Biotronik

Endosense has announced that its TactiCath Quartz force-sensing ablation catheter has been CE mark approved. In cooperation with the company’s distributor Biotronik, first cases using the new device have been performed by renowned physicians at three centres across Europe.

Biotronik’s press department was in overdrive at EuroPCR last week, announcing that twelve-month results from the BIOSOLVE-I study with the DRug Eluting Absorbable Metal Scaffold (DREAMS) demonstrate safety and confirm vessel vasomotion.

Another press release from Biotronik following last week’s EuroPCR meeting in Paris talks of six-month results from the DELUX registry demonstrating excellent safety and efficacy results for the Pantera Lux Paclitaxel Releasing Balloon.

Biotronik ticks another big box with the FDA clearance of its Lumax 740 ICDs and CRT-Ds equipped with home monitoring, supporting the company’s claim to have the only CE and FDA approved remote cardiac patient management system for early detection of clinically relevant events.

Hong Kong Doctor Wing-Hong Fung has performed the first Asian implant of Biotronik’s MRI compatible ICD, a device which acknowledges that heart patients may also need MRI at some point.

New CRT device from Biotronik gives heart failure safe access to MR scans and can be remotely monitored too.

Bioabsorbable stents are back in the news with the publication of ten year data from Japan claiming safety at ten years in a 50 patient study.

Biotronik is touting a new paper in European Heart publication, Europace, in which investigators across 57 study sites grade their devices as excellent in 80% of cases.

A piece of beautifully crafted PR sees ICD company Biotronik endeavour to benefit by appointing an implantee sporting legend as its brand ambassador. Great initiative, but a shame they chose the second most boring game in the world.

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator implantation video now published in peer-reviewed video journal.

Biotronik has put its technology to the test in January at an independently held “connectathon”. The results validate the company’s claims and represent a step towards home monitoring of key clinical parameters which is integrated with patients’ electronic health records.

In common with other medical device manufacturers, BIOTRONIK clearly sees the growth opportunity in the Far East, announcing the opening of a new regional headquarters in Singapore.

First large-scale pacemaker study shows significant reduction in hospitalisations for atrial arrhythmias and related stroke with BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®

New MRI Compatible Lumax 740 series ICDs with ProMRI® offer extended longevity and BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® for improved patient care.

Biotronik’s thin strut PRO-Kinetic Energy bare metal stent with passive PROBIO coating showed excellent results in a 1,000 patient all-comers registry.

New Pulsar-18 self-expanding stent system line extension now available from Biotronik