October 1, 2009 – Transcatheter heart valve company CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT), which is developing the world’s first self-conforming and self-anchoring technology for transcatheter mitral...
October 1, 2009 – Invatec recently launched the REEF HP PTA Balloon Catheter at CIRSE 2009, which the company said is ideal for use in all peripheral high-pressure dilatation procedures.
October 1, 2009 – Spectranetics Corp. yesterday said it filed a 510(k) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking clearance for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) in...
September 30, 2009 – PLC Systems Inc. demonstrated its RenalGuard System to help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and presented data from its MYTHOS Clinical Trial at the Transcatheter...
September 30, 2009 – Invatec this week at the European CIRSE 2009 conference launched its latest self-expanding peripheral stent system, Maris Plus, which has a “lesion-specific” design with...
September 30, 2009 - A new study published in the Society for Vascular Surgery's October 2009 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery reports that the elderly have better operative outcomes when...
September 29, 2009 – Among the biggest news to come out of TCT 2009 last week was the late-breaking data from the SPIRIT IV trial, which showed Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent...
September 30, 2009 – MAQUET Cardiovascular said Johannes Bonatti, M.D., professor of surgery and director of coronary surgery and advanced coronary interventions at the University of Maryland...
September 29, 2009 – Cordis Corp. and Boston Scientific announced late today they reached an agreement to resolve several pending lawsuits over intellectual property related to drug-eluting stent...
September 29, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data last week at TCT 2009 from Academic Medical Center’s (AMC) three-year follow-up results from patients in the Impella 2.5 arm of the...
September 29, 2009 – Mardil Inc. last week at TCT 2009 announced positive interim data from a pilot study investigating the safety and efficacy of its novel cardiac device – BACE (Basal...
September 29, 2009 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week affirmed the previous ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California...
September 29, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the first clinical use of true integrated Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has been implemented at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N....
September 28, 2009 – New data from the phase III PLATO study showed that ticagrelor (BRILINTA) provided 16 percent reduction of cardiovascular (CV) events (composite of CV death, heart attack and...
September 28, 2009 – Data supporting the long-term safety and effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) using radio-frequency ablation in treating patients with chronic hypertension...
September 28, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Biosense Webster Inc. announced new versions of the Vivid i and Vivid q cardiovascular ultrasound systems, with support for two new intracardiac echo (ICE)...
September 22, 2009 — At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting Royal Philips Electronics today announced it will integrate the MAQUET Magnus surgical table with...
September 23, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data from USpella, the first U.S. multicenter registry of Impella 2.5 patients evaluating the safety and feasibility of left ventricular...
September 23, 2009 – To improve the ability of physicians to provide superior patient care during interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced its Next...
September 22, 2009 – Physicians can now navigate even the most tortuous anatomy with greater speed and safety with the next-generation inferior vena cava (IVC) filter delivery system introduced...
September 21, 2009 – Edwards Lifesciences Corp. today announced new clinical data demonstrating 100 percent freedom from structural deterioration of the Edwards SAPIEN valve at 18 months, as well...
September 22, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. yesterday introduced Low-Contrast Imaging (LCI) for Toshiba’s Infinix-i systems with mid (12” x 12”) and large (12” x 16”) flat-panel...
September 22, 2009 - At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting Royal Philips Electronics today announced that it will integrate the MAQUET ‘Magnus’ surgical table with...
September 21, 2009 — W. L. Gore & Associates last week announced that several physicians recently presented interim data from ongoing GORE PROPATEN Vascular Graft studies to clinical...
September 21, 2009 — CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that it will showcase transseptal puncture training simulation, developed by Mentice Inc., at its TandemHeart® System exhibit in San...
September 21, 2009 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. introduced Low-Contrast Imaging (LCI) for Toshiba’s Infinix-i systems with mid (12 x12-inch) flat and large (12 x16-inch) flat-panel...
September 21, 2009 — Minnow Medical recently announced it will be presenting interim clinical data regarding a novel technology to treat Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) on Monday, Sept. 21. The...
September 18, 2009 – Following the recent CE mark certification of the vProtect Luminal Shield, the novel self-expanding coronary stent system will be the focus of scientific presentations and...
September 18, 2009 ¬– Abbott has announced the company's schedule of key news announcements and events during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 conference in San Francisco,...
September 17, 2009 – NMT Medical Inc. said yesterday it will commence data analysis for its landmark STARFlex patent foramen ovale (PFO)/stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) clinical trial,...
September 17, 2009 – Elixir Medical Corp. said today its stent systems using bioabsorbable polymers will be featured in multiple sessions at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
September 16, 2009 – Guided Delivery Systems Inc. (GDS) announced the first successful percutaneous implantation of the GDS Accucinch System for mitral valve repair.
September 16, 2009 – Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas plans to create a worldwide electrophysiology (EP) telecardiology network for live...
September 15, 2009 – EVEREST registry clinical results of the MitraClip therapy for patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) will be a big topic of discussion at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular...
September 16, 2009 – Hansen Medical Inc. today said it received FDA clearance for its next generation Sensei X Robotic Catheter System and it introduced the Artisan Extend Control Catheter.
September 15, 2009 – Tryton Medical Inc. said today its Tryton Side Branch Stent has been used in 250 procedures to treat atherosclerotic lesions at bifurcations in patients with heart disease.
September 14, 2009 – OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-engineered R stent is feasible and safe in patients who need coronary revascularization before undeferrable noncardiac surgery and have to discontinue...
September 14, 2009 – InfraReDx said it will highlight its LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)...
