Heart Valve Technology

This channel includes news and new device innovations about heart valve technologies, including the aortic valve, mitral valve, pulmonic valve, and tricuspid valve. This includes information on transcatheter valve technologies like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or implantation TAVI), transcatheter mitral valve repair or replacement (TMVR), transcatheter and surgical valve repairs, and surgical replacement valves. Newer devices are now being used for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair replacement (TTVR). 

St. Jude Medical Portico TAVR System U.S. Implants Clinical Study
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May 20, 2014 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the first patient implants occurred in the Portico Re-sheathable ...

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May 20, 2014 — Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company that is developing a third-generation ...

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Corevalve, FDA, Edwards, TAVR, TAVI, lawsuit, injunction
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May 20, 2014 — In a surprise move, Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Medtronic reached an agreement this week to settle all ...

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May 19, 2014 — For the first time, a minimally invasive transcatheter valve — tested by Baylor Research Institute in ...

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May 8, 2014 — Abbott announced its catheter-based MitraClip therapy has received Health Canada approval, providing ...

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May 2, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. revealed new data demonstrating positive outcomes for extreme risk patients with severe ...

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April 28, 2014 — JenaValve Technology Inc. – a privately held, venture-backed developer, manufacturer and marketer of ...

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April 22, 2014 – The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from Medtronic Inc. to postpone the ...
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April 18, 2014 — Tendyne Holdings Inc. has secured $25 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing led by Apple Tree ...

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Corevalve beats surgery, ACC 2014, TAVR vs surgery, Edwards lawsuit
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April 16, 2014 — The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted a preliminary injunction limiting the sale ...
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April 10, 2014 — Mitralign Inc. has completed enrollment in a clinical study in Europe investigating its lead device ...

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The biggest news item from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 63rd Annual Scientific Session ...

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April 7, 2014 — A first-ever randomized head-to-head comparison of two devices commonly used to treat aortic stenosis ...

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The biggest late-breaking news to come out of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2014 meeting was from the ...

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Corevalve beats surgery, ACC 2014, TAVR vs surgery
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April 2, 2014 — The key trial presented at the 2014 American College of Cardiology (ACC), which will likely be the one ...

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