US-based CardioKinetix has announced the successful treatment of first two Chinese heart failure patients with its Parachute ventricular partitioning device, a minimally invasive treatment for patients with heart failure caused by damage to ...
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St. Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has completed the acquisition of Nanostim, a developer of miniaturized, leadless pacemakers. St. Jude Medical and Nanostim have entered into a series of agreements in May 2011, pursuant ...
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US-based Precision Spine has announced it will introduce several new and expanded product offerings at 28th annual North American Spine Society Meeting being held October 9-12 of this year in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company will ...
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US-based Atlas Spine has launched its Apelo minimally invasive (MIS) pedicle screw system, designed to treat spinal disorders such as degenerative disc disease and deformity. As a predecessor of Apelo, the new minimally invasive system ...
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Baxano Surgical, a medical device company, has introduced its iO-Tome device, a new minimally invasive disposable facetectomy instrument that aid surgeons to perform rapid and safe facetectomies in certain interbody spinal fusion ...
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Globus Medical, a manufacturer of musculoskeletal implants, has announced that it will launch its next generation pedicle screw platform CREO at the upcoming North American Spine Society annual meeting in New Orleans. Available in modular ...
US-based Sapheon has submitted the first module of pre-market approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VenaSeal sapheon closure system, designed to treat venous reflux (varicose veins) disease. This ...
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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 ...
Spine technology company Trinity Orthopedics has acquired the US-based Expanding Concepts’ patent portfolio to complete the development of an expandable interbody technology offering. The expansion in demand is largely attributed to ...
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The Israeli Ministry of Health has granted an approval to Medigus for registering its SRS system, which is designed to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease, in the Israeli Register of Medical Equipment and Accessories (MEA). The SRS ...
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Dfine, a manufacturer of spinal disease treatment devices, has obtained CE Mark approval for its STAR tumor ablation system, designed to treat painful metastatic spinal tumors. The STAR tumor ablation system uses radiofrequency (RF) ...
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Medtronic has unveiled new data from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry, a multi-centre, prospective, observational registry designed to collect comprehensive data evaluating procedural and long-term safety of the Symplicity renal denervation ...
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CardioKinetix has announced the first successful procedure in four cardiac patients with its new catheter-based Parachute ventricular partitioning device in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new Parachute device is a new minimally invasive ...
Avinger, a manufacturer of multifunctional catheters, has received CE Mark approval for Pantheris, a lumectomy catheter designed to remove the blockage while avoiding the disruption of normal arterial wall structures. This lumivascular ...
PFM Medical, a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices for cardio vascular technology, vascular access, surgery, and oncology, has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket approval for its ...
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