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How Shockwave’s Javelin IVL catheter breaks up blood-blocking calcium where balloons can’t reach

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Shockwave’s novel Javelin intravascular lithotripsy catheter focuses acoustic energy forward to clear a path through calcium-clogged blood vessels. Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Shockwave Medical aims to deliver intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) to a different type of blood vessel with a first-of-its-kind catheter platform. The Javelin … [Read more...] about How Shockwave’s Javelin IVL catheter breaks up blood-blocking calcium where balloons can’t reach

Stryker’s Inari Medical launches Artix thrombectomy system

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Inari Medical — now part of Stryker — announced that it launched its Artix thrombectomy system for arterial thrombectomies. The company built Artix for the distinct needs of the peripheral arterial system, according to a news release. It marks Inari's inaugural entry into the arterial space. The combined aspiration plus mechanical … [Read more...] about Stryker’s Inari Medical launches Artix thrombectomy system

NanoVibronix completes pilot study for UroShield device

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NanoVibronix (Nasdaq:NAOV) announced today that it completed the first phase of a randomized controlled trial for its UroShield device. Researchers at the University of Michigan completed the first phase of the trial for UroShield, a portable ultrasonic therapeutic device. UroShield utilizes patented low-intensity surface acoustic wave (SAW) … [Read more...] about NanoVibronix completes pilot study for UroShield device

How Medtronic designed the PulseSelect pulsed field ablation system for AFib

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Medtronic‘s PulseSelect became the first pulsed field ablation (PFA) system to win FDA approval for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib) in December 2023. The world’s largest medical device manufacturer achieved that milestone about 15 years after one of its engineers, Mark Stewart, coined the term “pulsed field ablation” in a research paper … [Read more...] about How Medtronic designed the PulseSelect pulsed field ablation system for AFib

Bioabsorbable polymers for implantable medical devices: What to know
Bioabsorbable polymers are used for an expanding range of medical devices.

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Bioabsorbable polymers degrade and disappear at predictable rates, making them an ideal material for parts of implantable devices that could otherwise impair healing or create an ongoing risk of injury or infection. Bioabsorbable sutures made of glycolide/lactide polymers, first developed in the 1970s, are strong and flexible enough to hold … [Read more...] about Bioabsorbable polymers for implantable medical devices: What to know

Stereotaxis to acquire Access Point Technologies and its EP catheters

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Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS) is purchasing a Minneapolis-based electrophysiology (EP) catheter maker to further enhance its minimally invasive endovascular surgical robotics technology. St. Louis–based Stereotaxis did not disclose how much it is paying for Access Point Technologies in its after-hours news release. The transaction, paid with … [Read more...] about Stereotaxis to acquire Access Point Technologies and its EP catheters

High voltage in the heart: PFA catheter design tips from Biosense Webster
Tushar Sharma at J&J Medtech’s Biosense Webster discusses pulsed-field ablation (PFA) catheter shapes, sensors, electrodes and device design tips.

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Biosense Webster’s pulsed-field ablation (PFA) catheter design and development starts in the heart. That’s where PFA treats atrial fibrillation (AFib) by killing cardiac cells to isolate errant heart signals and prevent them from triggering irregular heartbeats. PFA uses electric fields to permanently open holes in the walls of heart cells … [Read more...] about High voltage in the heart: PFA catheter design tips from Biosense Webster

What’s so special about pulsed field ablation? Medtronic EVP Sean Salmon explains

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Medtronic’s PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System — which won the first FDA approval for PFA to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib) — is just the start of a wave of new PFA devices expected to hit the market. Medtronic is lining up another PFA cardiac ablation system for approval, while competitor Boston Scientific anticipates approval of … [Read more...] about What’s so special about pulsed field ablation? Medtronic EVP Sean Salmon explains

Cerenovus President Mark Dickinson on the future of stroke care

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Cerenovus President Mark Dickinson forecasts the innovative technologies that will advance stroke care in the coming years. It's getting harder to beat aspiration systems for fast and simple thrombectomies to remove blood clots that are blocking oxygen from a stroke patient's brain. That's according to Cerenovus Worldwide President Mark … [Read more...] about Cerenovus President Mark Dickinson on the future of stroke care

Boston Scientific’s Dr. Michael Jaff on the future of peripheral intervention

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Advanced technologies have the potential to take peripheral therapy "to a different stratosphere," says Dr. Michael Jaff, the chief medical officer and VP of the Boston Scientific Peripheral Interventions business. He characterized them as similar to the ability to combine devices with drugs, which he called the biggest transformational change … [Read more...] about Boston Scientific’s Dr. Michael Jaff on the future of peripheral intervention