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Medtronic receives CE Mark for Export Advance aspiration catheter
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Medtronic has received the CE Mark for its Export Advance aspiration catheter and is planning to launch the product in Europe and other international markets....

BioRestorative Therapies brings in Dexterity for brtxDISC stem cell therapy device production
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 BioRestorative Therapies (BRT), a US-based stem cell biotechnology company, has brought in product design and bioengineering firm Dexterity to further the production of its proprietary...

Thoratec receives FDA nod for HeartMate II Pocket Controller
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Thoratec Corporation has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the company's small, safe face of the HeartMate II LVAD System, the HeartMate II Pocket...

Direct Flow Medical gets FDA nod to begin transcatheter aortic heart valve system trial
Monday, May 20, 2013 Direct Flow Medical, a US-based developer of transcatheter heart valve technologies, has obtained the consent of United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate the SALUS...

Valtech Cardio treats first patients with percutaneous annuloplasty device without open-heart surgery
Monday, May 20, 2013 Israel medical devices firm Valtech Cardio has completed treating first patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR), using its Transfemoral Cardioband Annuloplasty...

Study shows EOS imaging technology provides greater accuracy with lower radiation
Friday, May 17, 2013 Paris-based developer of orthopaedic 2D and 3D imaging technologies EOS imaging has announced positive results from a study of its patented medical imaging system,...

St Jude Medical gets European approval for 3D imaging technology to assist stent placement
Friday, May 17, 2013 Medical devices major St Jude Medical has obtained European approval for its 3D vessel reconstruction technology, which helps in assessing the condition of arteries to treat patients with...

Elixir Medical secures CE mark for DESolve scaffold system
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Elixir Medical has secured CE Mark certification for its DESolve Novolimus eluting bioresorbable coronary scaffold system, which is designed to degrade in one year's time, bringing the...

Spinal Modulation Axium spinal cord stimulator reduces chronic neuropathic pain in study
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Spinal Modulation's Axium spinal cord stimulator (SCS) system has demonstrated that it significantly relieves chronic pain of patients suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS),...

Devon Medical obtains CE mark for extriCARE portable would healing system
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Global medical device manufacturer and distributor Devon Medical has obtained CE mark approval for its portable would healing system,...

St Jude Medical enrols first patient in EnligHTN III trial to treat drug-resistant hypertension
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 St Jude Medical has enrolled the first patient in its EnligHTN III trial to study the safety and performance of the second-generation EnligHTN renal denervation...

TriStar Wellness acquires hemorrhage-control bandage developer HemCon
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 US-based TriStar Wellness Solutions has acquired HemCon Medical Technologies, a developer of bleeding and wound management technologies for surgical, healthcare, consumer and military...

Sorin reveals positive clinical data for dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Sorin Group has announced that its Sorin dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have performed positively during a clinical...

Active Space Technologies to develop robotic orthopaedic orthosis for elbow joint
Monday, May 13, 2013 European firm Active Space Technologies has received a contract within the Eurostars Programme to develop a new robotic orthopaedic orthosis for elbow joints, based on aerospace...

Medtronic's clinical trial data reveals drop in heart failure symptoms
Monday, May 13, 2013 Global medical technology company Medtronic has demonstrated in a clinical trial that pacing the heart's lower chambers simultaneously using a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) device...

Canadian Ministry of Health laboratory deploys Fluidigm's BioMark HD system for superbug detection
Friday, May 10, 2013 The Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory (SDCL) of Canada has deployed BioMark HD technology developed by US-based Fluidigm for its laboratory in...

St. Jude Medical gets CE mark status for new device portfolio
Friday, May 10, 2013 Global medical devices major St Jude Medical has received CE mark status for its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and...

Elixir Medical gets FDA nod to enrol patients for eluting coronary stent system trial
Thursday, May 09, 2013 Elixir Medical has received the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) nod to begin the process of enrolling patients in its EXCELLA III clinical trial of its DESyne Nx Novolimus eluting...

Lumenis partners with UK's Moorfields Eye Hospital to study SLT therapy in glaucoma patients
Thursday, May 09, 2013 Lumenis, a global medical laser company, has partnered with Moorfields Eye Hospital in the UK to establish its selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) technology as new gold standard for...

New medical device regulation proposals by EU do not ensure safety, say experts
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Medical device industry experts are expressing concerns that the new legislation to regulate medical devices currently being debated by European Union (EU) does not go far enough in ensuring...