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Hemostemix Announces Enrollment Milestone in the ACP-01 Phase II Critical Limb Ischemia Clinical Trial

CALGARY, Alberta, April 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hemostemix Inc. (“Hemostemix” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: HEM; OTCQB: HMTXF) is pleased to announce that it has reached an enrollment milestone in its continuing Phase II Clinical Trial for critical limb ischemia (“CLI”). Enrollment rates have increased substantially over the past […]

Catasys Appoints Healthcare Industry Leader Carol Murdock to Newly Created Chief Commercial Officer Role

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Catasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATS) (“Catasys” or the “Company”), a leading AI and technology-enabled healthcare company, today announced the appointment of Carol Murdock as Chief Commercial Officer. She will lead Business Development, Account Management, Marketing and Corporate Communications, reporting to Mr. Terren Peizer, Chairman and CEO. Ms. Murdock joins the […]

Silk Road Medical Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silk Road Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: SILK) (“Silk Road Medical”), a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 6,000,000 shares of common stock, and the exercise in full of the […]

CHF Solutions Announces Launch of Ultrafiltration Program at Oklahoma Heart Institute

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS) today announced that Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has launched an ultrafiltration program using the Aquadex FlexFlow® system to assist in the management of fluid overload in patients following cardiac surgery and patients suffering from heart […]

Frank J. Quintero Joins BioSig Technologies Advisory Board

Santa Monica, CA, April 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that Frank J. Quintero, a Los Angeles-based investor, joined the Advisory Board of the Company. Mr. […]

Conformal Medical Announces First Human Use of Conformal LAA Seal for Stroke Prevention in US Feasibility Study

NASHUA, N.H., April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Conformal Medical, Inc., developer of the Conformal Left Atrial Appendage Seal for LAA occlusion, reports the first human use of its proprietary technology for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). The case was performed by Robert Sommer, MD at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical […]

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced preliminary unaudited revenue results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.

Preliminary First Quarter 2019 Results The Company expects worldwide sales from continuing operations for the first quarter 2019 to be approximately $251 million, flat on a reported basis and an increase of 4.0 percent on a constant-currency basis compared to the first quarter of 2018. Neuromodulation sales are anticipated to […]

Medtronic HeartWare(TM) HVAD(TM) System Demonstrates Reduction in Total Strokes, Disabling Strokes and Stroke-Related Mortality with Blood Pressure Management

DUBLIN and ORLANDO, Fla. – April 5, 2019 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the results of an analysis on the impact of stroke severity in patients receiving its HeartWare(TM) HVAD(TM) System as destination therapy, showing that targeted blood pressure management helped reduce serious strokes. The HVAD System is a left […]

BD Announces Live Webcast Of Second Fiscal Quarter Earnings Conference Call

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that it will conduct a live webcast of its second fiscal quarter 2019 earnings conference call on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. (ET). BD will issue a press release detailing the quarter’s earnings earlier that morning. The […]