Biotricity Inc. announced recently that it will be expanding its existing research partnership with the University of Calgary. In order to develop and validate the next generation of medically relevant wearable monitors, the focus of the new partnership will be on areas beyond cardiac medicine, including fetal monitoring and sleep apnea.

Medtronic plc is the first company to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its suite of cardiac rhythm and heart failure devices and leads to be scanned in both 3 and 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. This advancement gives patients with Medtronic SureScan MR-conditional pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) and leads access to MRI scans on any part of the body.

A surveillance project to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in comparison with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is being launched by the Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO). Carotid artery stenting (CAS) and CEA are performed in patients with atherosclerotic narrowing of the carotid artery in order to reduce stroke risk.

SentreHeart Inc. announced this week it has treated the first patients using the Eclipse Surgical Device, which is approved and CE Marked in Europe for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure. Krzysztof Bartus, M.D., Ph.D., and associate professor of the Jagiellonian University, Department of Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery in Krakow, Poland performed the procedures.

3-D bioprinting, 3-D printing, printed organs, 3D bioprinting
3-D bioprinting, 3-D printing, printed organs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed its rules concerning custom medical devices Oct. 12, adding new definitions to better outline what constitutes a device that does not require premarket or 510(k) marketed clearances, or requirements for clinical trials to measure its efficacy or safety. The FDA also released a guidance document for manufacturers and FDA staff regarding these amendments. The FDA made the changes as these types of devices are being eyed for guidance in the creation of custom, one-off, 3-D printed medical devices. 

VIVA (Vascular Interventional Advances) Physicians announced a number of highly anticipated late-breaking clinical trial results at VIVA 16, hosted at the Wynn Las Vegas Sept. 18-22.

October 12, 2016 — The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new reporting standards focused on endovascular treatment of chronic lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). Recommended reporting standards for lower extremity ischemia were last published by the SVS in 1997.

Terumo Finecross guidewire illustrates some of the basics of guide wire technology

While guidewires are a key tool used by all interventionalists in the cath lab, most operators do not have a deep understanding of the basic technologies or definitions used for these devices. 

Medtronic plc announced recently that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the TrailBlazer angled support catheter for use in the peripheral vascular system. Support catheters such as the Trailblazer are often used in endovascular procedures treating complex peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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