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CardioFocus Secures $55 Million In Financing

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CardioFocus, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib), today announced the completion of a $55 million round of financing. The company’s current syndicate of institutional investors participated in the financing, and included senior debt financing from Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (“Kennedy Lewis“). […]

Reprieve Cardiovascular Announces Late-Breaking Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trial Data

MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reprieve Cardiovascular™, a pioneering medical device company focused on improving outcomes for patients suffering from Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF), today announced the results of two non-randomized, prospective clinical trials in patients hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure (AHF). The two studies demonstrate that using Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy, the […]

CathVision Expand Board of Directors

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CathVision ApS, a medical device company developing, manufacturing and selling cardiac amplifier and electrophysiology products, announced today the addition of two industry leaders to its Board of Directors. Søren Thestrup-Nielsen, MD, was elected Chairman of the Board, and Denis Gestin was elected Member of the Board. Soren Thestrup-Nielsen, […]

Proximo Medical Selected as Commercialization Partner for Walk Vascular

CASTLE PINES, Colo., May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Proximo Medical today announced that it has been selected as the marketing and commercial partner for Walk Vascular, an innovative medical device company that has developed JETi, a novel Peripheral Thrombectomy Catheter. Proximo Medical is a fractional commercial organization for start-up medical device technologies that delivers market […]

Acasti Issues Shares in Settlement of Claims with Former Chief Executive Officer

LAVAL, Québec, May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acasti Pharma Inc. (“Acasti or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ACST – TSX-V: ACST) announced that it has completed the previously disclosed issuance of 900,000 common shares from treasury to its former chief executive officer (the “Former CEO”) pursuant to the terms of a settlement agreement […]

Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated Early With Cell Therapy Delivered With BioCardia’s Helix Endocardial Delivery System Improved in Ejection Fraction and NYHA Class

PARIS and SAN CARLOS, Calif., May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced positive results from a study of the company’s Helix™ Biotherapeutic Delivery System for cell therapy used to treat patients early following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) […]

Robocath strengthens its medical advisory board with international interventional cardiology experts

Rouen, France, May 21, 2019 – Robocath, a company that designs, develops and commercializes cardiovascular robotic systems for the treatment of vascular diseases, announces today that Pr Haude, Dr Lorgat and Pr Nef have joined its medical advisory board. All are global experts and recognized leaders in interventional cardiology. The board […]

Elixir Medical Announces Outstanding 9 and 12-Month Clinical and Imaging Results for the Transformational DynamX™ Bioadaptor at EuroPCR

MILPITAS, Calif. & PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of products that combine state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals, announced at EuroPCR excellent 9 and 12-month clinical and imaging data for the DynamX™ Novolimus-eluting Bioadaptor System, a next-generation coronary intervention system designed to treat blocked arteries via a novel vessel […]

Use of HeartFlow Planner Leads to Change in Treatment Strategy in Nearly Half of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc., today announced new data demonstrating that the use of the investigational HeartFlow Planner, a real-time, non-invasive interactive planning tool, led to a change in treatment strategy in 45% of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and reduced the need for invasive physiology. The data from […]

Corindus CorPath GRX System Successfully Used in Live Complex Robotic-Assisted Coronary Intervention at EuroPCR 2019

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (“Corindus” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today its CorPath® GRX System was successfully used to perform a live complex robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at the EuroPCR 2019 Conference in Paris, France on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Interventional Cardiologist, […]