US-based Boston Scientific has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Promus PREMIER everolimus-eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system. The company's next-generation durable polymer ...
Covalon Technologies, an advanced medical technologies company, will showcase new wound healing and infection management products at MEDICA medical technology trade fair, 20 November to 23 November in Dusseldorf, Germany. The latest ...
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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 ...
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Boston Scientific, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion torqueable microcatheter, designed to facilitate selective access and delivery of diagnostic, ...
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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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MDF Designs announces the launch of CareZips - unisex three-zippered pants allowing for an easier change of the adult diaper/brief or for care of abdominal wounds and catheter bags. The patent-pending design creates a full-frontal pants ...
Teleflex, a provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced it was recently awarded a new agreement from Novation for its complete line of Arrow intra-aortic balloon catheters and pumps. The agreement, effective ...
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The Netherlands-based Royal DSM has announced a partnership with US-based BiO2 Medical to supply DSM’s proprietary ComfortCoat lubricious coating and its coating application expertise for use in BiO2 Medical’s Angel 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 ...
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Guerbet announced that Novation has awarded a new agreement for Dotarem (gadoterate meglumine) injection. Dotarem injection is a gadolinium-based contrast agent indicated for intravenous use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in brain ...
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Topera, a US-based medical device company, has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval and commercial availability of its FIRMap catheter and RhythmView 3D mapping workstation. For clinicians, the RhythmView 3D ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has obtained CE Mark approval for its GORE EXCLUDER iliac branch endoprosthesis, designed for the endovascular treatment of common iliac artery aneurysms or aortoiliac aneurysms. Gore has designed the iliac ...
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US-based EndoShape has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Medusa vascular plug, designed for arterial and venous embolization in the peripheral vasculature. The FDA cleared the ...
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Medtronic has obtained an investigational device exemption from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate SYMPLICITY HTN-4 clinical trial using its Symplicity renal denervation system. SYMPLICITY HTN-4 study has been designed ...
Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of medical devices, has completed the acquisition of Bard Electrophysiology, a division of C.R. Bard. The completion of this transaction enables Boston Scientific to provide a broader portfolio of EP ...
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