REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced that its Ocelot image-guided chronic total occlusion (CTO) crossing device was featured in a live case on June 19th at Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) 2018 […]
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Mercator MedSystems Receives $11M in Series D Equity Financing Led by Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Mercator MedSystems, Inc., today announced it has received $11 million in Series D equity financing led by Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. (Salubris), with participation from current Mercator investors and other undisclosed new investors. The new funding will further advance the clinical development of Mercator’s proprietary micro-infusion catheter systems […]
REVA Extends Technological Lead in Bioresorbable Scaffolds With CE Mark Approval of the Full Fantom® Encore Product Line
SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX:RVA) (“REVA” or the “Company”), a leader in bioresorbable polymer technologies for vascular applications, today announced it has received CE Mark approval for its full Fantom® Encore product line. This covers Fantom Encore in the 3.0 and 3.5 mm diameters, […]
Saranas Announces Scheduled Presentations at TVT 2018 in Chicago
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas Inc., a medical device company with innovative technology for real-time detection and monitoring of internal bleeding during endovascular procedures, has been invited to present at the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) Structural Heart Disease Summit, which will take place June 20-23 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Scheduled presentations of […]
PlaqueTec Sponsors and Presents Data at Vulnerable Patient Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PlaqueTec announced today that it will sponsor the exclusive Vulnerable Patient Meeting (VPM), taking place 24-26 June in Stresa, Italy, for the fourth time. VPM, hosted by Cardialysis, is an annual invitation-only meeting focused on atherosclerosis for approximately 75-100 attendees, with a faculty of cardiology opinion leaders, regulators, […]
Marina Biotech Appoints Robert Moscato to Chief Executive Officer
City of Industry, CA, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB: MRNA), a commercial stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for hypertension, arthritis, pain and oncology, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert C. Moscato, Jr. to serve […]
Idorsia initiates PRECISION – Phase 3 study with aprocitentan for resistant hypertension management
Allschwil, Switzerland – June 20, 2018 Idorsia Ltd (SIX: IDIA) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled into PRECISION, a Phase 3 study to investigate the efficacy and safety of aprocitentan for resistant hypertension management in adults. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, remains the most frequent addressable risk […]
InspireMD’s CGuard EPS Featured at the SBHCI Congress in Brazil
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE AMER:NSPR), a leader in embolic prevention systems (EPS) / thrombus management technologies and neurovascular devices, today announced that CGuard™ EPS was featured at the SBHCI Congress, sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology, which took […]
Hancock Jaffe Laboratories Selects Site for First-in-Human VenoValve Study
IRVINE, Calif., June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:HJLI) (Nasdaq:HJLIW), a company specializing in bioprosthetic medical devices to establish improved standards of care for treating cardiac and vascular diseases, today announced that it has selected Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (“FSFB”), in Bogota Columbia, as the […]
Fujifilm Brings Enterprise Solutions for Echocardiography, Vascular, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound to ASE 2018
STAMFORD, Conn. and BOTHELL, Wash., June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — (Booth #414) – FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. and FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., will bring their collective cardiovascular medical imaging portfolio to the American Society of Echocardiography’s (ASE) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, taking place June 22 – 26, 2018 in Nashville, TN.During the scientific sessions Fujifilm will provide the technology to support a point-of-care ultrasound […]



