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InspireMD’s CGuard EPS Prominently Featured at the 10th International Congress of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery

Tel Aviv, Israel, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE AMER: NSPR), a leader in embolic prevention systems (EPS) / thrombus management technologies and neurovascular devices, today announced that study results on its CGuard™ EPS were presented at the 10th International Congress of the Polish Society for Vascular Surgery […]

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch of OutsmartPSVT.com Supporting Patients with PSVT, a Common and Underdiagnosed Heart Disorder

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Milestone Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., a clinical stage cardiovascular company, today announced the launch of OutsmartPSVT.com, a new educational online resource for patients living with a recurring and sporadic heart arrhythmia called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). The website is designed to help fill a long-standing information gap in the PSVT […]

Essential Medical Announces IDE Study Results to be Presented in Late Breaking Clinical Science Session at TVT 2018

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Essential Medical, Inc., a private medical device company focused on innovative solutions for large bore vascular closure, today announced that the results from the SAFE MANTA IDE clinical trial will be presented at the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) 2018 congress in Chicago June 20-22. Essential Medical’s MANTA™ system is the […]

Leviticus Cardio Announces Successful Animal Trial Demonstrating Wireless Power to Jarvik 2000

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Leviticus Cardio, inventor of wireless technology for certain medical devices, announces the successful animal implantation of the world’s first Hybrid Wireless Fully Implanted Ventricular Assisted System or “Hybrid FILVAS.” The new cardio device, designed for human patients with chronic heart conditions requiring an implanted heart pump, can be […]

Bay Labs’ EchoMD AutoEF Software Receives FDA Clearance for Fully Automated AI Echocardiogram Analysis

SAN FRANCISCO – June 19, 2018 – Bay Labs, a medical technology company at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to cardiovascular imaging, today announced its EchoMD AutoEF software product received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fully automated clip selection and calculation […]

Avinger Announces First Patients Enrolled in Post-Market Study Comparing Pantheris OCT Imaging to Intravascular Ultrasound

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avinger, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), today announced the initiation of the SCAN study, a post-market study comparing optical coherence tomography (OCT) with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) as a diagnostic imaging tool in the […]

CellAegis Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in UK Investigator Sponsored Clinical Trial using autoRIC® Device

TORONTO, June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CellAegis Devices Inc. (“CellAegis” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage medical device company advancing innovative, non-invasive, safe and cost-effective solutions for acute and chronic cardiovascular conditions, today announced completion of patient enrollment in a large-scale, investigator-sponsored trial (“ERIC-PPCI”) to further assess the efficacy of […]

FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Cardinal Health’s INCRAFT® AAA Stent Graft System for the Endovascular Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

DUBLIN, Ohio, June 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has provided a favorable recommendation on the premarket approval application for INCRAFT® AAA Stent Graft System (INCRAFT). The panel voted 11 to 4 in […]

Venus Medtech Enters North American Market

HANGZHOU, China and VANCOUVER, Canada, June 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — On June 12, 2018, St Paul ‘s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada successfully completed two cases of VenusP-Valve self-expanding pulmonary valve implantation. This is the first appearance of Venus Medtech’s transcatheter valve products in North America. The pace of internationalization continues to move forward. Although surgical treatment of congenital heart disease […]

LivaNova Receives FDA Clearance and Completes First Implant for its MEMO 4D Semi-rigid Mitral Annuloplasty Ring

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova” or the “Company”), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its MEMO 4D® semi-rigid mitral annuloplasty ring and confirmed the first implantation of the device. MEMO 4D, LivaNova’s next-generation of the MEMO device family, now offers a broader range of […]