Two 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 ...
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Transcatheter Technologies has announced that an independent laboratory has completed ‘advanced wear testing’ (AWT) of the company’s Trinity valve prosthesis, far exceeding minimum testing standards. Indeed, AWT of the ...
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Boston Scientific has reported the first two commercial implants of Lotus valve system in a German hospital. Dr Gerhard Schuler and Dr Axel Linke led the procedures at the Heart Center - University Hospital Leipzig, Germany. CE Mark ...
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Colibri Heart Valve announced that patient enrollment has concluded in the first-in-human study of the Company's transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system in the Dominican Republic trial site. Analysis of the data from ...
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Cardiovascular device company CardioLogical Solutions has obtained two additional patents for its family of aortic embolic protection devices, developed to prevent stroke and other ischemic complications. The first patent is issued for ...
CardioLogical Solutions, a cardiovascular device company, has reported successful in vivo validation of its VasoStitch device, designed to make transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures percutaneous and safer. The ...
Helio System (TF-FA), an investigational equipment developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve, has been deployed successfully in four patients during a feasibility trial of its use in patients with high-risk aortic ...
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Medtronic has gained CE mark approval for its Engager transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system with transapical delivery catheter, from the European Union (EU). The new TAVI system, which is inserted in the apex (the lower, ...
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The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to US-based Colibri Heart Valve for a pre-packaged, sterilized, dry heart valve pre-mounted on a delivery system. The Patent No 8,361,144, which is entitled as 'Percutaneously ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Loma Vista Medical's TRUE Dilatation Balloon Valvuloplasty catheter, designed to prevent balloon ruptures in balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) and transcatheter aortic valve ...
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Medtronic has treated the first US patient in a global, multicenter clinical trial, designed to compare the accuracy of its CoreValve system with surgical aortic valve replacement in treating patients with severe aortic stenosis and who are ...
Colibri Heart Valve in the US has treated the first patient with its proprietary 24mm Colibri transcatheter aortic valve implantation(TAVI)system,as part of first-in-human feasibility study. The ...
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