St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval in Europe for its 25mm Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve implantation system. The Portico valve system offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ...
The Micra device is billed as the world's smallest pacemaker Medtronic is moving forward with studies on its own leadless pacemaker, the horse pill-sized Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that is only one-tenth the size of a standard ...
Medtronic is touting a potential advance in the cardiovascular space: a recent study that shows some of the smarter algorithms it is using in its pacemakers actually slow the development of atrial fibrillation. The MINERVA study, ...
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Young adults who survived childhood cancer are more likely to be frail and at increased risk of death and chronic disease, U.S. researchers say. Kirsten Ness, an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Epidemiology and Cancer ...
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Medtronic has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) software for use with non-Medtronic leads to detect defibrillator lead issues. LIA software has been approved by the FDA to ...
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St. Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has completed the acquisition of Nanostim, a developer of miniaturized, leadless pacemakers. St. Jude Medical and Nanostim have entered into a series of agreements in May 2011, pursuant ...
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US- based St. Jude Medical has acquired Endosense, a Switzerland-based company for a purchase price of $170m (CHF159m) up-front plus the potential for up to $161m (CHF150m) in subsequent milestone payments. While the acquisition is ...
St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical technology company, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters designed to treat specific irregular heartbeats. Utah Valley ...
St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac ...
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St. Jude Medical, a medical device firm, has announced that its EnligHTN Multi-Electrode Renal Denervation System offers a safe, rapid and sustained reduction in measurements of blood pressure after a year. The company presented the new ...
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US-based medical device company St Jude Medical has commenced its EnligHTNment clinical study. The EnligHTNment study will assess whether the EnligHTN Multi-Electrode Renal Denervation System can minimize the risk of major cardiovascular ...
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St. Jude Medical has received CE Mark approval for its Ilumien Optis Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Optimization System. PCI, also known as coronary angioplasty, is a non-surgical procedure designed to provide disease assessment ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical device company, has enrolled the first patient for the EnligHTN III trial. During the study, the safety and performance of the second-generation EnligHTN Renal Denervation System in patients with ...
The Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) has performed an independent analysis of data received from ongoing prospective registries that monitor the performance of the Durata and Riata ST Optim implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...
St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical device company, has announced CE Mark approval of its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
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