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The Impact of Foreign Currency Held Down Sales Growth in The Fourth Quarter Ended January
Jan 16, 2015Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 14, 2015 As the U.S. dollar strengthens amid global economic uncertainty, travelers aren’t the only ones affected. Major medtech companies including St. Jude Medical and ...
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Philips to Complete The Acquisition of Volcano for $1.2 Billion
Dec 19, 2014Royal Philips NV (PHG) plans to buy medical-imaging company Volcano Corp. (VOL) for $1.2 billion, in one of Philips’ largest acquisitions in years, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase of San Diego–based Volcano will ...
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The Study of St. Jude Heart Sensor Cuting Readmission Rate
Nov 21, 2014A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
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The Medtech Jobs Picture Looked Rosy in 2013
Aug 14, 2014The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
Tags: Medtech Jobs, Health, Medicine
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St. Jude Medical and Volcano Corp. Have Apparently Decided to Stand Down
Aug 14, 2014St. Jude Medical and Volcano Corp. have apparently decided to stand down when it comes to lawsuits related to technologies including tunable lasers used in optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems. The two companies have agreed ...
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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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Medtech Giant St. Jude Medical Announced a Major Reorganization and Leadership Changes
Feb 7, 2014Medtech giant St. Jude Medical announced a major reorganization and leadership changes on Tuesday. The Little Canada, MN–based company says its two operating divisions will be integrated into one research and development ...
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NYSE: STJ Reported Sales and Net Earnings for The Fourth Quarter
Jan 23, 2014St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) today reported sales and net earnings for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 28, 2013. Fourth quarter highlights: Net sales increased by approximately 6 percent on a constant-currency basis ...
Tags: CRM, AF, Neuromodulation, St.Jude Medical
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Renal Denervation as a High Blood Pressure Treatment Is Looking Less Exciting by The Day
Jan 23, 2014Renal denervation as a high blood pressure treatment is looking less exciting by the day, with the latest bad news coming from Covidien. The Dublin, Ireland–based medical device giant said Tuesday that it will exit its OneShot renal ...
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CE Mark Approval for X4 Quadripolar CRT-D Systems Is Obtained by Boston Scientific
Dec 19, 2013Boston Scientific has obtained CE Mark approval for its X4 line of quadripolar CRT-D systems, including the AUTOGEN X4, DYNAGEN X4, and INOGEN X4 cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), a suite of ACUITY X4 quadripolar LV ...
Tags: CRT-D Systems, CE Mark
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Approval for 25mm Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve Is Obtained by St. Jude Medical
Dec 16, 2013St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval in Europe for its 25mm Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve implantation system. The Portico valve system offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ...
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The Micra Device Had Been Implanted in a Human for The First Time
Dec 11, 2013The Micra device is billed as the world's smallest pacemaker Medtronic is moving forward with studies on its own leadless pacemaker, the horse pill-sized Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that is only one-tenth the size of a standard ...
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Medtronic Has Obtained FDA Approval for Its Lia Software for Use with Non-Medtronic
Nov 12, 2013Medtronic has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) software for use with non-Medtronic leads to detect defibrillator lead issues. LIA software has been approved by the FDA to ...
Tags: Medtronic, PDA, LIA, non-medtronic
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St.Jude Medical Has Completed The Acquisition of Nanostim
Oct 15, 2013St. 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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St. Jude Medical Purchased Price of $170m up-Front Plus The Potential for up to $161m
Aug 22, 2013US- based St. Jude Medical has acquired Endosense, a Switzerland-based company for a purchase price of $170m (CHF159m) up-front plus the potential for up to $161m (CHF150m) in subsequent milestone payments. While the acquisition is ...