The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
JULY 26, 2017 BY Ken Dropiewski (ken@prime-core.com) In March, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute announced completion of its state-of-the-art cath lab, with the first next ten image-guided therapy system was being designed to reduce radiation exposure, decrease prep and procedure time and visually eliminate human error in the preparation and treatment […]
Johnson & Johnson rolls Pulsar Vascular, Neuravi into new Cerenovus neurovascular biz JULY 25, 2017 BY BRAD PERRIELLO – MassDevice Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said yesterday that it’s medical device division is rolling the Pulsar Vascular and Neuravi acquisitions into a new neurovascular business dubbed Cerenovus. The New Brunswick, N.J.-based healthcare giant said the new brand, unveiled at […]
PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sensome, formerly Instent, a company developing a revolutionary micro-sensor technology for smart medical devices out of France’s Ecole polytechnique, announced today that it has completed its €4.7m seed round to bring its first product to clinical trials. Venture capital firm Kurma Diagnostics led a syndicate with the new Paris-Saclay […]
FREMONT, Calif. and OXFORD, United Kingdom, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cerus Endovascular Ltd. today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the commercial sale of its Contour Neurovascular System for the treatment of intra-cranial aneurysms (IAs) across the European Union (EU). The Contour Neurovascular System is a unique, fine mesh braid […]
VANCOUVER, June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Evasc Neurovascular Enterprises ULC announced that it has closed a CAD $10 million Series A venture capital financing round, led by Yonghua Investment Management Co., Ltd. (“Yonghua Capital”) of Shanghai, China. Several of Evasc’s existing investors also participated in the financing. Together with previous […]
By Ken Dropiewski In the field of stroke treatment, there is a saying “time is brain.” This is because every minute with a clot a patient loses millions of brain cells. Stroke patients living near one to the nation’s Comprehensive Stroke Centers (CSC) are luckier than most. In 2015, 81 […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Codman Neuro | 10 Apr, 2017, 07:00 ET IRVINE, Calif., April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Codman Neuro today announced the acquisition of Neuravi Limited, a privately held Irish company dedicated to advancing neurovascular therapies and improving clinical outcomes for acute ischemic stroke patients. This acquisition, and the recent […]
OLATHE, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metactive Medical Inc. (Metactive), an early-stage company focused on developing embolization devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular and neurovascular diseases, today announced the issuance of US Patents 9,572,697 and 9,572,698 covering its Ballstent Microcatheter™ for embolization of cerebral aneurysms, and its Blockstent Microcatheter™ for embolization of peripheral […]
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN (PRWEB) MARCH 08, 2017 Stryker announced an early end to patient enrollment in the DAWN Trial, a clinical study designed to compare mechanical thrombectomy with the Trevo® Retriever plus medical therapy against medical therapy alone when initiated within six to 24 hours after time last known well. The […]
