The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
DRIVEWIRE™ provides efficient access in difficult neuro and peripheral vascular procedures YOKNEAM, Israel & MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rapid Medical, a company focused on the development of the first class of responsive, adjustable neurovascular devices, announces the FDA clearance of DRIVEWIRE, a novel guidewire with a steerable distal tip that handles complex anatomical […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the first two patients in the world have been treated with the Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, a compact cardiopulmonary bypass system. The advanced ECMO technology pumps, oxygenates, and removes carbon dioxide from blood for patients whose lungs can no longer provide sufficient end organ oxygenation. The […]
Since 1996, the Foundation has funded nearly $14 million in research on congenital heart defects–America’s most common birth defect. NORTHBROOK, Ill., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Children’s Heart Foundation, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to funding congenital heart defect (CHD) research, will fund over $735,000 in CHD research and scientific collaborations this year across […]
TricValve® made in Europe VIENNA, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — P+F Products + Features GmbH has been granted designation as a Breakthrough Device for the company’s lead product, the TricValve® Transcatheter Bicval Valves System by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on December 15th 2020. The TricValve® is a system of two self-expanding biological valves for […]
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Atriomx Health, a Menlo Park, California-based developer of novel, non-invasive solutions for the detection and characterization of the underlying disease mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, announced today that it has secured a $10 million Series A financing. Ajax Health and Zeus Health will co-lead the Series […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a privately-held medical technology company focused on the development of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced it has completed an over-subscribed convertible note financing in which it has raised $10 million in gross proceeds. The financing was led by a China-based […]
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GBT Technologies Inc. (OTC PINK: GTCH) (“GBT”, or the “Company”), is developing an AI based graphic analytics system, targeted for medical imaging. As part of the company’s plan to move forward towards the medical analytics field, we started research and development activities to […]
Collaboration Strengthens Peijia’s Position for Competing in a Largely Untapped Market and Supports Global Expansion of HighLife’s Technology SUZHOU, China and PARIS, Dec. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Peijia Medical Ltd (HK Stock Code: 09996) and HighLife SAS, a Paris-based medical device company, focused on the development of a unique transeptal mitral valve replacement (“TMVR”) system to treat […]
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), today announced that the first patient has been treated in the RESTORE clinical trial, which will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the investigational HARPOON Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System in the United States and Canada. The HARPOON system uses a less-invasive technique than open-heart […]
HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On December 15, 2020, Professor Wang Jian‘an’s team from the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine successfully applied the DragonFly-T™ Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Clamping System to perform the first human clinical application in mainland China. This is the first self-developed product for trans-femoral tricuspid regurgitation […]
