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Rhaeos, Inc. Awarded $4 Million NIH SBIR Grant to Expand Quantitative Measurement Capabilities of its FlowSense™ Noninvasive Wireless Sensor

EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Rhaeos, Inc., a private medical device company focused on the care of patients with hydrocephalus, announced today it was awarded a $4 million, multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke […]

Cardialen Awarded $3 Million Federal Grant to Advance Therapy Designed to Treat Atrial Fibrillation for Improved Heart Failure Outcomes

National Institutes of Health grant will support Cardialen’s development of its implantable, low-energy therapy designed to treat atrial fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia associated with debilitating shortness of breath, fatigue, pain, and an increased risk of stroke. MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardialen, Inc., has been awarded a $3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) […]

Qardio Announces the First Remote Patient Monitoring System to Include a Cardiac Monitoring Service in a Single, Intuitive Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Qardio, Inc. announced today the launch of the first ever fully remote end-to-end RPM service to include cardiac arrhythmia analysis. QardioDirect (Qardio’s all-inclusive service for RPM) now includes ambulatory Cardiac monitoring to help diagnose atrial fibrillation along with a large range of other arrhythmias. Multiple […]

Cardiologs’ AI Improves Services for Cardiologists at Three European Medical Centers

Deep learning platform enables healthcare professionals in France to speed the analysis of electrocardiograms (ECGs), reduce wait times, and improve diagnostic capabilities PARIS and BOSTON, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiologs, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) cardiology diagnostics, is collaborating with cardiologists at three medical centers in France to strengthen their cardiology services.  Over the […]

Elevian Raises $40 Million Series A to Advance Treatments for Stroke Recovery and Age-Related Diseases

Funding round led by Prime Movers Lab ALLSTON, Mass., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Elevian, an emerging biotech company developing medicines that restore youthful regenerative capacity with the potential to treat and prevent multiple age-related diseases, today announced that it raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Prime Movers Lab. The […]

VESTECK, Inc. Continues to add investors, BioAdvance and Angel Star Ventures Increase Series A investment to >$5.2M

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — VESTECK, Inc., an early-stage medical device company, is pleased to announce the additional close of funds totaling >$5.2M of Series A financing, which includes conversion of all existing convertible notes. Philadelphia area investors BioAdvance (https://www.bioadvance.com/) and Angel Network (https://angelstarventures.com/) Kennett Square, PA lead these additional investments, joined by several other […]

Neovasc Announces FDA Approval of COSIRA-II Clinical Trial

Company on Schedule to Commence Trial Late This Year VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq, TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has received FDA approval for the Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) regarding the COSIRA-II IDE Clinical Trial. Following multiple discussions with FDA […]

CARMAT Receives Final Approval From the Patient Protection Committee for the Use of the Commercial Version of the Aeson® Heart in the EFICAS Study in France

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: CARMAT (FR0010907956, ALCAR), the designer and developer of the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, aiming to fulfill an unmet medical need by providing a therapeutic alternative to people suffering from end-stage biventricular heart failure, today announces that it has received final approval from the Patient Protection […]

Artio Medical Announces New Finance and Operations Leadership

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Artio Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative products for the peripheral vascular, neurovascular, and structural heart markets, today announced the hiring of Joe McConnell as Vice President of Business Operations and Finance and Irina Galkina as Controller. After graduating summa cum laude from Princeton University, McConnell joined the […]

CARMAT Reports Its 2021 Half-year Results and Issues an Update on Its Latest Progress and Main Strategic Objectives

6 Aeson® artificial hearts marketed to date Enrollment of the first cohort of 3 patients in the EFS1 in the USA finalized Cash position of €58 million at June 30, 2021, covering the Company’s activities through to mid-2022 Videoconference with Stéphane Piat today at 5 pm Paris time PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: […]