Tag: FDA

Nonin Medical Announces FDA Clearance of the CO-Pilot™ Wireless Handheld Multi-Parameter System

Device and sensors help EMS, fire departments and military track five patient parameters MINNEAPOLIS, July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Nonin Medical, Inc. today announced the CO-Pilot™ Wireless Handheld Multi-Parameter System (H500) received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The CO-Pilot is a handheld device with wireless capabilities that helps […]

Medtronic Gains FDA Clearance, CE Mark for LINQ II™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM)

Next Generation ICM Offers Remote Programming with Improved Longevity and Enhanced Accuracy DUBLIN, July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval for its LINQ II™ insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) with […]

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for New Heart Rhythm Devices Featuring Bluetooth Connectivity and Continuous Remote Monitoring

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s next-generation Gallant™ implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) devices. The devices bring new benefits to patients with heart rhythm disorders, including […]

Study Demonstrates that AI Technology is Better Predictor of Stroke than Traditional Methods, Elucid Bio Announces

Dr. Brajesh Lal of the University of Maryland Presents Study Data at the Society for Vascular Surgery Conference July 01, 2020 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Elucid Bio, maker of the FDA-cleared and CE-marked vascuCAP® software, announced today that its novel artificial intelligence (AI) technology demonstrated an over 70 […]

Philips receives FDA premarket approval for its HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators

Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, MA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval (PMA) for the company’s HeartStart FR3 [1] and HeartStart FRx [2] […]

Resverlogix Reaches Agreement With FDA for Key Aspects of Apabetalone Registration Enabling Study

CALGARY, Alberta, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Resverlogix Corp. (“Resverlogix”) (TSX:RVX) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its BETonMACE2 clinical plan as a registration enabling study with positive implications for Resverlogix and its ongoing partnership discussions. Key written development points from […]

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 is a temporary heart pump that provides circulatory support for […]

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 Durablate® catheter. The FDA Breakthrough Devices Program is intended to help patients […]

FDA Clears New XO Cross Microcatheter Platform

New non-tapered metal-alloy catheter platform FDA cleared for use in peripheral vasculature PARK CITY, Utah, May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Transit Scientific announced the FDA cleared the XO Cross® Microcatheter platform for guidewire support, exchange, and contrast media injection in the peripheral vasculature. Microcatheters are small 0.70-1.30mm outer diameter (OD) catheters used to provide guidewire […]

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 came as a result of a comprehensive submission, including outcomes […]