More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
Century Medical, the Japanese partner of TriReme Medical, has obtained Shonin approval for the GliderXtreme PTA catheter, which is designed for the treatment of peripheral arterial blockages. GliderXtreme has a low-profile nitinol shaft ...
Tags: Century Medical, PTA Catheter
US-based AngioScore has presented six-month clinical and quantitative coronary angiography results from the first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial of its drug-coated AngioSculpt PTCA scoring balloon catheter at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular ...
Tags: AngioScore, Balloon Catheter
CardioFocus, developer of the HeartLight endoscopic ablation system (EAS) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), has concluded enrollment of its US pivotal trial evaluating the HeartLight system, for the treatment of symptomatic ...
Advanced Catheter Therapies (ACT), a US-based developer of medical devices, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Occlusion Perfusion Catheter, designed to temporarily occlude a specific region ...
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Medtronic has received both the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and the CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark clearance for its Pacific Plus percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), the new peripheral balloon ...
Tags: Angioplasty Balloon, Medicine
The European Union (EU) has granted CE mark certification to Medtronic's Sentrant Introducer Sheath for the endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms. Designed for use with the company's Endurant II AAA and Valiant Captivia Stent Graft ...
Tags: aortic aneurysms, Medtronic, Sentrant Introducer Sheath
Zoll Medical has gained Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its intravascular temperature management (IVTM) system, designed for use in neurologically injured patients to control fever. The ...
Tags: Medical, care decices, clinical trial
CardioFocus will complete full patient enrollment in a US pivotal clinical trial of its HeartLight catheter ablation system in 2013. The 350 patient-based trial, which is evaluating and comparing the safety and efficacy of the company's ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared r4 Vascular's high pressure Vector percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheters for treating vascular narrowings lesions and blockages. Patent pending Vector PTA ...
Tags: FDA, PTA, balloon catheters, vascular narrowings lesions, r4 Vascular
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a notice of allowance (NOA) to Sanovas' minimally invasive nested balloon catheter for localized drug delivery. The patent will protect an integral part of the company's NanoVas ...
Tags: USPTO, NOA, minimally invasive nested balloon catheter, medical product
AngioScore has begun patient enrollment in a first-in-human (FIH) study of its CardioSculpt Valvuloplasty Scoring Balloon catheter, designed to treat patients with symptomatic critical aortic valve stenosis. CardioSculpt catheter, which ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared TriReme Medical's expanded matrix of sizes for Glider PTCA balloon catheter. Torqueable angioplasty Glider PTCA balloon catheter, which utilizes tip technology, is designed for the ...
Tags: FDA, TriReme, PTCA balloon catheter
Procedure for treating chronic atrial fibrillation,a condition that causes palpitations and fainting,features a laser balloon catheter. Green light for laser heart treatment? A follow-up study of 56 patients with chronic atrial ...
Tags: Heart Surgery, Laser, EAS
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TriReme Medical's new sizes of Chocolate PTA balloon catheter. The Chocolate PTA balloon catheter, designed for the percutaneous transluminal treatment of lesions in the peripheral ...
Tags: TriReme, PTA balloon catheter, Chocolate PTA balloon catheter