SAN DIEGO, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX: RVA) (“REVA” Or The “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, announced the first implant of its recently launched Fantom Encore bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) in Italy. The implant procedure was performed by Professor Antonio Colombo at […]
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Biotricity Actively Pursues Holter Market with Bioflux Product Offering
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Biotricity Inc. (OTCQB: BTCY), a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, today announced that it will be actively pursuing the Holter market in addition to the MCT market with its Bioflux product offering, expanding its revenue growth opportunities. Bioflux is a 3 in 1 monitoring solution, […]
Caelum Biosciences Announces Two Oral Presentations of Additional Data from Phase 1b Study of Anti-Amyloid mAb CAEL-101 and Preclinical Imaging Study at 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
NEW YORK, Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caelum Biosciences, Inc. (“Caelum”), a company focused on developing treatments for rare and life-threatening diseases, today announced additional global longitudinal strain (“GLS”) data from the Phase 1b study of CAEL-101, a light chain fibril-reactive monoclonal antibody (“mAb”) 11-1F4, in patients with cardiac amyloid light […]
Hancock Jaffe Announces January CoreoGraft Study at the Texas Heart Institute
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a company specializing in medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that it will begin a feasibility study for its CoreoGraft bioprosthetic graft on January 29th at the Texas Heart Institute. The pre-clinical […]
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center Performs World’s First Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Repair in CLASP IID Pivotal Trial
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center today announced that its internationally recognized cardiac team performed the world’s first transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr; a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to repair the heart’s mitral valve) in the CLASP IID Pivotal Trial. The CLASP IID Trial led […]
Arizona Patients Successfully Receive the World’s First Bioconvertible IVC Filter Commercially Offered In US
BTG plc (LSE: BTG), the global healthcare company, today announced the first patients outside of a clinical trial have been successfully implanted with the BTG Sentry device – the world’s first bioconvertible IVC filter. The BTG Sentry filter is designed to provide protection from Pulmonary Embolism (PE) for the period […]
JenaValve Technology Receives FDA Approval for Expanded IDE Enrollment in the Treatment of Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Severe Aortic Regurgitation
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JenaValve Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of differentiated transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of expansion of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) feasibility studies for the JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System with the Everdur™ transcatheter heart valve (THV) and […]
Revive Solutions Raises $3.4M Seed Round to Develop Life-Saving Cardiac Technology
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Revive Solutions, Inc. (“Revive” or the “Company”), a leading developer of a next generation Automated External Defibrillator (“AED”) addressing the global public health issue of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (“SCA”), has announced the completion of its $3.4M Seed Financing Round, which was led by new investor, Greenbox Venture Partners, […]
Conformal Medical Announces $9 million Series B Financing
NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Conformal Medical, Inc., developer of the Conformal Left Atrial Appendage Seal for LAA occlusion, has secured $9 million in Series B funding. Conformal is developing proprietary seal technology for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Over five million people in the United States have AFib, […]
Medtronic Announces First Patient Treated in TERMINATE AF Clinical Trial
DUBLIN – December 3, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced the first patient treated in the TERMINATE AF trial, a multi-center study evaluating two surgical ablation devices – the Cardioblate(TM) Irrigated RF (IRF) System and the CryoFlex(TM) Surgical Ablation System – for the treatment of non-paroxysmal (persistent or longstanding persistent) […]



