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Acutus Medical Initiates First IDE Therapy Trial with the AcQBlate® FORCE Sensing Ablation System

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical (Nasdaq: AFIB), an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, today announced initial US enrollments in the company’s AcQForce™ Flutter Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial. This trial is expected to enroll up […]

Cardiac Insight Reports Increased Cardea 20/20 ECG™ Sales to Screen Young Athletes for Conditions at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Increased diagnostic precautions for athletes to detect cardiac conditions tied to sudden cardiac arrest amplified due to long-term COVID-19 cardiac risk concerns BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardiac Insight, Inc., a healthcare innovator specializing in wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) cardiac sensors and proven automated ECG analysis that delivers innovative solutions and highly differentiated benefits […]

Inari Medical Announces First Patient Enrolled in FLAME Study

IRVINE, Calif., April 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Inari Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARI) (“Inari”), a commercial-stage medical device company focused on developing products to treat and transform the lives of patients suffering from venous diseases, today announced the enrollment of the first high-risk pulmonary embolism (“PE”) patient in the FlowTriever […]

Tenax Therapeutics Reports Fiscal Year 2020 Results and Provides Business Update

MORRISVILLE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet medical need, today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2020 and provided a business update. “Now that the merger with […]

Surmodics Announces Successful First Patient Uses of Two Sublime™ Radial Access Platform Devices

Sublime™ Radial Access .014 RX PTA Dilatation Catheter, Sublime Radial Access Guide Sheath Deliver Outstanding Performance in Initial Physician Evaluations EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surmodics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, today announced the successful first uses with patients […]

Dr. Dipti Itchhaporia is New American College of Cardiology President

Itchhaporia looks to further digital transformation and health equity in cardiology during one-year term WASHINGTON, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC, today begins her term as president of the American College of Cardiology. During her one-year presidency, she will lead the over 54,000-member global organization in its mission to transform […]

B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc., an Affiliate of B. Braun Medical Inc., and Infraredx, a Nipro Company, Announce Strategic U.S. Collaboration to Execute the IDE Clinical Trial for the SeQuent® Please ReX™ Drug Coated PTCA Balloon Catheter

Following Receipt of FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, Market Leading Global Organizations Strengthen their Cooperation to Navigate U.S. Regulatory Pathway BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. (BIS) announced today that they will collaborate with Infraredx, a Nipro Company, to accelerate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Investigational Device Exemption […]

Marizyme, Inc. Issues Letter to Shareholders

JUPITER, Fla., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Marizyme, Inc. (OTCQB: MRZM), a publicly traded global biotechnology company developing products to reduce the burden of ischemia-reperfusion injury in tissue grafting, and other surgical indications, announces that Board Chairman James Sapirstein has issued a Letter to Shareholders providing a business update for the Company’s recent activities. The […]

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Introduces New Method to Monitor Endothelial Function, Aiding Prevention, Treatment of Heart Disease

Invention opens doors for medical device manufacturers to develop at-home or wearable devices to measure endothelial health BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endothelial function, like blood pressure, is a powerful predictor of heart attack and stroke; emerging studies have linked the COVID-19 virus to endothelial dysfunction. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has […]

Randomized Clinical Trial Results Confirm PleuraFlow Reduces Take Back for Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Reduction in chest tube clogging and take back for bleeding shown in randomized prospective clinical trial with PleuraFlow ACT System IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ClearFlow, Inc., a medical device company based in Irvine, California, has announced positive clinical trial results published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The findings are reported by cardiac […]