October 5, 2010 - The 37th annual VEITHsymposium, for vascular disease specialists, will be held Nov. 17 – 21 at the Hilton New York. The five-day event will feature more than 450 rapid-fire...
October 5, 2010 – Edwards Lifesciences has opened a new 300,000-square-foot facility in Draper, Utah, allowing the company to significantly expand its manufacturing and development capabilities,...
October 5, 2010 – A U.S. clinical study evaluating the CrossBoss and Stingray catheters in treating chronically occluded coronary arteries concluded in August and Bridgepoint Medical has asked the...
October 4, 2010 – Germany will reimburse patients who have a left atrial appendage closure procedure in 2011. The 2011 G-DRG (German Diagnosis Related Group) catalog, recently published on the...
October 4, 2010 - Johnson and Johnson has completed the acquisition of Micrus Endovascular, a developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive devices for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. The...
October 1, 2010 – The Bradenton Cardiology Center is the first clinic in the United States to implant a peripheral self-expanding stent as part of the OSPREY study. The trial, which is evaluating...
October 1, 2010 – The maker of a biodegradable stent has brought in $8.5 million during a new round of venture financing from existing investors. Arterial Remodeling Technologies (ART) now has $17...
October 1, 2010 – The most recent clinical data from USpella, a U.S. multicenter, observational registry of patients who received percutaneous cardiac support from the Impella 2.5 device, was...
September 30, 2010 – New angiography navigation tools for structural heart cases were shown by GE Healthcare during last week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium.
September 30, 2010 – A specialized partner program was recently launched to enable select top healthcare institutions to provide advanced training in hemodynamic support and complex patient...
September 30, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a software interface and image segmentation system that can help simulate and evaluate surgical treatment options.
September 29, 2010 – A new portable, arm-held ultrasound system can provide fast, easy and reliable diagnosis even in critical emergency situations. The MyLabOne, by Biosound Esaote, is...
September 29, 2010 – Physicians from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute will lead a clinical trial evaluating transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for patients who experience severe aortic...
September 29, 2010 – Results from a trial studying the effects of a drug-eluting balloon (DEB) on peripheral artery disease (PAD) were released at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (...
Transcatheter valve therapies were among the hottest topics at the 2010 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium and the key presentation was the very positive first release of...
September 29, 2010 – An agreement was reached between AccessClosure and Benrikal Services for distributing vascular closure devices in the United States. AccessClosure will be the exclusive...
September 28, 2010 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium featured a live case broadcast of a physician implanting a new device to treat refractory angina.
September 28, 2010 – A new multinational trial will examine the effectiveness of embolic protection mesh stents in STEMI (ST-elelvated myocardial infarction) patients.
September 28, 2010 – A guiding catheter specifically designed for right radial access to maximize transradial interventional procedures is released in the United States. Terumo Interventional...
September 28, 2010 – A fully automatic, all-in-one ultrasound cleansing and disinfection system, the Mides Transesophageal (TEE)-Care, offers ease-of-use and safe handling. It was recently...
September 27, 2010 – A post-market study investigating a new treatment for peripheral artery disease of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) has completed enrollment.
September 27, 2010 – A premarket approval (PMA) application has been submitted for the Formula balloon-expandable stent to help treat patients suffering from renal artery stenosis. Cook Medical’s...
September 27, 2010 - Treating varicose veins with a new access kit reduces the number of steps and reduces procedure time. The .018-inch nitinol long-access wire for the VenaCure EVLT system, by...
September 27, 2010 – Designed for productivity and versatility, the new GE Healthcare Innova 3100-IQ (Optima Edition) is a reliable, cost-effective, high-performance interventional combo lab for...
September 24, 2010 - Trial data have established the safety of a reversible PAR-1 thrombin receptor antagonist in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Results from the LANCELOT ACS trial were...
September 24, 2010 – Drug-eluting stents are beneficial in treating symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the femoropopliteal artery. Data from the ZILVER PTX trial demonstrate that...
September 24, 2010 - Two-year data from the SPIRIT IV trial show that everolimus-eluting stents demonstrated enhanced safety and efficacy in treating de novo native coronary artery lesions when...
September 24, 2010 - The first in-human study of a robotically assisted percutaneous coronary intervention system demonstrated that the technique is safe and feasible. The results of the study,...
September 23, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conditionally approved the first part of a trial testing a new transcatheter heart valve.
September 23, 2010 - Results from the second stage of a trial studying a bioresorbable vascular scaffold were announced at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in Washington...
September 23, 2010 – The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire entered a permanent injunction in a patent infringement lawsuit between two medical device companies.
September 23, 2010 - The first-in-human procedure to use ultrasound therapy to treat mitral regurgitation (MR) has been successfully completed. The data from the study, which used ReCor Medical’s...
September 23, 2010 – The first consensus document for treating structural heart disease has been published by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).
September 22, 2010 – Coronary artery disease, a leading cause of death and poor quality of life worldwide, can often complicate the daily practice of interventional cardiology. But new data from...
