April 27, 2009 - Berlin Heart GmbH recently received approval in North America for the EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device with a License with Conditions from Health Canada, the federal...
April 22, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. said this afternoon it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Impella 5.0 and Impella LD ventricular assist devices for circulatory support of periods up to six hours...
April 22, 2009 – CIRS today introduced the Model 072 Vascular Access Training Phantom Kit, which is designed to provide a realistic training medium for needle insertion.
April 21, 2009 - The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus has successfully completed the first two implants of Sunshine Heart's C-Pulse Heart Assist System under a 20-patient clinical...
April 20, 2009 - Symphony Medical Inc. said last week its Algisyl-LVR biopolymer was used on a human for the first time, successfully treating a 50-year-old male who was suffering from chronic...
April 20, 2009 - Sorin Group entered into a long-term exclusive distribution agreement with Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd. (JLL), a distributor of medical devices in Japan, for the entire portfolio of...
April 20, 2009 - Boston Scientific recently disclosed the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the District Court’s decision that Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Bx Velocity and...
April 20, 2009 - The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has installed North America's first dual axis rotational cardiac X-ray for clinical use, allowing physicians to more clearly locate...
April 16, 2009 - An estimated 1,000 lives could be saved each year if heart attack patients received faster emergency care during and immediately after a heart attack. Recognizing that each minute...
April 16, 2009 - Minnow Medical this week received the CE mark, clearing its disposable Guided Reshaping Technology (GRT) catheter to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) for marketing in the...
April 15, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today announced the initiation of the global abdominal aortic aneurysm study known as ENGAGE, which will evaluate the performance of the Endurant stent graft,...
April 14, 2009 - The voluntary medical device recall initiated on Feb. 2, 2009 by Arrow International’s Cardiac Care Division involves volume connectors for its 30cc, 40cc and 50cc Intra-aortic...
April 13, 2009 - To improve hospital performance in door-to-balloon (DTB) times nationally, the American College of Cardiology D2B Alliance recently enrolled approximately 1,000 hospitals that...
April 10, 2009 - NMT Medical Inc. said this week data analysis for its STARFlex device for patent foramen ovale (PFO)/stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) clinical trial, CLOSURE I, will...
April 10, 2009 - The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) will host its annual scientific sessions May 6-9 in Las Vegas, NV.
April 10, 2009 — Invatec has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) under which CSI will distribute Invatec’s FDA-cleared percutaneous transluminal...
April 9, 2009 - According to research presented last week at ACC, patients with the CYP2C19*2 genotype had more ischemic events in the one year following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI...
April 9, 2009 - Researchers say a larger trial is needed to effectively test a novel stent designed to speed arterial healing in heart attack patients by attracting the body’s own circulating...
April 9, 2009 - NMT Medical Inc. has received Pre-Market Approval (PMA) from the FDA to being commercial sales of the STARFlex cardiac septal repair implant for patients with ventricular septal...
April 8, 2009 - The Helena Cardiology Clinic of Helena, MT has installed two Toshiba Aplio Artida ultrasound systems with 3D Wall Motion Tracking capabilities, allowing sonographers and...
April 7, 2009 - The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is providing recommendations for the use of minimally invasive procedures to treat brain blood vessel diseases.
April 7, 2009 - In the European experience, the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) showed sustained benefits in providing safe and reliable long-term circulatory support with an...
April 6, 2009 - Evalve Inc. announced today the first enrollment in the ACCESS-Europe study, a post-market observational study of the MitraClip therapy in Europe.
April 3, 2009 - SonoSite Inc. will demonstrate its latest advances in connectivity and workflow integration technology on its SonoSite Turbo ultrasound system platform, during the Healthcare...
April 2, 2009 - Volcano Corp. this week at ACC 2009 announced the availability of its integrated fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology on all major cardiovascular X-ray systems.
April 2, 2009 - A device implanted in the heart using minimally invasive techniques may replace the most widely prescribed drug for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial...
April 2, 2009 - Vasomedical Inc. this week conducted two presentations on the beneficial effects of EECP external counterpulsation therapy at the 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American...
April 2, 2009 - TCA Cellular Therapy’s Medical Director Gabriel Lasala, M.D. presented preliminary results of an adult stem cell treatment for severe limb ischemia Sunday at the American College...
April 2, 2009 – Invatec received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its Amphirion Deep 150 mm Long PTA Balloon and Tapered 210 mm Long PTA Balloon in U.S.
April 1, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. said this week the FDA cleared its AB Portable driver to facilitate intra-facility patient transport, patient mobility for participation in physical and rehabilitation...
April 1, 2009 - Cardiac Data Solutions’ research findings presented at ACC this week report that the number of revascularization procedures, related in-hospital mortality and some complications...
March 31, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. and GE Healthcare said at ACC that they have commercially launched the first fully integrated wireless solution for the measurement of Fractional Flow...
March 31, 2009 - On Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 5 p.m., cardiothoracic surgeon John E. Streitman, M.D. will present a live Webcast of a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement from the Heart...
March 30, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Archimedes Inc., an independent Healthcare Modeling organization, announced at ACC that they will collaborate to launch a new virtual study to identify an...
March 30, 2009 - An AHRQ-funded study finds a lower risk of death and heart attack in heart disease patients 65 and older who were treated with drug-coated stents to prevent blockages as compared...
March 30, 2009 – Analysis of Boston Scientific’s SYNTAX trial found that while the overall cost effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG...
