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FDA Has Cleared The Way for Medtronic Corevalve
Apr 2, 2015CoreValve 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 ...
Tags: FDA, Medicine, Medical Device
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2020 Will See Global Surgical Lamps Market Reaching US$ 729 M
Mar 30, 2015North America is the largest region and Asia represents the fastest-growing region in the surgical lamps market. LED represents the largest and fastest-growing technology in surgical lamps market. High color rendering index (CRI) light ...
Tags: surgical lamps market, LED lamps, Lights
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Medtronic Stands to Lose out on a Significant Cash Award
Mar 5, 2015Medtronic has seen its fair share of bad patent news of late. Last year, the company agreed to pony up more than $1 billion to settle patent litigation with Edwards Lifesciences. Now, the company stands to lose out on a significant cash ...
Tags: Medtronic, Medical Device
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Five Companies with The Most Stock Price Growth Over 2014
Dec 15, 2014Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health
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Four Companies Turned Things Around After Facing Rough Starts in Early 2014
Sep 23, 2014This 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 ...
Tags: Medtech Companies, Medical device
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Bayer: MaterialScience Business Won't Have an Immediate Impact on Local Operations
Sep 22, 2014Bayer AG CEO Marijn Dekkers said Thursday’s announcement it will separate its MaterialScience business won’t have an immediate impact on local operations at one of the Pittsburgh region’s biggest employers. Bayer ...
Tags: Bayer, Pittsburgh Operations
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Two Medical Device Sales Representatives Have Admitted to Defrauding New Jersey Hospitals
Aug 18, 2014Two medical device sales representatives have admitted to defrauding New Jersey hospitals and medical facilities out of more than $800,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced this week. The two former Integra LifeSciences Corp. ...
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Next-Gen Heart Valve in U.S.A.
Jun 17, 2014Edwards' Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve (Courtesy Edwards Lifesciences) Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, CA) has announced both the FDA approval and the U.S. launch of its next-generation Sapien XT transcatheter aortic ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, heart valve
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The European Interventional Cardiology Report Covers Markets for Tissue Heart Valves
May 19, 2014Two new reports from iData Research cover the US market for vascular access devices and the European markets for cardiac surgery and heart valve devices. The European interventional cardiology report covers markets for tissue heart ...
Tags: Medtech Markets, US market
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Medtronic's CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Device.
Apr 15, 2014Medtronic'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. ...
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Edwards Received Regulatory Approval to Sell Sapien 3 Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve
Feb 11, 2014Edwards Lifesciences has received regulatory approval to sell its third-generation Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic heart valve in Europe. Edwards Lifescience's Sapien 3 could be used in a broader range of patients than earlier TAVR ...
Tags: Sapien, Medtronic', CoreValve
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Medtronic Willfully Infringed on an Edwards Lifesciences' Patent
Jan 16, 2014Medtronic 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 ...
Tags: Medtronic, CoreValve, transcatheter heart valve, Edwards
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The Company Believes The Ability to Prevent Such Leakage Is a Key Advantage for Product
Jan 9, 2014Direct Flow Medical (Santa Rosa, CA) has obtained the CE Mark for its 29-mm transcatheter aortic valve replacement device, which it hails as the first fully repositionable percutaneous heart valve. The ability to reposition the Direct Flow ...
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The Largest Gains Will Likely Involve Digital Health and Other Technologies
Jan 3, 2014For the medtech industry, 2014 is unlikely to be a year full of surprises as companies grapple with a health care market wary of big-ticket procedures and items. The largest gains will likely involve digital health and other technologies ...
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Integra Lifesciences Has Announced The Completion of Patient Enrollment
Dec 25, 2013Integra LifeSciences, has announced the completion of patient enrollment in a pivotal clinical trial designed to assess the safety and effectiveness of Integra dermal regeneration template in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Integra ...
