CoreValve becomes first transcatheter heart valve approved for valve-in-valve procedures. Chris Newmarker Rendering of the CoreValve right after its transcatheter deployment. (Image courtesy of Medtronic) FDA has cleared the way for ...
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This year is proving to be a pretty good year for many medtech companies. The majority of the largest 40 have seen their stock prices rise by double-digit percentages in 2014, according to a Qmed analysis. Meanwhile, only eight have seen ...
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Medtronic's CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement device. (Courtesy Medtronic) Almost before the judge's signature was dry on Friday's federal district court preliminary injunction in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. ...
The Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center became the first hospital in the tri-state area to adopt a new minimally invasive medical device to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are too ill or frail to ...
Medtronic, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its CoreValve self-expanding transcatheter system. The device is designed for severe aortic stenosis patients who are too ill or ...
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Medtronic willfully infringed on an Edwards Lifesciences’ patent with its CoreValve transcatheter heart valve, and owes Edwards nearly $394 million in damages and patent royalties, a federal jury in Delaware found Wednesday. Edwards ...
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Medtronic, a US-based medical technology company, has announced that a German court has ordered the discontinuation, in its entirety, of a prior court ruling that prohibited the company from commercially marketing or selling the CoreValve ...
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US-based Medtronic has announced the first implantations of its CoreValve Evolut R recapturable system as part of a clinical study. CoreValve Evolut R recapturable system has CoreValve Evolut R transcatheter valve and EnVeo R recapturable ...
Medtronic has treated the first US patient in a global, multicenter clinical trial, designed to compare the accuracy of its CoreValve system with surgical aortic valve replacement in treating patients with severe aortic stenosis and who are ...