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Mount Sinai Study Validates DiA’s Cardiac Ultrasound AI Algorithm, Finding it Comparable to Cardiac MRI

Study results demonstrate the accuracy of AI-based ultrasound software, enabling a quicker detection of right ventricle dysfunction caused by COVID-19, pulmonary embolism, and more BE’ER SHEVA, Israel, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DiA Imaging Analysis, the leading provider of advanced AI-based software for ultrasound analysis, was featured in a recent study presented by a […]

Soundbite Medical Announces Issuance Of A Fifth U.S. Patent Covering Novel Active Balloon Devices Intended For Plaque Modification Of Calcified Arteries

MONTREAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Soundbite Medical Solutions Inc. (SBMS), a medical device company dedicated to developing solutions for the interventional treatment of calcific occlusive peripheral and coronary arterial diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US patent No. 11,179,169, entitled “Device for delivering mechanical waves through a balloon catheter”. […]

BD Names Dr. Joseph M. Smith as Chief Scientific Officer

Digital Health Pioneer to Focus on External Innovation; Becomes Co-Chair of BD Scientific Advisory Board FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Dr. Joseph M. Smith has been named senior vice president and chief scientific officer for the […]

Verve Therapeutics Appoints Allison Dorval, Experienced Financial Executive, as Chief Financial Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verve Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: VERV), a biotech company pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease with single-course gene editing medicines, today announced that Allison Dorval has been appointed as chief financial officer. Ms. Dorval joins Verve from Voyager Therapeutics and […]

Canon Medical Introduces Super-Resolution Deep-Learning Reconstruction for Cardiac CT Scans

Aquilion ONE / PRISM Edition Now Offers Precise IQ Engine (PIQE) DLR* and SilverBeam Filter* OTAWARA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Canon Medical is breaking ground once again with the introduction of Precise IQ Engine (PIQE) DLR and SilverBeam filter in the latest version of the Aquilion ONE / PRISM edition. PIQE, super-resolution deep-learning […]

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Expands Management Team with Appointment of Adam Lynch as Vice President, Corporate Development and External Affairs

BELOIT, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals used for therapeutic applications and medical imaging, today announced the appointment of Adam D. Lynch as Vice President, Corporate Development and External Affairs. In this new position, he brings to the Company more […]

Milestone: MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center Performs 100th TAVR Procedure

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA – MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (OCMC) has announced that its Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program’s cardiac team recently performed their 100th TAVR procedure. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a minimally-invasive procedure that allows the aortic valve in your heart to be replaced with a […]

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence of The United Kingdom Provides Positive Guidance for Neovasc Reducer System

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today announced that the United Kingdom’s Interventional Procedures Programme at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) has issued guidance supporting the implantation of the Neovasc Reducer™ (“Reducer”) in appropriate patients suffering from refractory […]

Philips collaborates with leading institutes to bring its breakthrough spectral CT imaging into the interventional suite

 Philips showcases world’s first spectral detector angio-CT solution at RSNA 2021 Solution combines breakthrough spectral detector CT imaging and real-time fluoroscopy in a flexible environment where all modalities are operated through Philips Image-Guided Therapy System – Azurion with FlexArm Philips’ Spectral detector CT imaging in the interventional suite brings valuable […]

World’s First|Aopeng Medical Completes Clinical Trial of Robotic-Assisted Peripheral artery Intervention of iliac artery in human

SHANGHAI, Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On November , 2021, Aopeng Medical’s ALLVAS™ Endovascular Intervention Surgical Robot, successfully completed the first-in-human clinical evaluation of robot-assisted peripheral artery intervention of iliac artery in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Shanghai Changhai Hospital. The procedure was operated by Prof. Qing-Sheng Lu and his colleagues. The endovascular […]