A top Abbott executive explains how the company's FlexNav delivery system could make the Portico TAVR competitive. Abbott is aiming to claw away market share from transcatheter aortic valve replacement pioneers Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic. The Abbott Park, Illinois–based medtech company in September announced FDA approval of its Portico … [Read more...] about Abbott sees the delivery system as a differentiator for its TAVR
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Raumedic plans U.S. headquarters expansion
Raumedic today said it intends to expand its clean room manufacturing facilities at its U.S. headquarters in Mills River, North Carolina. The new clean room is expected to be completed by February 2022 and used for new product lines. The Helmbrechts, Germany-based medical device component developer and manufacturer built its existing … [Read more...] about Raumedic plans U.S. headquarters expansion
Surmodics acquires Vetex Medical and its mechanical thrombectomy catheter
Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) announced that it acquired Vetex Medical, a developer and manufacturer of venous clot removal solutions. Buying Galway, Ireland–based Vetex Medical provides Surmodics a second FDA-cleared device for its thrombectomy portfolio. Vetex designed the ReVene thrombectomy catheter to remove large, mixed-morphology blood clots … [Read more...] about Surmodics acquires Vetex Medical and its mechanical thrombectomy catheter
Stratus Medical receives CE mark for Nimbus RF multitined expandable electrode, Vesta RF cannula
Stratus Medical this week said it received CE mark approval for its Nimbus RF multitined expandable electrode and Vesta RF cannula. The Nimbus multitined expandable electrode is designed to create a large 8 mm to 10 mm prolate spheroid lesion for pain relief. More than 100,000 of the devices have been used to treat chronic pain in patients in … [Read more...] about Stratus Medical receives CE mark for Nimbus RF multitined expandable electrode, Vesta RF cannula
Micro Medical Solutions wins FDA breakthrough device designation for vascular stent
Micro Medical Solutions today said it has received FDA breakthrough device designation for its MicroStent vascular stent. The stent is designed to maintain vessel patency, enhance wound treatment and improve quality of life and blood flow to reduce amputations and mortality for patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) from … [Read more...] about Micro Medical Solutions wins FDA breakthrough device designation for vascular stent
This device stops aorta blood flow to save lives
Stopping internal bleeding from torso trauma has its technological challenges. Asha Parekh, co-founder and CEO of Front Line Medical Technologies, has developed a small, quick and easy device that could solve the problem. Front Line Medical Technologies (London, Ontario) is an early-stage medical device company that is developing a way to stop … [Read more...] about This device stops aorta blood flow to save lives
Erbe Elektromedizin to acquire Maxer Endoscopy
Erbe Elektromedizin announced today that it is set to acquire Maxer Endoscopy for an undisclosed amount. Teubingen, Germany–based Erbe Elektromedizin develops, manufactures and distributes surgical instruments and devices in almost all specialist areas. Combined with other Erbe technologies, the surgical instruments are based on … [Read more...] about Erbe Elektromedizin to acquire Maxer Endoscopy
IceCure Medical wins FDA breakthrough device designation for cryoablation system
IceCure Medical today said it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its ProSense cryoablation system. ProSense is a liquid nitrogen-based cryoablation system that is a minimally invasive treatment for cancer tumors. It is designed for use in the treatment of TI invasive breast cancer or in patients not suitable for surgical … [Read more...] about IceCure Medical wins FDA breakthrough device designation for cryoablation system
4 innovative devices delivered through catheters
Physicians use catheters to deploy numerous life-saving devices across the healthcare realm, from cardiovascular to neurovascular. They typically insert the thin, flexible tubes in a process called catheterization to deploy devices such as left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVRs) and occluders to … [Read more...] about 4 innovative devices delivered through catheters
FDA committee to examine safety of endovascular stent grafts
FDA’s CDRH Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee will meet later this year to examine the safety of endovascular stent grafts made by Endologix and other companies. Day one of the meeting will examine the benefit-risk profile of the Endologix AFX endovascular graft system regarding a potentially … [Read more...] about FDA committee to examine safety of endovascular stent grafts
