Cook Medical has received the regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent, designed for treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery. ...
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Blockade Medical has reported that the first patients have been treated with the Barricade Coil system to treat cerebral aneurysms. The Barricade Coil system, an embolization coil line, is designed to remove or endovascularly occlude ...
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Hansen Medical will feature its Magellan robotic system at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, which will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida, US, from 22-26 October 2012. The ...
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Hansen Medical will present its Magellan Robotic System at the 39th Annual VEITHsymposium, which will be held at Hilton New York in New York, US from 13-17 November 2012. By utilizing flexible robotic technology, the Magellan robotic ...
Endosense, a provider of cardiac technologies, has completed enrolling patients in its Toccastar clinical study. The prospective, randomized, multi-center investigational device exemption trial, which enrolled 300 patients with ...
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Endosense has obtained CE mark approval for its TactiCath Quartz force-sensing ablation catheter for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia. The TactiCath Quartz includes a new force sensor that provides ...
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Penumbra has unveiled a new 5MAX Reperfusion catheter, designed to remove clots in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The 5MAX Reperfusion catheter, which applies direct aspiration on the occlusion to optimize thrombus removal, is ...
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Boston Scientific has launched Victory guidewire, designed to provide access to cross and treat resistant lesions in the US and Europe. The company said resistant lesions are characterized by blockage or narrowing of blood vessels in the ...
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Biotronik has reported efficacy results from GOLDEN TIME study of its AlCath Gold ablation catheter. The study, conducted at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in partnership with Erasmus Medical Center, was designed to ...
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Avinger has reported that it will present the CONNECT II clinical trial results at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) conference being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, between 9-12 October 2012. The prospective, multi-center, ...
Miracor Medical Systems has treated first three ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, enrolled in the Prepare Ramses study, using its pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion (PICSO) impulse system ...
Avinger has completed enrolling peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in its CONNECT II clinical trial. The prospective, multi-center, non-randomized trial that evaluated 100 PAD patients with femoropopliteal CTO lesions was ...
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Boston Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to buy all the assets of Vessix Vascular for an upfront payment of $125m. Under the acquisition, Vessix Vascular will be integrated into Boston Scientific's peripheral ...
Boston Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to buy a developer of-gener nextation mapping and navigation systems, Rhythmia Medical. US based Rhythmia Medical's mapping and navigation technologies are used with catheter ...
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Teleflex Incorporated has introduced a new continuous peripheral nerve block catheter for clinicians who use ultrasound-guidance when placing nerve block catheters. The echogenic, coil-reinforced catheter, Arrow FlexBlock, is made of ...
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