Two new reports from iData Research cover the US market for vascular access devices and the European markets for cardiac surgery and heart valve devices. The European interventional cardiology report covers markets for tissue heart ...
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Transcatheter Technologies has announced that an independent laboratory has completed ‘advanced wear testing’ (AWT) of the company’s Trinity valve prosthesis, far exceeding minimum testing standards. Indeed, AWT of the ...
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Boston Scientific has reported the first two commercial implants of Lotus valve system in a German hospital. Dr Gerhard Schuler and Dr Axel Linke led the procedures at the Heart Center - University Hospital Leipzig, Germany. CE Mark ...
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Colibri Heart Valve announced that patient enrollment has concluded in the first-in-human study of the Company's transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system in the Dominican Republic trial site. Analysis of the data from ...
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Cardiovascular device company CardioLogical Solutions has obtained two additional patents for its family of aortic embolic protection devices, developed to prevent stroke and other ischemic complications. The first patent is issued for ...
CardioLogical Solutions, a cardiovascular device company, has reported successful in vivo validation of its VasoStitch device, designed to make transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures percutaneous and safer. The ...
German-based JenaValve Technology has obtained CE Mark approval for its transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, designed to treat aortic insufficiency (AI). AI, also known as aortic regurgitation, is a condition ...
Keystone Heart, a developer and manufacturer of cerebral protection devices, has received CE Mark approval for its TriGuard cerebral protection device, designed to cover all three aortic cerebral branches to minimize the risk of cerebral ...
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JenaValve Technology, a Germany-based medical device company, has successfully completed the first three implantations of its second-generation transapical JenaValve TAVI system in Argentina. The second-generation transapical TAVI is a ...
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Symetis has announced its Acurate TA and Acurate TF TAVI systems have been successfully implanted in patients in Japan as part of a feasibility study to secure the Pharmaceutical and Device Agency's (PMDA) pre-market approval. Based on a ...
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Helio System (TF-FA), an investigational equipment developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve, has been deployed successfully in four patients during a feasibility trial of its use in patients with high-risk aortic ...
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Direct Flow Medical, a developer of novel transcatheter heart valve technologies, has met its primary endpoint in the Discover CE Mark Trial by achieving 99% freedom from all-cause mortality at 30 days. The trial had enrolled 100 patients ...
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The Twitter feed of The Museum at FIT (@Museumatfit) has been named among Time magazine’s “140 Best of 2013” Twitter feeds in the fashion and beauty category, for the quality of its daily fashion news and photos. The ...
Medtronic has gained CE mark approval for its Engager transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system with transapical delivery catheter, from the European Union (EU). The new TAVI system, which is inserted in the apex (the lower, ...
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The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to US-based Colibri Heart Valve for a pre-packaged, sterilized, dry heart valve pre-mounted on a delivery system. The Patent No 8,361,144, which is entitled as 'Percutaneously ...
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