More consolidation in the medtech sector, this time in the outsourced manufacturing business, with Creganna-Tactx Medical bolting on medical wire processor Precision Wire Components to its offering.
Companies
Promise of Less Tissue Slippage with Ethicon’s New Echelon Flex™ GST Powered Stapler
Reducing tissue slippage is a desirable feature of any laparoscopic cutting device, delivering more consistent results and potentially fewer firings.
Wright Medical and Tornier Merge and Choose Netherlands HQ
Wright Medical Group, Inc., and Tornier N.V. are to merge in an all stock transaction with a combined equity value of approximately $3.3 billion.
Covidien’s Next Generation SuperDimension™ Speeds Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Covidien’s updated software features a more intuitive interface that helps reduce planning time and enhances airway visualization.
FDA Approval for St. Jude’s TactiCath Quartz Contact Force Ablation Catheter for AF
TactiCath Quartz contact-force technology provides physicians with more control of contact force during ablation procedures in order to create more effective lesions in paroxysmal AF treatment.
Covidien Sponsors American LUNG FORCE Initiative in Cancer Awareness Drive
Covidien supports publicity initiative to drive earlier diagnosis of lung cancer, opening up treatment options and improved patient outcomes
CE Mark and First Implant of Sorin’s MEMO 3D ReChord™
Sorin Group has gained CE mark certification for its new MEMO 3D ReChord™ mitral valve annuloplasty ring, which it is making immediately available in Europe.
Sorin to Explore Sleep Apnea Opportunity with Respicardia Deal
Sorin Group has announced that it is to make a $20 million minority investment in Respicardia, a developer of implantable therapies to improve Respiratory Rhythm Management™.
Arthrex to Commercialize Cartiform® Chondral Allograft
Arthrex has enhanced its position in provision of orthopaedic surgical technologies with the signing of a deal that sees it gain exclusive rights to the Cartiform chondral allograft.
Covidien Gets Preliminary Injunction against Ethicon’s Harmonic ACE®+7
A new injunction issued by a US district court, prevents Ethicon from manufacturing, marketing and selling the Harmonic ACE®+7.
CE Mark for Boston’s Pacemaker Opens MRI Conditionality Options
When implanted with Boston Scientific’s INGEVITY™ leads, Boston Scientific’s ACCOLADE pacemakers are the first to enable patients to receive full-body MRI scans in both 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla systems.
Pacing Lead Approval for MR-Conditional Use in Bradycardia Patients
The U.S. FDA has approved Medtronic’s CapSureFix Novus™ MRI SureScan® 5076 Lead for use with magnetic resonance imaging.
CoreValve Safe and Effective for Direct Aortic Approach
Study of 100 patients demonstrated low rates of mortality, stroke and paravalvular leak at 30 days.
Study Shows 95.5% 3 Year Freedom from Valve-Related Death with Sorin’s Freedom Solo
Sorin Group is touting the results of the European and North American (Canada and US) cohort study on the Freedom Solo valve.
Sedasys® System Sees U.S. Launch and Use During Routine Colonoscopy and EGD
The Sedasys minimal-to-moderate sedation system is up and running in healthy U.S. patients undergoing routine colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Trials and Economics Support Sorin’s Perceval Sutureless Valve
Sorin Group has announced the results of the Perceval CAVALIER Trial and of the Pooled European Multicenter Experience at this week’s 28th EACTS Congress