September 11, 2009 – Abbott said yesterday it reached an $410 million agreement to purchase Evalve Inc., the global leader in the development of devices for minimally invasive repair of cardiac...
September 11, 2009 – Terumo Interventional Systems yesterday launched its Glidewire Advantage Peripheral Guidewire, a single wire that enables the operator to both cross the lesion and deliver...
September 11, 2009 – Terumo Interventional Systems yesterday announced the expansion of its Pinnacle Destination Guiding Sheaths with an 8 French size to extend the range of interventional...
Gregg W. Stone, M.D., offered a preview Sept. 10 of some of the key, late-breaking clinical trials and trends in interventional cardiology that will be presented during the Transcatheter...
September 9, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. said today its percutaneous Impella ventricular assist device will be highlighted in several clinical sessions at the upcoming TCT 2009 scientific meeting Sept. 21...
September 9, 2009 – CardiacAssist Inc. said yesterday it will exhibit its TandemHeart System in San Francisco at the TCT 2009 and will highlight speakers who have used the device in their cath...
September 3, 2009 – Percutaneous cardiac valve maker Evalve Inc. announced treatment this week of the first group of patients with the MitraClip system at the Karolinska University Hospital in...
September 3, 2009 – On Tuesday, Aug. 11, an 82-year old New Orleans resident with severe aortic stenosis successfully had a heart valve replaced at Ochsner Medical Center using the same technique...
September 2, 2009 – Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said this week it completed enrollment in its 1,040-patient randomized controlled investigational device exemption (IDE) study of the Edwards SAPIEN...
September 2, 2009 – Volcano Corp. said this week it entered into a nonexclusive, global resale agreement with Siemens Healthcare where Siemens will resell Volcano’s s5i IVUS/FFR systems and...
September 1, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will demonstrate its Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) feature, available on the Infinix-i product line at this year’s...
September 1, 2009 – Echocardiography with Doppler is the method of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of prosthetic valves, according to a new guideline document in the September issue of the...
August 31, 2009 – IDEV Technologies Inc. announced last week the first patient was enrolled in the company's FDA-approved multicenter clinical trial of its self-expanding SUPERA stent for the...
August 26, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare is now shipping its syngo US Workplace 3.5, with ultrasound applications for clinical workflow and patient care for cardiac imaging, general imaging, OB/GYN...
August 24, 2009 – Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center were the first in the country to perform a nonsurgical procedure using sutures to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which is the...
August 21, 2009 - World Heart Corp. said today it received FDA conditional approval to begin a bridge-to-transplant (BTT) study of the Levacor Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) at 10 U.S. centers....
August 21, 2009 – The Cardiovascular Rearch Foundation, the sponsor of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium, will feature a series of featured clinical trials in addition...
August 21, 2009 – Endologix Inc. yesterday announced the online publication of results from the pivotal prospective, multicenter clinical trial of the company's Powerlink XL System for...
August 21, 2009 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 symposium is set for Sept. 21-25, at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.
August 18, 2009 – Cardiva Medical Inc. recently received FDA clearance for its Cardiva Catalyst III, which the company says is the first drug-coated vascular closure device for the intervention...
August 17, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare will showcase cath lab imaging and workflow enhancements with its hybrid Artis zeego system during the 2009 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual...
August 17, 2009 - Reverse Medical Corporation announced that it has received U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its ReCruit Microcatheter, intended to retrieve intravascular foreign objects during...
August 17, 2009 - SonoSite Inc., a specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, announced that on Aug. 14 it completed the acquisition of CardioDynamics International Corp., a...
August 14, 2009 – ZOLL Medical Corp. said today Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in Hampshire, United Kingdom, is the first hospital to install the AutoPulse Noninvasive Cardiac Support...
August 14, 2009 – Unity Health System-Park Ridge in Rochester, N.Y., upgraded its OB-Windows systems with two OBLinks, providing instant, electronic transmission of patient data from ultrasound...
August 13, 2009 – Data published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) indicates percutaneous valve repair with the MitraClip therapy can reduce acute mitral...
August 12, 2009 – The Cardiovascular Research Foundation announced today the late breaking trials that will be presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 symposium Sept. 21-...
August 12, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. said a webcast of an Impella 2.5 procedure performed on an 85-year-old man with multivessel disease at Mount Sinai Medical Center, now available and archived on the...
August 11, 2009 – Pathway Medical Technologies Inc. today introduced the 7 French compatible version of its peripheral atherectomy catheter, the Jetstream G2 NXT.
August 11, 2009 – Physicians in the United Kingdom yesterday completed patient implants using the first CE mark approved drug-eluting stent designed specifically to treat severe peripheral artery...
August 7, 2009 – Using 64-slice CT coronary angiography can avoid further invasive angiographies, which can add up to significant cost savings, according to a new study in the American Journal of...
August 5, 2009 – Stereotaxis Inc. said today clinicians performed more than 2,500 procedures with the magnetic irrigated catheter since its commercial release, and the major adverse cardiac event...
August 3, 2009 – Abbott is conducting a voluntary recall of its POWERSAIL Coronary Dilatation Catheters, which may be damaged and can cause a leak of contrast material during use, possibly leading...
August 3, 2009 – Circulatory assist pump maker Thoratec Corp. and small implantable blood pump maker HeartWare International Inc. terminated their merger agreement in response to U.S. Federal...
July 31, 2009 – A United Kingdom court has determined Occlutech GmbH’s products do not infringe on AGA Medical Holdings’ patents for atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO)...
