The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiac Insight, Inc., a leading U.S. developer of wearable medical devices and diagnostic software, announced today the company will showcase its one-of-a-kind cardiac devices and software systems, featuring proprietary algorithms, for the first time at a major cardiology exposition at the annual American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 67th Annual […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Masters HP™ 15mm rotatable mechanical heart valve, the world’s smallest mechanical heart valve, that will allow doctors to treat babies and toddlers in need of a mitral or aortic valve replacement. Until […]
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., March 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a developer of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced that AltaValve™, its medical device for mitral regurgitation (MR), was awarded first place in the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) competition held March 3-6, 2018 in Washington, DC. “AltaValve will answer […]
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of a heart valve to include a size small enough to be used in newborn pediatric patients to treat heart defects. Specifically, the agency approved the Masters Series Mechanical Heart Valve with […]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– HeartFlow, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Imperial College London. The collaboration will enable experts from HeartFlow and Imperial to work side-by-side on joint projects in the areas of medical imaging and deep learning. The company’s non-invasive HeartFlow® FFRct Analysis leverages deep […]
ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII) a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, presented 18-month outcomes from its LIBERTY 360° study at the Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2018 interventional cardiology conference in Washington, D.C. The […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELGX), a developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that the first patient was treated in the EVAS2 IDE Confirmatory Clinical Study of the investigational Nellix® EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) System by Sajjad M. Hussain, M.D., Chief of the Department of Vascular Surgery […]
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Symic Bio, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel extracellular matrix targeting drugs, today announced results from a preclinical study of locally-applied therapeutic SB-030 in the reduction of inflammatory response and clot formation. In a porcine arteriovenous shunt model for vascular procedures such as bypass grafts and angioplasty, […]
Comprehensive informatics and imaging solution features enhanced security protocols to meet industry-leading standards Improved interoperability and standardization increases scalability across the hospital enterprise to help improve efficiency and quality AMSTERDAM and LAS VEGAS, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the launch of IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 3.1, […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first automated robotic movement designed for the CorPath GRX platform. The proprietary software feature, named “Rotate on Retract” […]
