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Sirtex Medical announces strategic investment in BlackSwan Vascular, Inc.

Agreement includes investment to support clinical trials for potential first FDA-approved liquid embolic system for a peripheral vascular indication and option to acquire the company WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sirtex Medical (Sirtex), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, announced a strategic investment in BlackSwan Vascular, Inc. (BlackSwan), a Bay […]

Coala Life Launches First Direct-To-Patient Telecardiology Service

Coala Connect Rx service enables patients to virtually be prescribed a Coala Heart Monitor. The service is covered by most US healthcare plans and offered in partnership with US cardiologists. IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Coala Life, the award-winning Swedish innovator of real-time remote cardiac monitoring solutions announces the launch of […]

VOLTA MEDICAL’s VX1 AI software for use in atrial fibrillation mapping now FDA cleared

MARSEILLE, France, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Volta Medical, a pioneering French-based HealthTech startup is pleased to announce that it has obtained FDA clearance for its revolutionary VX1 AI (artificial intelligence) software. This is the first FDA clearance for an AI based tool in interventional cardiac electrophysiology. VX1 is a machine and deep […]

Medical Ingenuities Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for PH Band

Novel radial artery occlusion device removes the guesswork from achieving Patent Hemostasis HOLLAND, Mich., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Genesis Innovation Group’s cultivate(MD) Capital Fund II LP, a fund focused on investments into early stage healthcare companies with innovative technologies, announces that one of their portfolio companies, Wheaton, IL-based Medical Ingenuities, a medical device company […]

Artio Medical Expands Leadership Team, Hires General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development

Prairie Village, KS – December 8, 2020 – Artio Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative products for the peripheral vascular, neurovascular, and structural heart markets, today announced the appointment of John Ayres to the position of Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel. Mr. Ayres comes to […]

Stanford Surgeon Venita Chandra Joins Alucent Biomedical Scientific Advisory Board as Company Enters Arteriovenous Fistula Market

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alucent Biomedical, a privately held medical technology company founded to transform the way vascular disease is treated, today announced Venita Chandra, M.D., will join the company’s scientific advisory board. Dr. Chandra is board certified in both general and vascular surgery. She is a clinical associate professor of surgery […]

Neovasc Announces US$6.1 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc, Inc.(“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain healthcare-focused institutional investors for the sale of an aggregate of 6,230,803 common shares at a purchase price of US$0.9801 per common […]

Itamar Medical Announces Results from Multi-Center Study Validate Use of WatchPAT™ in Diagnosing Sleep Apnea in Patients with AFib

CAESAREA, Israel, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Itamar Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ITMR), a leading medical device and digital health company leading the integration of sleep apnea management into the cardiac patient care pathway, today announced the publication of a new study titled, ‘Watch-PAT is Useful in the Diagnosis of […]

OMRON Strengthens Engagement with AliveCor with Series E Investment, Reinforces Cross-company Alliance for Remote Cardiovascular Condition Management

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd. announced on November 24 additional investment into AliveCor by its parent company, OMRON Corporation, as part of $65 million series E funding for the leader in AI-based personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology. OMRON led this round of investment, reinforcing the cross-company collaboration that began in 2017. The companies continue to […]