It's too early to tell, but the total artificial heart might be the next potential medtech goldmine. Shares of artificial heart maker Carmat climbed nearly 20% in mid-day trading on September 5 amidst recently-confirmed rumors that the ...
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Integra 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 ...
US-based Medtronic has announced that its Micra transcatheter pacing system (TPS) has been implanted in the first patient in Austria as part of the company’s multi-center global clinical trial. The single-arm, pivotal clinical trial ...
US-based Elixir Medical has announced positive one-year results from the DESolve Nx international pivotal clinical trial for the CE Mark-approved, fully bioresorbable DESolve Novolimus eluting coronary scaffold system. At one year, the ...
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St. 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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Neuros Medical, a US-based neurostimulation company, has obtained an investigational device exemption (IDE) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a randomized, controlled pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the ...
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US-based in vitro diagnostic company Venaxis announced that the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMD) has recommended the continuation of pivotal clinical trial of the APPY1 test, a multiple biomarker-based assay for identifying patients ...
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T2 Biosystems has initiated the direcT2 clinical trial of T2Candida, designed for the rapid and sensitive identification of five species of Candida. The direcT2 trial will provide data to support a regulatory submission for T2Candida. ...
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Edwards Lifesciences has obtained the reimbursement for its Sapien XT transcatheter aortic valve implant from Japan's Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) after the recommendation made by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel is scheduled to decide on Ocular Therapeutix’s premarket approval application for the ReSure Sealant in September and may suggest some recommendations. ...
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ReShape Medical has completed patient enrollment in a pivotal clinical trial of its ReShape Duo Intragastric Balloon device, designed for the treatment of obese. Using a standard endoscope, non-surgical weight loss device is placed in the ...
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CardioFocus will complete full patient enrollment in a US pivotal clinical trial of its HeartLight catheter ablation system in 2013. The 350 patient-based trial, which is evaluating and comparing the safety and efficacy of the company's ...
Dune Medical Devices' MarginProbe system, designed for the detection of breast cancer, has obtained premarket approval (PMA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The system is an intra-operative tissue assessment tool which ...
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GI Dynamics has obtained conditional approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a pivotal clinical trial of its non-surgical EndoBarrier device. Flexible, tube-shaped EndoBarrier liner, which forms a physical ...
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AspenBio Pharma has submitted its AppyScore blood-based test's pre-investigational device exemption (pre-IDE) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AppyScore blood-based test is designed to aid physicians in identifying children ...
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