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Plaque Analysis

HeartFlow Introduces Next Generation Interactive Plaque Analysis Platform to Assess Patient Risk in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

07/19/2024

“Having access to a patient’s whole coronary picture, with both quantified plaque and physiology, is a game-changer as a clinician. I can reference the cross-sectional views with plaque by type when reviewing my patient’s workup and have...

“Having access to a patient’s...

07/19/2024

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Ischemic Stroke

Imperative Care Announces FDA Clearance and Initial Cases of the Zoom 6F Insert Catheters, the First Insert Catheters Built for Stroke

07/17/2024

Based on physician feedback, the new Zoom 6F Insert Catheters were developed to be more supportive, more torque-able and longer than current vessel selection devices and are offered in three stroke-specific shapes.

Based on physician feedback, the...

07/17/2024

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Peripheral Intervention

FDA Clears Balloon Dilation Scoring and Constraining Platform to Treat Small or Distal Peripheral Vasculature

07/16/2024

“The XO technology has shown effectiveness modifying, cracking, and dilating intimal and medial calcium using low pressures,” said Richard Saxon, MD, FSIR of Tri-City Medical, San Diego, California.

“The XO technology has shown...

07/16/2024

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Acquisitions

Edwards Lifesciences to Acquire Innovalve

07/15/2024

Edwards Lifesciences announced it has exercised its option to acquire Innovalve Bio Medical Ltd., an early-stage transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) company, following its initial investment in 2017. Since that time, Innovalve has...

Edwards Lifesciences announced...

07/15/2024

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New Technology

Sensome Signs Exclusive Commercial Distribution Agreement for Clot-Sensing Guidewire in Japan With Cosmotec

07/10/2024

Sensome’s clot-sensing guidewire integrates the world’s smallest electrical impedance sensor with machine learning and is being developed to instantly identify clot composition and clot length in real-time in order to inform treatment...

Sensome’s clot-sensing guidewire...

07/10/2024

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Vascular Closure

Cordis Receives FDA Approval for MYNX CONTROL VENOUS Vascular Closure Device

07/09/2024

Leveraging GRIP TECHNOLOGY™, based on hydrophilic, bioinert polyethylene glycol (PEG), the MYNX CONTROL™ VENOUS VCD sealant resorbs 3x faster than collagen-based sealants and provides the quickest time to hemostasis of any venous closure...

Leveraging GRIP TECHNOLOGY™,...

07/09/2024

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drug-eluting stents

Reflow Medical Enrolls First Patients in Pilot Study of Coronary Sirolimus-Eluting Retrievable Scaffold System (Spur Elute)

07/01/2024

Reflow Medical, Inc. announces the first patient enrollments in “A pilot study of the Drug-Eluting Coronary Spur™ StEnt as a Primary trEatment for in-stent Restenosis (ISR) of the CORONARY arteries” (DEEPER CORONARY, NCT06117150).

Reflow Medical, Inc. announces...

07/01/2024

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instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR)

The Story of How Academics, Industry and Interventionalists Teamed Up to Reduce Cost, Time and Patient Discomfort in Treating Coronary Artery Disease

06/27/2024

Instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) is a pressure-derived index that does not require a pharmacological agent. iFR was invented by Dr. Justin Davies from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the UK, along with the team of clinicians at...

Instantaneous wave-free ratio...

06/27/2024

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Reprocessing Devices

Innovative Health and US Endovascular Announce Agreement to Drive Cost Savings in Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Office-Based Labs

06/27/2024

Innovative Health, Inc. and US Endovascular announced that they have entered into an agreement that will enable US Endovascular’s partners among ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and office-based labs (OBLs) to benefit from the rapidly...

Innovative Health, Inc. and US...

06/27/2024

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TAVR

TAVR Treatment Remains Low in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Patients, Finds GlobalData

06/25/2024

Despite receiving approval, international guidelines still recommend open surgical replacement in populations with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease. As a result, TAVR treatment for BAVs still remains relatively low in comparison to...

Despite receiving approval,...

06/25/2024

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