Tag: FDA

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Impella RP as Therapy for COVID-19 Patients with Right Heart Failure

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Impella RP to include patients suffering from COVID-19 related right heart failure or decompensation, including pulmonary embolism (PE). Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) manufactures Impella RP. Impella RP […]

Thermedical’s Groundbreaking SERF Ablation System Earns FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thermedical®, a developer of thermal-ablation medical systems to treat ventricular tachycardia (VT), today announced that it has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its Saline Enhanced Radiofrequency (SERF) Ablation system and […]

CardioFocus Announces US FDA Approval of HeartLight® X3 System for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CardioFocus, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the next-generation HeartLight® X3 Endoscopic Ablation System for the treatment of drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). Approval of the HeartLight X3 System […]

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to VitalConnect for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients

VitalPatch® wearable biosensor can monitor for heart-related side effects of Hydroxychloroquine and other COVID-19 treatments SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — VitalConnect®, Inc., a leader in wearable biosensor technology, announced it was granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) status by the U.S. Food and […]

Biocardia Announces FDA-Recommended Modifications to Primary Endpoint for Cardiamp Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial to Support Marketing Approval

SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia®, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today reported that it has accepted and implemented FDA-recommended modifications to the primary endpoint for the CardiAMP® […]