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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Cardiovascular Benefits of Using a Sauna

A research group from the University of Eastern Finland has published a series of studies demonstrating regular sauna bathing may be associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, sudden cardiac death, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a press...

January 11, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Soft Robotic Cardiac Assist Device for One-sided Heart Failure

Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a novel robotic cardiac assist device designed to assist patients with one-sided heart failure. The device combines soft actuators with a rigid brace that penetrates into the heart’s intraventricular septum, to provide gentle...

November 29, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Medical Device Powered by Game Boy Advance

A Twitter user found himself perplexed today when he opened an older electrocardiogram measurement instrument and found the components belonged to a Game Boy Advance. The instrument is made by German company Medical Imaging Electronics and uses a wave produced by the...

September 25, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Warning from FDA: St. Jude Pacemaker Vulnerable to Hackers

When Vice President Dick Cheney asked his cardiologist to replace his WiFi-connected pacemaker with one without internet capability in 2007, assassination through medical device hacking seemed far-fetched. But this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that almost half a million pacemakers made by Abbott are vulnerable...

September 7, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

HeartSciences Announces CE Mark and European Launch of MyoVista® High Sensitivity ECG Device

Westlake, Texas – August 17, 2017 – HeartSciences today announced the European launch of MyoVista® high sensitivity electrocardiograph (hsECG™) Testing Device, developed in response to the global unmet need for effective, low-cost, front-line screening of cardiac disease in both symptomatic...

August 18, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Scientists Create a 3D-Printed Silicone Artificial Heart

Heart transplants that do not require a human donor are a step closer after scientists 3D-printed a soft, artificial heart made of silicone. It closely imitates a human heart ‘in form and function’, according to its Swiss developers. Heart disease remains...

July 27, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Philips Picks Up Peripheral Thrombectomy Device Maker CardioProlific 

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) last week said it paid an unspecified amount to acquire stealthy CardioProlific and the peripheral thrombectomy catheters it’s developing. Philips said the deal for Hayward, Calif.-based CardioProlific is complementary to its $2.16 billion acquisition of Spectranetics (NSDQ:SPNC) and its...

July 7, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Saranas Raises $4M to Advance Real-Time Detection Device of Internal Bleeding During Cardiac Procedures

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas, a medical device company with a new technology for real-time detection of internal bleeding during cardiac procedures, has closed a $4 million Series B round of financing. The funding will be used to advance the company’s Early Bird™...

June 16, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Man with Two Hearts Survives Heart Attack

At first there didn’t seem to be anything unusual about the man who, in 2010, reported to a Verona, Italy emergency room. He was short of breath, sweating, and had low blood pressure – cardiovascular trouble, no doubt. E.R. doctors...

June 12, 2017