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ViVitro Labs Introduces World’s first “Set it and forget it” Heart Valve Durability Tester

New Heart Valve Durability tester with Automatic Dual Control technology debuts at the 34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. “Introducing a New Generation of Durability Testers” VICTORIA, BC, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ViVitro Labs, the industry-leading provider of cardiovascular device test equipment and related […]

SUPIRA MEDICAL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL FIRST-IN-HUMAN USE OF ITS NEXT GENERATION PERCUTANEOUS VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

Three leading U.S. interventional cardiologists attend initial cases as company prepares to expand its clinical program LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Supira Medical, Inc., a Shifamed portfolio company focused on developing the next-generation solution for mechanical circulatory support, announced today it has initiated its first-in-human clinical study performed by principal […]

AVS Announces Multi-Site Enrollment of First Patients in POWER PAD I Clinical Trial and Appointment of William H. Kucheman to Board of Directors

Pulsatile Intravascular Lithotripsy shows promise as new treatment therapy for severely calcified vessels ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AVS, an early-stage medical device company focused on safely and effectively treating severely calcified arterial disease with its PIVL™ therapy, today announced enrollment, successful treatment, and positive 30-day follow up data of the first […]

Galvanize Therapeutics Announces Merger to Create the Premier Pulsed Electric Field Therapy Company and Completion of $100 Million Series B Financing

Merger unites three companies created by life sciences venture capital firm ATP—Gala Therapeutics, Galaxy Medical, and Galvanize Therapeutics—to create a single company based on the AliyaTM Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) energy platform Galvanize is developing and commercializing systems for chronic bronchitis symptoms, cardiac arrhythmias, solid tumors, and drug delivery $100 million funding […]

Excision Medical Inc. Announces $2.5M Funding and Two Important Additions to its Scientific Advisory Board

MALVERN, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Excision Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company addressing the rapidly growing need for lifetime management of aortic stenosis through leaflet modification technology, announced today that it has raised a $2.5M financing led by the internal team, and added Drs. James McCabe, MD (UW Medicine, Seattle, WA) and Adam […]

EDWARDS PASCAL PRECISION TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR SYSTEM RECEIVES FDA APPROVAL FOR DEGENERATIVE MITRAL REGURGITATION

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ( NYSE: EW), today announced the company’s PASCAL Precision transcatheter valve repair system for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) has received FDA approval for the treatment of patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR). “Patients suffering with debilitating symptoms as a result of degenerative mitral regurgitation represent a […]

Azin Parhizgar To Chair Protembis’ New Board of Directors

Leadership team reinforced for next phase in Protembis’ clinical and regulatory growth trajectory AACHEN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Protembis GmbH, a privately-held emerging cardiovascular medical device company, announced today the appointment of highly experienced and successful serial entrepreneur and medical device executive Azin Parhizgar (Ph.D.) as an Independent Member and Chairwoman of the […]

TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR OPENS MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN COSTA RICA

The $42 million USD expansion demonstrates the company’s continued investment to support its global customers which include hospitals and healthcare providers conducting cardiovascular surgery. Terumo Cardiovascular is one of the world’s leading providers of perfusion products. The Costa Rica facility will produce the Company’s complete line of custom perfusion circuits (tubing kits) which are […]

Neovasc Comments on New ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes for Refractory Angina

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) development of new codes for the diagnosis and tracking of refractory angina. The new codes will be utilized in the current, 10th […]

HeartBeam Granted Patent for 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Patch Monitor Intended for Detection of Heart Attacks and Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias

Patent Opens Pathway to a Disruptive Ischemia and Arrhythmia Detection ECG Patch Product SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartBeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAT), a cardiac technology company that has developed the first and only 3D-vector ECG platform for heart attack detection anytime, anywhere, announced today that its patent for a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) patch […]