Ethicon says its new Echelon Flex™ device is designed to provide greater precision and stability than currently available staplers for critical vessel transections.
Congresses and Meetings
On-X® Life’s Chord-X™ Mitral Valve Chordal Repair System Launched at STS
It’s been the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego for the last few days, an event that has seen On-X® Life Technologies Inc. unveiling its Chord-X™ Mitral Valve Chordal Repair System.
Promising Six Month Results from InspireMD’s CGuard™ CARENET Trial
InspireMD will see six month follow-up data from its CGuard™ CARENET trial presented at the forthcoming LINC course later this month.
Study Points to Short DAPT with COBRA PzF™ Coronary Stent
CeloNova BioSciences, Inc., is celebrating solid results from a First-in-Man clinical trial of its COBRA PzF™ coronary stent system.
FDA Clears Supersonic Imagine’s New Musculoskeletal and Vascular Ultrasound Probes
It’s RSNA week, and SuperSonic Imagine is touting the FDA 510(k) clearance for two new probes used with its ultrasound machine, the Aixplorer®.
Philips Launches Lung Cancer Screening Integrated Patient Management
Philips’ new lung screening solution offers health care providers a faster and more definitive pathway to lung cancer detection and treatment.
First Patient Enrolled in Glyder® Facet Restoration Clinical Study
Zyga Technology, Inc., has announced the first patient enrollment in DUET, a U.S. multicenter single-arm study to investigate its Glyder device to alleviate facet joint pain.
Boston Scientific SYNERGY™ Bioabsorbable Polymer Stent Meets Key Performance Endpoints
Boston Scientific reports that its SYNERGY™ Everolimus-Eluting Bioabsorbable Polymer Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System met its primary endpoint in the first successful U.S. pivotal trial of a bioabsorbable polymer stent.
CardioMEMS™ HF Heart Monitoring Significantly Reduced 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates
A retrospective data analysis from a study into St. Jude’s CardioMEMS™ HF monitoring sensor shows significant a reduction in 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients age 65 and older.
Miniaturized Ultrasound for Pain Makes International Debut at Medica 2014
sam claims to be the first device in a new technology category of ultrasound bio-electronics.
Studies Presented at AHA Conclude CRT Therapy Extends Life, Reduces Hospital Readmissions
New data point to the clinical and economic value of Medtronic’s cardiac resynchronization therapy devices for the treatment of heart failure.
More DePuy Synthes Launches at NASS Meeting
DePuy Synthes Spine is launching a collection of new implants and instruments for the SYNAPSE Platform, which is used for posterior stabilization of the upper spine.
DePuy Synthes Unveils ViviGen™ Cellular Bone Matrix Allograft for Spinal Fusion
The North American Spine Society (NASS) annual meeting sees DePuy Synthes Spine announcing the introduction of ViviGen™ Cellular Bone Matrix for the repair or reconstruction of musculoskeletal defects.
FDA Clears K2M’s CAPRI™ Corpectomy Cage System
K2M Group Holdings, Inc., has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its CAPRI™ Corpectomy Cage System, an expandable vertebral body replacement device that provides structural stability following a corpectomy or vertebrectomy.
NASS Sees Launch of First New MIS Fully Articulating Expandable Spacer for Spinal Fusion
This year’s NASS sees Globus Medical launching ALTERA™, which it says is the first new minimally invasive fully articulating expandable spacer for spinal fusion.
Five Benefits of Customized UNiD™ Spinal Rod: U.S. Cleared and First Patient Announced
So could we soon see a world without French benders? Medicrea certainly hopes so as it announces US clearance and first case for its pre-planned customized rod solution.