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First U.S. Patients Treated with Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist, a Minimally Invasive, Forward Flow Heart Pump

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Three cardiac surgeons at Cleveland Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are the first in the United States to implant Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) newest heart pump, the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist. Ed Soltesz, MD, Mark Anderson, MD, and Danny Ramzy, MD, have each successfully implanted multiple pumps during cardiac procedures at their hospitals. Mark […]

myTAIHEART Test Provides Evidence for Injury from Biopsy of Heart Transplant Recipients

MILWAUKEE, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TAI Diagnostics, Inc., focused on developing innovative diagnostic tests for monitoring the health of transplanted organs, today announced the publication, “Effect of endomyocardial biopsy on levels of donor-specific cell-free DNA” in the October, 2019 issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. The clinical study presented in the paper was conducted jointly […]

Abiomed Announces Q2 FY 2020 Revenue of $205 Million and 29.4% Operating Margin

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart recovery and support technologies, today reported second quarter fiscal 2020 revenue of $205.0 million, an increase of 13% compared to revenue of $181.8 million for the same period of fiscal 2019. Operating income was $60.2 million, up 20%, compared […]

Medtronic Announces Shonin Approval and Launch of the Valiant Navion™ Thoracic Stent Graft System in Japan

Lower-Profile Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) Device Continues to Broaden Global Treatable Patient Population with Thoracic Aortic Disease DUBLIN, Oct. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced Shonin approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the launch of the Valiant Navion™ thoracic stent graft system […]

Baylis Medical Introduces a 2-French Electrophysiology Catheter into North America

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Baylis Medical announced today the first North American use of its EPstar™ Fixed Electrophysiology Catheters. The EPstar catheters make available the smallest diagnostic catheter in the North American electrophysiology market, allowing physicians to reach previously inaccessible areas of the heart for procedure mapping. The EPstar […]

ANI Announces Plans to Launch Bretylium Tosylate Injection, USP 500mg/10ml (50mg/ml) for Ventricular Arrhythmias

BAUDETTE, Minn., Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ANI”) (Nasdaq: ANIP) today announced that its partner Pharmaceutics International Inc. (Pii) has received FDA approval of a Prior Approval Supplement for Bretylium Tosylate Injection, USP 500mg/10ml (50mg/ml).  ANI plans to launch this currently unavailable drug in December, introducing this critical drug for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation and life-threatening […]