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DUBLIN- August 14, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced a global randomized clinical trial that will evaluate one-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) – the combination of aspirin and an anti-clotting medication – in patients implanted with the Resolute Onyx(TM) Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Designed to […]
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 […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Boca Raton Regional Hospital Aug 01, 2017, 12:24 ET BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Boca Raton Regional Hospital is the first in Florida and one of only five centers nationally to non-invasively map irregular heartbeats in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias who have not responded adequately […]
DUBLIN – July 31, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced CE (Conformité Européenne) mark and European launch of the CoreValve(TM)Evolut(TM) PRO valve for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis for symptomatic patients who are at intermediate, high or extreme risk for open heart surgery. Clinical data for the Evolut PRO valve […]
DUBLIN, Ohio, July 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Medtronic’s Patient Care, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Nutritional Insufficiency business for $6.1 billion. The acquisition was funded with a combination of $4.5 billion in new senior unsecured notes, existing cash and borrowings under our existing credit […]
BRAMPTON, Ontario, July 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic Canada, a subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced it has received a Health Canada licence and is launching its first and only magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) for heart failure. Heart failure causes or contributes to […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Surmodics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies, today announced it has received an investigational device exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a pivotal clinical trial of the SurVeil™ drug-coated balloon (DCB). The randomized […]
Press Release DUBLIN – July 11, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced first enrollments in the STOP AF First clinical trial. The trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with the Arctic Front Advance(TM) Cryoballoon in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) prior […]
Press Release DUBLIN – July 10, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced the expanded U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the self-expanding CoreValve(TM) Evolut(TM) transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) platform to include patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis who are at an intermediate risk for open-heart surgery. […]
