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FDA Has Cleared The Way for Medtronic Corevalve
Apr 2, 2015CoreValve becomes first transcatheter heart valve approved for valve-in-valve procedures. Chris Newmarker Rendering of the CoreValve right after its transcatheter deployment. (Image courtesy of Medtronic) FDA has cleared the way for ...
Tags: FDA, Medicine, Medical Device
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Time Will Tell Whether Google Glass Ends up Being a Commercial Flop
Aug 18, 2014Time will tell whether Google Glass ends up being a commercial flop. Its real potential, however, might just be in medicine. Google Glass is already making its way into operating rooms and ambulance cabs. Recently, MedEx Ambulance ...
Tags: Google Glass, Health, Medicine
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Time Will Tell Whether Google Glass Ends up Being a Commercial Flop
Aug 18, 2014Time will tell whether Google Glass ends up being a commercial flop. Its real potential, however, might just be in medicine. Google Glass is already making its way into operating rooms and ambulance cabs. Recently, MedEx Ambulance ...
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Next-Gen Heart Valve in U.S.A.
Jun 17, 2014Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, heart valve
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There Are Plenty of Ingenious Devices Included as Finalists in Medical Excellence Awards.
Apr 17, 2014From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
Tags: Reshaping Medtech, Health, Medicine
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Neovasc's Tiara Mitral Valve Has Been Successfully Implanted in a Human Patient on January
Feb 14, 2014Vancouver-based Neovasc has announced that its Tiara mitral valve has been successfully implanted in a human patient on January, 30, 2014. Following the announcement on February 3, the company's stock jumped up 35.17%. The device, which ...
Tags: Mitral Valve, health
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Gagnon Cardiovascular Adopts New Medical Device to Treat Patients with Aortic Stenosis
Feb 10, 2014The Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center became the first hospital in the tri-state area to adopt a new minimally invasive medical device to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are too ill or frail to ...
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Medtronic's Corevalve System for Severe Aortic Stenosis Was Approved by FDA
Jan 21, 2014Medtronic, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its CoreValve self-expanding transcatheter system. The device is designed for severe aortic stenosis patients who are too ill or ...
Tags: medical device, Medtronic
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Germany Proposals to Curb Renewable Energy Subsidies and Cap Electricity Prices
Jan 21, 2014Germany's economy and energy minister laid out Tuesday proposals to curb renewable energy subsidies and cap electricity prices but opponents fear they could jeopardise the country's much vaunted green energy transition. Just weeks after ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Antibiotics Are Growing Impotent
Nov 26, 2013After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
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Conveyors and Sortation Systems to Be a Smart, Fast and Efficient Component
Nov 4, 2013To meet the needs of the high velocity world of e-commerce, conveyors and sortation systems must be a smart, fast and efficient component of a production or order fulfillment engine. Driven by the need for flexibility, speed and maximum ...
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Bluhm Cardiovascular Enrolled First Patient in Absorb III
Aug 20, 2013Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has recently enrolled first patient in ABSORB III, a clinical trial to compare the performance of Abbott's drug eluting Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) device with other traditional ...
Tags: Absorb device, Medicine
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Early Feasibility Study of Native Outflow TPV has been Launched by Medtronic
Feb 28, 2013Medtronic has obtained regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an early feasibility study on its Native Outflow Tract transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV), designed for the treatment of patients with ...
Tags: Medtronic, Native Outflow TPV, Medicine
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Hugh Walton Is Going Back to Work for Descente
Jan 23, 2013Hugh Walton is going back to work for Descente, the clothing brand with which he has had a long relationship. Walton, still recovering from a stroke and open heart surgery last year, is the new assistant manager of Descente North ...
Tags: Descente, cycling division, company news
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CE Mark Is Received by St Jude Medical for Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve
Dec 18, 2012St Jude Medical has received CE mark approval for its Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve which is designed to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at intermediate risk for undergoing open-heart surgery. The 23 mm ...
Tags: CE mark, aortic heart valve, medical device, Medical equipment
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