September 22, 2010 - A new intravascular imaging system will be highlighted at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in Washington, D.C. The C7-XR optical coherence...
September 22, 2010 – Trial data indicate that a new stent may be a safer solution to treat heart attack patients. The Apposition II study found that the Stentys self-apposing stent helps reduce...
The 23rd annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) will take place from Jan. 16-20, 2011 in Miami Beach. At the meeting, more than 1,500 members of the endovascular community-...
September 21, 2010 - Patent infringement claims by St. Jude Medical Systems against the Volcano Corporation are without merit, the company said Tuesday.
September 21, 2010 – Two companies announced that they have entered into a distribution agreement in the United States. The agreement allows Vascular Solutions to distribute Shepherd Scientific’s...
September 21, 2010 – The first patients have been enrolled in a trial testing a new treatment for refractory angina. The COSIRA (Coronary Sinus Reducer for Treatment of Refractory Angina) trial is...
September 21, 2010 – Ventricular assist devices (VADs) can restore normal hemodynamics and support recovery of native cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study...
September 20, 2010 - Results for the first-in-human study for a robotic cath lab navigation system will be announced at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 conference....
September 20, 2010 - Interim six-month results for a stent system designed to treat bifurcation lesions will be presented during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 conference...
September 20, 2010 – Transcatheter ventricular assist device (VAD) company Abiomed will highlight its devices at several events during the 2010 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)...
September 20, 2010 - A new intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) coronary imaging system integrating plaque spectroscopy to better guide therapy will be highlighted during the annual Transcatheter...
September 17, 2010 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first device that combines an angioplasty balloon and an embolic capturing feature. Angioslide's Proteus device is presently...
September 17, 2010 - An aortic valve has been successfully implanted in the acute porcine model by Transcatheter Technologies GmbH (TT) using its Trinity system.
September 17, 2010 - The Cardiovascular Research Foundation's 22nd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium, to be held Sept. 21- 25, will feature presentations on Xience V...
September 17, 2010 - Clinical uses will soon begin for the C3 Delivery System for the Gore Excluder Device as a minimally invasive treatment for patients suffering from an abdominal aortic...
September 16, 2010 – A new collection of software applications for structural heart treatment under angiography will be highlighted by GE Healthcare during the 2010 Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
September 16, 2010 – The features of the Infinix-i angiography systems that make the radial access approach more successful will be highlighted at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (...
September 15, 2010 – Results from the PARTNER Trial Cohort B will be presented at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 scientific symposium in...
September 15, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) market approval for the Medivance noninvasive Arctic Sun 5000 therapeutic temperature management device. The new...
September 15, 2010 – A study evaluating the level of platelet aggregation achieved after switching from clopidogrel (Plavix) 75 mg once-daily maintenance dosing plus aspirin to prasugrel (Effient...
September 15, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the time to complete its review of the new drug application (NDA) for ticagrelor (Brilinta), which is the first...
September 15, 2010 – A high-definition intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) system will be demonstrated during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium Sept. 21-25 in...
September 14, 2010 – Transcatheter valves, drug-eluting balloons and the latest stent comparison trial data are among the top three trends at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010...
September 14, 2010 – The latest clinical trial data for the Promus Element and Taxus Element coronary stents will be released during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific...
September 10, 2010 – Cath Labs are being encouraged this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect their inventories for AngioSculpt EX Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary...
September 10, 2010 – With new tax on medical devices beginning in 2013, a guidewire original equipment manufacturer (OEM) believes this may dampen future funding for research and development....
September 10, 2010 – The first patient was successfully supported for six days by the Impella Right Peripheral (RP) ventricular assist device (VAD) at the Providence Heart and Lung Institute at St...
September 8. 2010 – Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided bifurcation stenting significantly reduced the four-year mortality in patients as compared to conventional angiographically guided...
September 8, 2010 – The increased effectiveness of ticagrelor (Brilinta) in overcoming high platelet reactivity as compared to the gold-standard of clopidogrel (Plavix) was shown in data presented...
September 7, 2010 – European CE mark approval was granted for a new Medtronic CoreValve delivery system with AccuTrak Stability Layer for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). AccuTrak...
September 7, 2010 – Enrollment started in the Endovascular Atherectomy Safety and Effectiveness (EASE) study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Phoenix Atherectomy catheter. The...
September 1, 2010 - The results of follow-up tests undertaken ten years after the first patient was treated with a Cypher sirolimus-eluting coronary stent were presented at the European Society of...
September 1, 2010 – The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) upgraded fractional flow reserve (FFR) to a class I, level of evidence A, the highest class and level possible. The guidelines for FFR-...
September 1, 2010 – The first catheter to combine near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to characterize coronary plaque was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug...
September 1, 2010 - A new zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent using a biocompatible polymer gained CE mark and is being launched in Europe this week. The Medtronic Resolute Integrity Stent System...
September 1, 2010 - Z-Medica Corp., announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Nihon-Kohden, Japan's manufacturer, developer and distributor of medical electronic...
