Hydromer and the Russian Cardiovascular Catheter company have entered into an agreement, under which the Russian firm is licensed to use the Hydromer hydrophilic coating on its percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ...
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Boston Scientific's Guidezilla Guide Extension Catheter has secured 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CE Mark, which would enable the company to market the device in the US and European markets. The ...
Tangent Medical, a manufacturer of IV therapy products, has commercially launched its NovaCath Integrated IV Catheter System and commenced its clinical evaluations in several US healthcare centres. Considered to be the first safety IV ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Apama Medical for its Low Profile Electrodes. The patent encloses the assemblies with low profile electrode which are to be used on the expandable structures including ...
Codman Neuro, a part of DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, has received CE Mark clearance for its Revive Se, the next generation self-expanding clot removal device for use in treating acute ischemic stroke. The Revive Se device ...
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Cordis Corporation, a part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Adroit 6F Guiding Catheter. Enabling the production of a guide catheter with the largest ...
Teleflex, a US-based firm that provides medical devices for critical care and surgery, has won US FDA 510(k) clearance for its Arrow NextStep retrograde femoral length dialysis catheter. The catheter adds to the company's existing ...
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Medtronic has received both the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and the CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark clearance for its Pacific Plus percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), the new peripheral balloon ...
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St. Jude Medical, a medical device firm, has announced that its EnligHTN Multi-Electrode Renal Denervation System offers a safe, rapid and sustained reduction in measurements of blood pressure after a year. The company presented the new ...
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Medtronic has completed randomizing Symplicity HTN-3, a clinical trial of the Symplicity renal denervation system for treatment-resistant hypertension. Renal denervation is a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure that decreases the ...
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Teleflex has launched the Arrow VPS G4 device, which is used in conjunction with the disposable Arrow VPS Stylet. The Arrow VPS G4 device places a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) or central venous catheter (CVC) in the ...
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BioRestorative Therapies (BRT) has signed a consulting agreement with Dexterity, to develop and manufacture BRT's proprietary therapeutic delivery device for its intervertebral disc stem cell therapy program, brtxDISC (Disc Implanted Stem ...
St. Jude Medical has received CE Mark approval for its Ilumien Optis Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Optimization System. PCI, also known as coronary angioplasty, is a non-surgical procedure designed to provide disease assessment ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical device company, has enrolled the first patient for the EnligHTN III trial. During the study, the safety and performance of the second-generation EnligHTN Renal Denervation System in patients with ...
Smiths Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has secured a contract with the US Department of Veterans Affairs to supply Jelco brand ViaValve Safety IV Catheters to the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, New Mexico, US. Built on the ...
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