Cardiovascular
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Cardiovascular
Reprieve Cardiovascular Emerges From Stealth Mode With $42M Financing
Money will enable the company to advance current and future clinical programs.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.17.24
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Cardiovascular
FineHeart Widens FlowMaker's International IP Protection
The new patents increase the company's solid international portfolio to 147 within 25 patent families.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.17.24
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Cardiovascular
Sparrow BioAcoustics Debuts Stethophone
Stethophone harnesses a smartphone's built-in microphone to capture the heart's nuanced sounds.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.16.24
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Cardiovascular
Abbott's Latest HeartMate LVAD Recall Linked to 14 Deaths
The recall was made because of an issue called extrinsic outflow graft obstruction.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.16.24
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Cardiovascular
Simpson Interventions Nabs Breakthrough Nod for Acolyte Image-Guided Crossing & Re-entry Catheter
Acolyte facilitates guidewire and catheter placement and positioning in coronary vasculature to treat coronary chronic total occlusions.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.12.24
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Cardiovascular
Procyrion Closes $57.7 Million in Series E Financing
Money will be used to fund a clinical trial evaluating the company's catheter-deployed pump, Aortix.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.11.24
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Cardiovascular
Getinge Gains EU MDR Approval for Advanta V12 Covered Stent System
Advanta V12 is designed for patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation.Rachel Klemovitch, Assistant Editor 04.11.24
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Cardiovascular
J&J's Biosense Webster Reveals Positive Dual-Energy Ablation Results
Trial results from the SmartfIRE trial of the Dual Energy Thermocool Smarttouch SF catheter for AFib.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.09.24
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Cardiovascular
Medtronic's Evolut TAVR Outperforms Edwards' Sapien in Head-to-Head Trial
Medtronic's SMART trial is also the largest TAVR trial to date to enroll primarily women (87%).Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.08.24
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Cardiovascular
Medtronic Data Backs Sphere-360 Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter
Subjects showed 81.8% freedom from atrial arrhythmias after one year of follow up.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.08.24
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Cardiovascular
Boston Scientific Begins Study of Farawave PFA Nav Catheter, Software Module
The Farawave Nav PFA catheter adds magnetic navigation to the Farawave PFA catheter for detailed mapping and PFA therapy.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.08.24
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Cardiovascular
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical in $13.1 Billion Deal
Shockwave is the first-to-market provider of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) tech to treat calcified CAD and PAD.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.05.24
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Cardiovascular
AngioDynamics' AlphaVac F18(85) OK'ed to Treat Pulmonary Embolism
The FDA nod broadens the device’s application to non-surgical removal of thrombi or emboli from the venous vasculature.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.04.24
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Cardiovascular
Endospan Releases Early TRIOMPHE IDE Study Results
Data show a low mortality rate, no disabling strokes, paraplegia, or renal failure, and short ICU and hospital lengths of stay.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.03.24
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Cardiovascular | Diagnostics
GE HealthCare Rolls Out Caption AI for Vscan Air SL Handheld Ultrasound
Vscan Air SL with Caption AI was designed to lower the threshold for healthcare professionals to capture cardiac images.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.03.24
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Cardiovascular
Concept Medical Granted IDE OK for MagicTouch AVF Trial
This is the fifth U.S. clinical study approval for the MagicTouch portfolio.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.02.24
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Cardiovascular | Digital Health
FDA Clears First AI to Aid Heart Failure Detection During Routine Check-ups
Developed with Mayo Clinic, Eko Health’s Low EF AI allows clinicians to more accurately assess possible heart failure in at-risk patients.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.02.24
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Cardiovascular
Abbott's TriClip TEER Wins FDA Approval
The TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system is designed for treating tricuspid regurgitation.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 04.02.24
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Cardiovascular
EU, British Regulators OK Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator
The Jewel P-WCD is a water resistant wearable defibrillator designed to detect and treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 04.01.24
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Cardiovascular
JenaValve Publishes ALIGN-AR Pivotal Trial Results
The company plans to use the trial results in its FDA premarket submission for the Trilogy transcatheter heart valve.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor 03.28.24
