The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Biotronik’s Ilesto family of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (ICD/CRT-D devices). Biotronik follows this with the launch of its next generation technology platform Ilesto DX.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Conformable Gore TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis for endovascular repair of acute and chronic Type B dissections of the descending thoracic aorta. The Conformable Gore TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis is designed for multiple thoracic etiologies, and is the only device to receive FDA indications for aneurysm, trauma and dissection. Previously, the only approved treatment options were medical management or open surgical repair.