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Neurological
CereVasc Secures $70M Series B Financing
The company said proceeds will support clinical and regulatory development of its eShunt system for hydrocephalus.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.14.24
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Cardiovascular | Diagnostics
GE HealthCare, Medis Medical Imaging Team Up for Non-Invasive Coronary Assessment
The duo said they’ll work together to further develop and commercialize the Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.14.24
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Cardiovascular
CorVista System with Pulmonary Hypertension Add-On Cleared by FDA
The PH Add-On expands clinicians' point-of-care diagnostic capabilities to more efficiently identify CAD and PH cardiovascular conditions.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.14.24
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Cardiovascular
Study Initiated to Evaluate Efficacy of Esophageal Cooling During RF Ablation Procedures
Attune Medical's ensoETM is a single-use thermal regulating device placed in the esophagus and connected to an external heat exchange unit.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.14.24
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Cardiovascular
Stereotaxis Begins Deal to Acquire Access Point Technologies
Minnesota-based APT touts a portfolio of diagnostic catheters used in cardiac ablation procedures.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.14.24
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Diagnostics
Siemens Healthineers Starts Construction on £250M Oxford Facility
The 56,000 m2 carbon-neutral site will manufacture new MRI cooling technology.Rachel Klemovitch, Assistant Editor 05.13.24
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Chronic Disease
Arecor, Medtronic Diabetes Collaborate on Thermostable Insulin
Medtronic funds Arestat, a high-concentration thermostable insulin, to use with a next-generation implantable pump.Rachel Klemovitch, Assistant Editor 05.13.24
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Cardiovascular
Data Show Benefits of Vektor Medical's vMap Arrhythmia Mapping Tech
Study results demonstrate a 22.6% reduction in ablation procedure duration.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.13.24
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Cardiovascular
Paroxysmal Enrollment in Kardium's PULSAR IDE Study Completed
Trial aims to determine the safety/effectiveness of the firm's Globe System for atrial fibrillation treatment.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.13.24
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Cardiovascular
Biotronik Enrolls First Patient in BIOMAG-II Trial of Freesolve Resorbable Scaffold
The international trial will evaluate the Freesolve resorbable magnesium scaffold against a contemporary drug-eluting stent.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.13.24
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Digital Health
CLEW Medical Nabs FDA Nod for 2nd-Gen AI Models
The FDA clearance advances CLEW's predictive patient deterioration technology with more accuracy.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.13.24
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Cardiovascular
Medtronic's Pulsed Field Ablation Earns Japanese Approval
A new software upgrade also became available for the PulseSelect PFA system, which features an automated delivery mode.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.10.24
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Cardiovascular | Neurological
Route 92 Recalls Certain Neurovascular Catheters After 2 Injuries, 1 Death
The company said the affected Tenzing 7 catheters breaking at the proximal marker band were manufactured by an outside contract supplier.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.10.24
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Diagnostics
FDA Clears QuidelOrtho's COVID-19 Test
QuickVue provides test results in 10 minutes.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 05.10.24
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Cardiovascular
Pulse Biosciences Completes First U.S. Procedure with Pulsed Field Ablation Electrode Tech
The system is comprised of a percutaneous needle electrode used with the proprietary CellFX nsPFA console.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.10.24
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Chronic Disease | Patient Monitoring
Senseonics, Rimidi Team Up for Remote Diabetes Monitoring
Eversense glucose data will be integrated into Rimidi’s clinical management platform.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.10.24
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Surgical
FDA OKs Freyja HealthCare's Novel VereSee Device
VereSee is a first-of-its-kind, 2 mm abdominal-access device for laparoscopic surgery.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.09.24
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Cardiovascular
Field Medical Starts First-in-Human Pulsed-Field Ablation Trial
Field Medical's founder and CEO was also the founder of PFA company Farapulse.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.09.24
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Cardiovascular
Edwards Rolls Out Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia TAVR in Europe
Resilia tissue has anti-calcification properties and can be stored under dry packaging conditions.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 05.09.24
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Packaging & Sterilization
What Happened to the Reprocessing of Single-Use Devices?—ThrowbackThursday
Reprocessing of single-use devices was all the rage in 2000 and causing quite the stir with patient safety at the forefront of the debate.Online Exclusives Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 05.09.24
