Global medical company Sorin has announced the CE Mark approval and first implantation of the new Solo Smart biological aortic pericardial heart valve in Europe. Solo Smart is the evolution of the company's Freedom Solo pericardial aortic ...
Tags: Heart Valve, Health, Medicine
Posted in Cardiovascular by Qmed Staff on November 19, 2013 The Sapien 3 could be used in a broader range of patients than earlier TAVR products introduced internationally. Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA) is in the news after The ...
Transcatheter Technologies, a emerging medical device company that is developing a next-generation transcatheter aortic heart valve prosthesis, announced the successful first-in-human implantation of its transapical TRINITY aortic valve ...
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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Royal Philips Electronics has launched new Epiq premium ultrasound system designed to visualize deeper levels of anatomical detail and contrast resolution on patients of all types. Epiq, the new ultrasound system which features nSIGHT ...
Edwards Lifesciences announced that the injunction imposed by the District Court of Mannheim, Germany against the sales of Medtronic's transcatheter heart valves has become effective. In July 2013, the court ruled that Medtronic's ...
Tags: Heart Valves, Medicine
CorMatrix Cardiovascular, a US-based medical device manufacturer, has received three patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its biomaterial heart valve that is made from biomaterial called extracellular matrix (ECM). The ...
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A year after receiving approval by the Food and Drug Administration, the new weight-loss drug Belviq is finally available by prescription. But you may not want to rush out and get it. It's only approved for people who are obese, with a ...
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 ...
Tags: Aortic Insufficiency, Medicine
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 ...
Tags: Aortic Valve, Medicine
On-X Life Technologies has gained US marketing rights to its new On-X aortic prosthetic valve with anatomic sewing ring, following the regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The prosthetic valve, which is made ...
TissueGen® Inc., developer of a cutting-edge absorbable polymer technology for implantable drug delivery across a wide variety of therapeutic applications, today announced that its patented extrusion technology enables absorbable fibers ...
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St Jude Medical has treated the first patient with 25 mm Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve using the transfemoral delivery system in its ongoing non-randomized, multi-center European trial. Made of bovine pericardial tissue, the 25 ...
Tags: Portico aortic heart valve, Medical, minimally invasive device
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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Direct Flow Medical has obtained CE mark approval for its transcatheter aortic heart valve system, which features double-ring design for creating a tight and durable seal around the annulus. The Direct Flow Medical transcatheter aortic ...
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