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LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova” or the “Company”), a market-leading medical technology company, has announced the first patient enrollment in the Perceval® Valve Clinical study for Chinese Registration (“PERFECT”) Trial. The study is a pre-market, prospective, single-arm trial. The PERFECT trial is being conducted to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Masters HP™ 15mm rotatable mechanical heart valve, the world’s smallest mechanical heart valve, that will allow doctors to treat babies and toddlers in need of a mitral or aortic valve replacement. Until […]
SILVER SPRING, Md., March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approval of a heart valve to include a size small enough to be used in newborn pediatric patients to treat heart defects. Specifically, the agency approved the Masters Series Mechanical Heart Valve with […]
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences(NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced it has received CE Mark for its self-expanding CENTERA valve for severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis patients at high risk of open-heart surgery. The Edwards CENTERA […]
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands and ZURICH, November 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Xeltis, a clinical-stage medical device company pioneering a restorative approach in heart valve therapy, today announced the completion of an oversubscribed EUR45 million ($52 million) Series C financing. The funding round was led by a global strategic investor with participation […]
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiosolutions, Inc., today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance to grant a key US patent covering the company’s proprietary ‘spacer’ technology for the treatment of regurgitation in incompetent heart valves. The allowed patent underlies the […]
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova” or the “Company”), a market-leading medical technology company, today announced its Perceval® sutureless aortic heart valve received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP). The Perceval valve met the CMS criteria for NTAP, including the demonstration […]
DUBLIN – August 2, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced CE (Conformité Européenne) mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its new Avalus(TM) pericardial aortic surgical valve for the treatment of aortic valve disease. The Avalus valve leverages proven surgical bioprosthetic valve concepts with added features designed to […]
Article ID: 677120 Released: 27-Jun-2017 11:45 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Georgia Institute of Technology Newswise — Heart valve models created with advanced 3-D printers could soon assist cardiologists in preparing to perform life-saving heart valve replacements. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and […]
PARIS, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced late-breaking data at EuroPCR 2017 demonstrating excellent clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients treated with the Edwards CENTERA valve. These new […]