March 30, 2009 - Twelve-month data from the high-risk registry arm of the EVEREST II study shows that percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system in symptomatic high-risk surgical...
March 30, 2009 – Medtronic and the FDA announced a Class I recall of the Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide and Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide.
March 30, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, and GE Healthcare’s cardiovascular ultrasound unit announced a formal affiliation under which the companies will work collaboratively...
March 27, 2009 - The first data from PLC Systems’ pilot safety trial for RenalGuard will be presented in a poster session at the American College of Cardiology Annual Conference, on Sunday, March...
March 26, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. will exhibit its portfolio of heart recovery products spanning the continuum of cardiovascular patient care from the cath lab to the surgery suite at ACC 2009 in...
March 24, 2009 - Abbott said today it initiated the next phase of the ABSORB clinical trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the company's fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting coronary stent...
March 24, 2009 - W. L. Gore & Associates today said it received FDA approval to market a 31 mm diameter version of the GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis.
March 24, 2009 - Ardian Inc said yesterday Medtronic Inc. has led a $47 million financing of the company to develop a new catheter-based medical device to treat hypertension.
March 23, 2009 – CardiacAssist Inc. yesterday introduced a longer cannula set to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to be used with its TandemHeart cardiac-assist device, the TandemHeart...
March 20, 2009 - Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have pooled three years of individual patient data to compare the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery versus...
March 20, 2009 - Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have pooled three years of individual patient data to compare the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery versus...
March 20, 2009 - Endologix Inc. yesterday announced the first presentation of initial outcomes with up to two-year patient follow-up from its Powerlink Suprarenal Proximal Extension trial; the...
March 20, 2009 - Cook Inc. said yesterday it will promptly appeal an initial ruling by the District Court of Düsseldorf, Germany denying the company’s claim that Edwards Lifesciences is infringing...
March 19, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced the launch of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheter, a product designed to improve the deliverability of the company's intravascular...
Endovascular repair for aortic aneurysms has gained popularity in the past five to six years as physicians has learned how to use and became more comfortable with the new generations of stent...
March 19, 2009 - The FDA has approved an investigational device exemption (IDE) for a multicenter clinical trial of IDEV Technologies Inc.’s SUPERA stent, a novel stent platform designed for the...
March 19, 2009 - Digisonics will showcase their new DigiView Cath package with its imaging and reporting capabilites for the first time at the ACC 2009 meeting in Orlando, FL at booth #1773.
March 18, 2009 - Flexible Stenting Solutions Inc. (FSS) this week submitted an investigational device exemption (IDE) application to the FDA for its FlexStent Femoropopliteal SE Stent System for...
March 18, 2009 - Cardiologists Edward Tadajweski, M.D., and Jeffrey L. Williams, M.D., MS, FACC, are the first in the U.S. to perform 3D imaging of complex cardiac anatomy using GE's Innova 3D...
March 17, 2009 – Twelve-month data from the ATLANTA Trial shows that the CATANIA Coronary Stent System with NanoThin Polyzene-F offers sustained benefit in the treatment of de novo coronary...
March 17, 2009 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced it has completed enrollment in the 350-patient nonsurgical study arm of its PARTNER Trial for the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart...
March 17, 2009 – Sorin Group recently announced the enrollment of the first three patients in a clinical trial aimed at obtaining European market approval for its Perceval S Sutureless Aortic...
March 16, 2009 – Invatec today announced CE-certification of a new coronary balloon, the IN.PACT Falcon paclitaxel-eluting PTCA balloon catheter, which is one of the first drug-eluting balloons...
March 13, 2009 - A comprehensive analysis published this week in The Lancet from the ABSORB clinical trial demonstrated that Abbott’s bioabsorbable drug eluting stent (DES), currently in...
March 13, 2009 - BridgePoint Medical Inc. completed the first human clinical case in the U.S. using its CrossBoss CTO Catheter and Stingray CTO Re-Entry System.
March 13, 2009 -Medical device pioneer Stentys said today it extended its self-expanding and disconnectable technology platform to include a second major indication - acute myocardial infarction (...
March 12, 2009 - CeloNova BioSciences Inc. said yesterday physicians performing a live stent implantation during the annual scientific meeting of the Sociedad Venezolana de Cardiologia...
March 11, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare will showcase advanced imaging applications like the new syngo iFlow and a new medical-grade large display, which provides a 56-inch active, full-color...
March 10, 2009 - W. L. Gore & Associates today said the first clinical use of the GORE Flow Reversal System for neuroprotection during carotid artery stenting (CAS) was performed by Daniel...
March 11, 2009 - With the joint development of the Ziehm NaviPort 3D interface, the medical technology manufacturing companies Ziehm Imaging and Stryker have succeeded in importing 2D and 3D C-arm...
March 11, 2009 - Results from the PROTECT I trial evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of the Abiomed Inc. Impella 2.5 circulatory assist device in high-risk percutaneous coronary...
March 10, 2009 - Abbott today launched the VOYAGER NC Coronary Dilatation Catheter, a next-generation balloon dilatation catheter with high-pressure capability designed to optimize the treatment...
March 10, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan bestowed its 2009 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award on ValveXchange Inc. for developing the innovative ValveXchange Heart Valve System...
March 10, 2009 – As early detection increases for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and more patients seek treatment, the U.S. market for peripheral vascular treatment will grow to an estimated $4...
