Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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US-based medical technology company Medtronic has announced the randomization of the first patients in the SYMPLICITY HTN-4 clinical trial at Medical University of South Carolina, Piedmont Heart Institute and Duke University Medical Center. ...
US-based Abbott Laboratories has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MitraClip device, designed to treat patients with significant symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) who are at ...
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Hatch Medical, a US-based incubator and broker of medical device technologies, has received US patents for its percutaneous spinal stabilization system. The patents, no. 8,357,197 and no. 8,357,198, cover a minimally invasive device ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark approval to ALung Technologies' Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS) for the treatment of patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure including acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute ...
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St Jude Medical is planning to begin EnligHTNment study, designed to evaluate whether patients with hypertension treated with its EnligHTN renal denervation system can provide additional benefits beyond a reduction in blood pressure. The ...
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Pittsburgh-based ALung Technologies has gained Health Canada approval for its Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS), designed for treating patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure including acute respiratory distress syndrome ...
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St Jude Medical has treated the first patient with 25 mm Portico Transcatheter aortic heart valve using the transfemoral delivery system in its ongoing non-randomized, multi-center European trial. Made of bovine pericardial tissue, the 25 ...
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CardioKinetix has completed enrolling the first patient in PARACHUTE IV trial of its Parachute ventricular partitioning device for treating heart failure patients. The minimally invasive device is deployed into the left ventricle to ...
The European Union has granted CE mark to NeoChord's minimally invasive device, DS1000, that allows implantation of artificial chordae tendinae for the repair of mitral valve prolapse, via a transapical, off-pump procedure. In addition, ...
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Halt Medical has obtained $15m finance from American Capital to support the commercialization of its Acessa system, designed for treating uterine fibroids. Using a slender Handpiece, the CE-marked system delivers radiofrequency energy to ...
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Adachi Medical Instruments, Mazor Robotics' distribution partner in Japan, has placed an order for Renaissance surgical guidance system. Renaissance is a minimally invasive device designed for use in spine procedure including ...
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Uroplasty has reported positive results from subcutaneous tibial nerve stimulator's nine-year follow-up study. The FDA-approved stimulator, Urgent PC neuromodulation system, is a minimally invasive device used for treating overactive ...
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