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ACC’s Innovation Roadmap Provides Framework for Future of Care Delivery

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a new health policy statement, the American College of Cardiology identifies how to best support health care advances in three arenas—digital health, big data and precision health. Health care transformation is the product of a shared vision between a broad range of stakeholders to establish the […]

Boston Scientific Announces Preliminary Unaudited Sales for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended December 31, 2017

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) generated sales, based upon preliminary unaudited financial information, of approximately $2.41 billion during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. This represents growth of approximately 9.9 percent on a reported basis, approximately 8.1 percent on an operational basis (excludes the […]

CardioFocus Announces Expanded Partnership With Japan Lifeline

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CardioFocus Inc., a medical device innovator and manufacturer dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for cardiac disorders such as atrial fibrillation (AF), today announced that it has entered into an expanded partnership with Japan Lifeline. The expanded partnership solidifies the commercial strategy for bringing the HeartLight® Endoscopic […]

Teleflex Surpasses 200,000 Successfully Reprocessed ClosureFast® Catheters

WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, today announced that more than 200,000 ClosureFast® Catheters have been successfully reprocessed by the company’s partner, Northeast Scientific, Inc. (NES), since NES received FDA clearance for reprocessing the popular vein ablation catheter in 2011. […]

Centerline Biomedical Completes Fifth Preclinical Study

CLEVELAND, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — As Centerline Biomedical, Inc. prepares to meet with investors, strategic partners and companies in the healthcare industry during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, it successfully completed a fifth preclinical study at Cleveland Clinic facilities evaluating its surgical navigation system, IOPS, the Intra-Operative Positioning System. This study […]

Neovasc Reports Tiara’s Clinical Case Load Accelerating

VANCOUVER, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company“) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today provided an update on its clinical program for the Tiara™ (“Tiara”) valve, a self-expanding mitral bioprosthesis for transcatheter implantation in patients with Mitral Regurgitation (“MR”), one of the most prevalent valvular heart diseases in western countries.  MR […]

Endotronix Announces Successful First-in-Human Implantation of the Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor and Initiation of the SIRONA Clinical Trial

LISLE, Ill., Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Endotronix, Inc., a medical technology company providing device and digital health solutions for heart failure management, today announced successful first-in-human implantation of the Cordella™ Pulmonary Artery (PA) Pressure Sensor and initiation of the SIRONA First-in-Human (FIH) clinical trial. Cardiologists Prof. Dr. Wilfried Mullens of Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg and University Hasselt and […]

Advanced Bifurcation Systems Announces Scott King Joins as Chief of Compliance Ahead of FDA Application

Published: Jan 05, 2018 Los Angeles –January 4, 2017 – Advanced Bifurcation Systems (ABS) Scott King has joined the leadership team as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. ABS is a clinical stage, medical device company whose stenting platform overcomes the limitations of current approaches for the treatment of bifurcation lesions in coronary angioplasties […]

The interventional cardiology devices market is expected to reach USD 20.85 billion by 2022 from USD 14.52 billion in 2017, at a CAGR of 7.5%

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p04534881 The interventional cardiology devices market is expected to reach USD 20.85 billion by 2022 from USD 14.52 billion in 2017, at a CAGR of 7.5%. Factors driving the growth of this market include rising geriatric population, improving healthcare infrastructure, and increasing incidence of CVD. On the […]

Sensifree Reports Statistically Significant Concordance of Arterial Pressure Signal Waveform Between its Continuous Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring Technology and Invasive Arterial Line

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sensifree, a medical device company developing advanced RF-based hemodynamic monitoring solutions, announces results of a clinical study showing excellent concordance between the signal morphology of its RF based sensor and invasive arterial line, the standard of care for continuous blood pressure monitoring. Clinical data from the study further […]