Trial Results Confirm that PleuraFlow Enables Improved Quality and Cost of Care for Cardiac Surgery Patients

Reduction of Patient Complications and Hospital Resource Utilization After Heart Surgery Demonstrated with Use of the PleuraFlow ACT System IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ClearFlow, Inc., a medical device company based in Irvine, California, has announced positive clinical trial results published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The trial evaluated the use of the […]

iRhythm Technologies Receives Notification of Deficiency from Nasdaq Related to Delayed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRTC) announced today that it received a standard notification letter (the “Notice”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), dated November 14, 2019, stating that, as a result of not having timely filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q […]