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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

J&J’s Codman Neuro Picks Up Pulsar Vascular 

Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Codman Neuro said last week it picked up Pulsar Vascular, which produces the PulseRider device for treating brain aneurysms, for an undisclosed amount. The PulseRider is designed to shore up the blood vessels around wide-necked aneurysms at or...

December 16, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Harvard Creates World’s First 3D Printed Heart-on-a-chip 

3D Printed technology have awed our society in so many ways. They have created multiple advances that span from construction to food, but that’s not all that they’re capable of. Researchers at Harvard University have developed the first entirely 3D-printed...

December 9, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Deadly Infections Linked To Heart Surgery Device Highlight Holes In FDA Monitoring

At first, Vincent Karst, 55, was recovering well from his open-heart surgery in March 2015. He resumed the activities he enjoyed, such as visiting car shows and eating out. But some months later, his condition mysteriously deteriorated. By fall he was so short of breath, nauseated and overwhelmed by fatigue that he...

December 1, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for CRT Defibrillator That Improves Pacing

  November 15, 2016 — Medtronic plc  has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Claria MRI Quad Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) SureScan device for patients with heart failure. The Claria MRI CRT-D is approved for scanning...

November 28, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

AngioDynamics Secures $100M Loan & $150M Credit Line to Expand Market Share

AngioDynamics has secured a $100 million loan and a $150 million credit line as the medical device maker refinances debt, frees up cash and searches for opportunities to expand its market share. Chief financial officer Michael Greiner said the move...

November 15, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Heart Transplant Recipient Receives the World’s First 31 Fr ProtekDuo™ Cannula in a Life-Saving TandemLung® Case

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CardiacAssist, Inc. dba TandemLife announced today the commercial launch and first human use of their newest ProtekDuo dual lumen cannula at Cedars Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles. The cardiothoracic transplant team said the TandemLung and 31 Fr ProtekDuo...

November 14, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Heart Test Labs Appoints Industry Veteran Brian Allen as it Prepares for Commercial Device Launch

WESTLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Heart Test Laboratories Inc., announced today the appointment of Brian L. Allen as Senior Vice President of Business Development. In this role, Mr. Allen will lead the company’s commercial launch of its MyoVista electrocardiographic device. He will be...

November 11, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Fresenius Medical Care to Buy Med Tech Firm Xenios 

HEILBRONN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–zfhn Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn, one of the largest private venture capitalists in Germany, has sold medical technology company XENIOS AG to Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Fresenius Medical Care). XENIOS AG is an internationally active medical technology...

November 2, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

St. Jude Medical Warns of Premature Battery Depletion in Some Cardiac Devices 

St. Jude Medical issued an advisory Oct. 11 warning of premature battery depletion associated with lithium deposits in a small number of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICDs. The issues could affect 0.21 percent of the devices...

October 31, 2016