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Biotronik's Pantera Lux paclitaxel-releasing balloon has demonstrated safety and efficacy in treating restenotic coronary artery lesions after drug-eluting or bare metal stenting in the...
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Boston reveals positive data from Platinum Small Vessel study
Boston Scientific's 2.25mm Promus Element everolimus-eluting platinum chromium (PtCr) stent system has demonstrated safety and effectiveness in treating de novo coronary lesions in small...
Boston Epic vascular stent now available in US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for Boston Scientific's Epic vascular self-expanding stent...
CardioKinetix Parachute implant shows efficacy in two-year study
CardioKinetix's Parachute ventricular partitioning device has demonstrated meaningful and sustained improvement in clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic heart failure, in a two-year...
Medtronic IN.PACT drug-eluting balloons show efficacy in treating narrowed arteries
IN.PACT drug-eluting balloons from Medtronic have demonstrated benefits in the two multicentre, randomised controlled trials in treating patients with coronary and peripheral artery...
UK health department, Wellcome Trust support new technologies for NHS patients
The UK Department of Health and the Wellcome Trust are supporting the development of new gene therapies and medical devices to transform treatments on the NHS, through the Health...
Biotronik reports positive data from BIOSOLVE-I trial
Biotronik's drug eluting absorbable metal scaffold (DREAMS) demonstrated safety and confirmed vessel vasomotion in the 12-month multicentre BIOSOLVE-I...
PneumRx gain FDA approval to begin RePneu LVRC system pivotal trial
PneumRx has received US Food and Drug Administration approval to initiate a 30-site pivotal clinical trial to support a premarket approval (PMA) application for the RePneu lung volume...
Maquet intra-aortic balloon catheters get FDA clearance
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for Maquet Cardiovascular's new Mega 7.5Fr. 30cc and 40cc intra-aortic balloon (IAB)...
SAMS seeks donated medical devices to save Syrian lives
The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) will receive donated medical devices as part of its 'Save Syrian Lives' campaign in...
EC clears Boston Innova bare-metal stent system
The European Commission (EC) has granted CE-mark approval for Boston Scientific's Innova self-expanding bare-metal stent system, which is designed to treat peripheral vascular lesions in...
Press Releases
Synergy Health to Open Ethylene Oxide (EO) Facility in Central America
Synergy Health will be the first sterilisation service provider to open an ethylene oxide (EO) facility in central...
Novozymes Supplies New and Improved Hyaluronic Acid from Q7 cGMP Facility
Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, the world leader in bioinnovation, has announced the first shipment of the company's bacillus-derived hyaluronic acid, Hyasis, from its newly...
EuroMedtech™ 2012 in Grenoble is Welcomed by Region's BioCluster Members
EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the life science industry, will host the fourth annual EuroMedtech™ international medtech partnering conference in Grenoble, France, 31 May - 1...
New Distribution Structure in Eastern Europe for maxon motor
The maxon motor Group continues to strengthen its local services and takes over the drive business for maxon drive systems in the Eastern European region from Uzimex...
PI Expands Company Management
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, the manufacturer of high-precision positioning systems, appointed new managing directors in April 2012 as part of the company's succession...
High-Speed Synchronization With the EPOS3 70/10 EtherCAT
The digital positioning controller EPOS3 70/10 EtherCAT meets the highest demands in real-time positioning of synchronised multi-axis...
PI Offers New, Fast, High-Precision XY Positioning System
PI-Medical offers a new, fast, high-precision XY positioning system, which has been optimised for applications with inverted...
maxon motor Group Enhances its Global Network
The worldwide leading provider in precision drives and systems is integrating its long-time sales partner, Kwapil &Co, into the maxon motor Group. With this step, maxon motor is...
The ESCON 50/5 from maxon
Following the ESCON's launch in fall 2011, maxon motor's new series of servo controllers welcomes its second family member; the ESCON...
maxon Introduces the EC 90 flat with MILE Encoder
Taking advantage of the EC 90 flat motor's ultra slim design in high-precision applications and positioning tasks, maxon's inductive little encoder (MILE) is being...
