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Northwestern Medicine Partners with Caption Health to Introduce New Artificially Intelligent Ultrasound Systems into Clinical Practice

Northwestern Memorial Hospital First in Country to Adopt Caption AI in Multiple Clinical Settings CHICAGO, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the United States to purchase Caption Health’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology for ultrasound, Caption AI. The FDA cleared, AI-guided ultrasound system enables healthcare providers to acquire and […]

Neovasc Announces FDA Advisory Panel Result on Neovasc Reducer™ Medical Device for the Treatment of Refractory Angina

VANCOUVER and MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel voted 14 to 4 “in favor” that the Neovasc Reducer™ is safe when used as intended, and voted 1 to […]

Bayer Signs Letter of Intent to Build New Distribution Center in Saxonburg, PA

New 220,000 square-foot Distribution Center to support ongoing growth of business PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bayer announced its plans to build a new 220,000 sq. ft. Distribution Center to support the ongoing growth of Bayer’s Radiology global business that supplies medical device products world-wide. A 10-year lease with optional extensions is being negotiated. […]

CHF Solutions Announces Deployment of Aquadex Systems to Hospitals in the Southeast to Treat COVID-19 Patients

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, today announced that it has shipped Aquadex™ product to medical facilities in Tennessee and South Carolina to treat critically ill patients suffering […]

VALBIOTIS Presents the First Market Data on Untreated LDL-hypercholesterolemia For TOTUM-070, And Announces the Initiation of The Phase II Clinical Study HEART

TOTUM-070 is being developed particularly for individuals with untreated hypercholesterolemia, with LDL-cholesterol levels up to 190 mg/dL associated with moderate overall cardiovascular risk. It responds to an unmet medical need for this population; TOTUM-070 has high potential in the market for non-drug LDL-cholesterol products, which is estimated at 1.2 billion […]

Teleflex Delivers COMPLETE Confidence with the New Arrow® ErgoPack® Complete CVC System

Most important CVC update in a decade adds a variety of clinician-inspired enhancements WAYNE, Pa., Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX) delivers COMPLETE confidence to central line inserters with the release of the Arrow® ErgoPack® Complete CVC System, the most important update to its market-leading1 portfolio of Centrally-Inserted Central […]

Vascular Care of Texas’ Case Report Published in Vascular Disease Management Showcases Vivify Health’s Remote Patient Monitoring Capabilities

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vivify Health, the developer of the nation’s leading connected care platform for remote patient care, has achieved a new milestone. The use of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform to manage care for Vascular Care of Texas’ patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is being highlighted in the October […]

Corventive Health Partners with Halfpenny Technologies to Enhance its Cardiac Care Solutions

NEWTOWN, Pa., Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Corventive Health, a provider of cloud-based and AI technology solutions, announced a partnership with Halfpenny Technologies, an Accumen, Inc. company today. This partnership fortifies Corventive’s core capability of delivering clinical insights that improve care coordination and cardiac outcomes. Corventive provides early cardiovascular disease detection and intervention […]

Medtronic Venous Stent Receives U.S. FDA Approval to Treat Venous Outflow Obstruction

Abre™ Venous Self-Expanding Stent System Safe, Effective in Treating Challenging Deep Venous Lesions DUBLIN, Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire(opens new window)/ — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Abre™ venous self-expanding stent system. This device is indicated for […]

Foldax Receives FDA Approval to Expand Clinical Study of Novel Biopolymer Aortic Heart Valve

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foldax®, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to expand the U.S. clinical study of the Tria™ surgical aortic heart valve. This next stage of enrollment is expected to begin within the next month. “We are excited to expand enrollment […]