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GALWAY, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Perfuze, a medical device company developing next-generation catheter-based technology to treat acute ischemic stroke, has closed a €3 million seed investment round. The funding facilitates the further development of the Millipede platform technology. According to WHO, stroke is the second leading global cause of death and a leading cause of disability. An ischemic […]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced it exercised its option to acquire the remaining shares of Millipede, Inc, a privately-held company in Santa Rosa, Calif., upon its recent successful completion of a first-in-human clinical study. The acquisition will expand the Boston Scientific Structural Heart portfolio to include the IRIS Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Millipede, Inc., a medical device company leading the way in adding to the structural heart toolbox for the interventional cardiologist, has successfully treated two patients utilizing its latest-generation delivery system which incorporates a fully integrated intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter. The catheter was designed to enhance the precise delivery and […]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced it has closed an investment and entered into an acquisition option agreement with Millipede, Inc., a privately-held company that has developed the IRIS Transcatheter Annuloplasty Ring System for the treatment of severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Under the terms of the agreements, Boston Scientific has purchased […]
