Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford have found a new way to boost the survival of pediatric patients whose hearts stop while they are hospitalized. The researchers ...
Tags: Cardiac Arrest, Pediatric Patients, New Way to Boost Survival
US-based BioVentrix has announced that placement of its Revivent-TC ventricular enhancement system, via Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement (LIVE) procedure, has been successfully expanded to a second European clinical site. The ...
St. 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 ...
Asahi Kasei Zoll Medical, the Japanese subsidiary of Zoll Medical, has obtained Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its X Series monitor/defibrillator, designed primarily for emergency medical ...
US-based BioVentrix has announced the successful completion of it 50th clinical case using the Revivent myocardial anchoring system in a 74-year-old male patient at the OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium. The case comes on the heels of other ...
Tags: BioVentrix, Revivent Technology
AngioDynamics, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval for its AngioVac venous drainage cannula and cardiopulmonary bypass circuit for use during extracorporeal bypass for around six hours. The CE Mark also covers the ...
Tags: AngioDynamics, Angiovac
US-based medical diagnostic device company Welch Allyn has launched its Welch Allyn CP 150, the new connectivity-ready electrocardiograph device, in Canada. The Welch Allyn CP 50 ECG has an intuitive design and functionality and offers ...
Tags: diagnostic device, Medicine
Frontera Strategies, a provider of in-office cardiac, pulmonary, vascular and neurological testing services, has entered into a strategic alliance with MGC Diagnostics. Under the alliance, Frontera has agreed to buy MGC Diagnostics' new ...
Tags: Medicine, MGC Diagnostics, Frontera
Zoll Medical has gained Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its intravascular temperature management (IVTM) system, designed for use in neurologically injured patients to control fever. The ...
Tags: Medical, care decices, clinical trial
Sorin Group has purchased a manufacturer of cannulae and catheters, California Medical Laboratories, for $14m. The acquisition will strengthen Sorin's existing cannulae product line as well as complement the recent acquisition of the ...
Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia, US, has installed Masimo's noninvasive and continuous patient monitoring solutions. The installation of Masimo SET pulse oximetry and rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry will help in improving patient ...
Tags: patient monitoring solution, medical equipement, clinical application
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Respiratory Motion's ExSpiron respiratory monitoring system, designed for monitoring breathing abnormalities often associated with potentially lethal respiratory depression. ...
Tags: FDA, respiratory monitoring system, clinical technology
Sphere Medical has presented positive results of its in-vitro diagnostic medical device designed for measuring intravenous anaesthetic propofol at the point of care. The device, Pelorus 1500, provides real time measurements of propofol ...
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Maquet Cardiopulmonary, a unit of Maquet Cardiovascular, has entered into an agreement to purchase Avalon Laboratories' Elite Bi-Caval Dual Lumen Catheter and complimentary vascular access kits for use during extracorporeal life support ...
Tags: Maquet, cardiopulmonary, ECLS