For almost two decades research has suggested that people with diabetes and multiple clogged arteries live longer and have fewer heart attacks if they undergo bypass surgery instead of angioplasty. Yet many of those people continue to be ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Soft Tissue Regeneration's biodegradable scaffold for use in soft tissue augmentation and rotator cuff repair. The STR GRAFT scaffold, a patch, can be draped over the tendon, that sits ...
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Cosmotec, a distribution partner of Endologix in Japan, has obtained Shonin approval from Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for its IntuiTrak Delivery system. Featuring a simplified deployment mechanism and hydrophilic ...
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In the household category function has always taken priority over form. For supporting evidence of this statement you only need walk down the household goods aisle at your local supermarket where you will be met by a wall of very similar ...
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Biosensors International Group has completed enrolling the first patient in its polymer-free drug-coated stent's (DCS) clinical trial, designed to compare the safety of the BioFreedom with a bare-metal stent (BMS). Designed for use in ...
AMTAC Certification Services has granted CE mark for CellAegis Devices's autoRIC device. The CE mark allows CellAegis to sell autoRIC Device to 32 member countries and seven cooperating countries of the european economic area, under ...
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Medtronic has introduced the Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval. The Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system is designed for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms ...
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Maquet Cardiovascular has obtained CE mark approval for its new Intergard Synergy antimicrobial vascular graft. The Intergard Synergy graft releases broad spectrum antimicrobial agents including silver acetate and triclosan from its ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates has won CE mark for the GORE hybrid vascular graft designed to expand treatment options for optimal outflow by maximizing the number of access sites available. The GORE hybrid vascular graft is indicated for ...
Sorin Group has announced the US launch of a Mitroflow Valsalva Conduit graft, designed for use in combination with a Mitroflow pericardial aortic valve. The Conduit graft enables surgeons to replace simultaneously the ascending aorta and ...
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American medical device firm Kips Bay Medical's eMESH I clinical feasibility trial has moved a step further, with first patient enrolling to the study at a European hospital. Switzerland-based Bern University Hospital has recently ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(K) approval to Cytomedix to use its Angel Concentrated Platelet Rich Plasma (cPRP) system to process a small sample of blood or a mixture of blood and bone marrow aspirate. ...
The company said that the new division will research and develop specialized minimally invasive devices required for non-surgical procedures in otolaryngology to treat traditional ear, nose and throat (ENT) conditions. With an objective ...
Tags: OHNS, salivary gland disease, chronic sinusitis, vocal cord paralysis
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to NovaBay Pharmaceuticals' NeutroPhase skin and wound cleanser for use in moistening and debriding graft and donor sites. The approval allows the company to use ...
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NLT Spine has reported positive results of its Prow Fusion lumbar interbody fusion delivery device. Prow Fusion device, based on the non-linear core technology, is designed for use during spinal fusion in transforaminal procedures. ...
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