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Julie Stephenson Joins BioSig as Senior Director of Clinical Affairs

Westport, CT, July 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing technology platform designed to address an unmet need for the electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that Ms. Julie Stephenson, BSN, MBA joined the Company as Senior Director of Clinical Affairs. […]

Boston Scientific Announces Results For Second Quarter 2019

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) generated sales of $2.631 billion during the second quarter of 2019. This represents growth of 5.6 percent on a reported basis, 8.0 percent on an operational1 basis and 6.3 percent on an organic2 basis, all compared to the prior year period. The company reported […]

Ablacon Announces Closing of a $10 Million Venture Debt Facility and $2 Million Equity Investment from Western Technology Investment; Josef Koblish and Melissa Kong to Join the Company

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ablacon Inc. announced today that it has entered into a $10 millionventure debt facility with Western Technology Investment (WTI). The debt is accompanied by a $2 million equity investment in the Company. This financing will help fund Ablacon’s first multicenter randomized clinical trial for Ablamap, an advanced mapping […]

Edwards Lifesciences Reports Second Quarter Results

IRVINE, Calif., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. Second Quarter and Recent Highlights Sales grew 15% to $1.1 billion; underlying1 sales grew 14% TAVR sales grew 16%; underlying […]

Ortho Receives CE Mark for Enhanced VITROS® Immunodiagnostic Products NT-proBNP II Assay, an Aid in Diagnosing and Assessing Heart Failure

RARITAN, N.J., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, announced the CE Mark of an enhanced version of its VITROS® NT-proBNP II assay, part of Ortho’s expansive cardiac menu. The analytical characteristics and clinical performance of the VITROS NT-proBNP II assay allow clinicians to efficiently assess […]

Ablative Solutions Announces Enrollment and Randomization of First Patient in Global Clinical Trial Evaluating Company’s Novel Therapy for Uncontrolled Hypertension

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ablative Solutions, Inc., a company pioneering new approaches to the treatment of hypertension, today announced the enrollment and randomization of the first patient in the TARGET BP I global clinical trial. Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta is the first hospital center worldwide to enroll and randomize […]

SINOMED® Concludes Enrollment of the PIONEER III Randomized, Pivotal Study of the BuMA Supreme® Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent

TIANJIN, China, July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant milestone toward obtaining key regulatory approvals for the BuMA Supreme Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) System, SINOMED has completed enrollment in the PIONEER III randomized, controlled clinical trial.  The PIONEER III trial is designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of the BuMA Supreme […]

Penumbra Introduces Latest Stroke Thrombectomy Aspiration Technology at SNIS 2019

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN), a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, today announced U.S. commercial availability of the Penumbra System’s most advanced technology – the Penumbra JET 7 Reperfusion Catheter with XTRA FLEX technology – at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 16th Annual Meeting in Miami. Penumbra JET […]

ZOLL Acquires Mobilize RRS LLC.

CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Mobilize RRS LLC., of Pittsford, N.Y., a privately held company that markets the Mobilize Rescue Systems app and associated rescue kits, which are designed […]