Medical Device technology success stories happen every day and we take them for granted. This one’s pretty special though as London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital tells us about a 3 year old boy’s wait for a heart transplant.
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Heart Rhythm Says No To St.Jude Request
Predictaresponse time. Heart Rhythm has refused to retract, which it was always likely to do. St. Jude might get the chance to respond in public as the journal offers to review its data.
Now FDA Issues Class I “Recall” For Thoratec Ventricular Assist Device
FDA draws attention to potential problems with Thoratec’s HeartMate II LVAS pump.
St Jude’s Riata: Heart Rhythm Journal Publishes, Company “Clarifies”
St Jude is quite keen to own the moral high ground as it issues a retort to a Heart Rhythm Journal publication, which it believes relies on data which is “not entirely accurate.”
Pathologist Highlights Question Of Stent Sizing. Could The Stentys Self-Apposing™ Device Be The Answer?
Stent company Stentys reckons its self-expanding product addresses a problem raised in acute myocardial application of existing designs.
Canada Approves Medtronic’s DBS For Epilepsy And Boston’s Cardiac Ablation System
Two new device approvals announced for Canada this week. Neither Medtronic’s DBS therapies for epilepsy nor Boston Scientific’s RF ablation catheter are US FDA approved, but Health Canada are clearly convinced by the weight of the submissions.
Sorin Needs To Pick Up Rhythm in 2012
Sorin’s Valve and CardioPulmonary Businesses were dragged down by Rhythm management, but overall 2011 sales held up and profits soared.
Drug Coated Balloon Effective In Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis
A new clinical trial investigated the treatment of restenosis in a drug-eluting stent (DES) using a drug-eluting balloon. Results are significantly better than those achieved with uncoated balloon.
AtriClip Stroke Safety and Feasibility Trial Gains FDA Approval
AtriCure has gained FDA’s blessing to commence a study into the impact of its AtriClip Left Atrial Appendage exclusion device on stroke prevention.
Cappella’s Sideguard® Coronary Stent Now Approved In India
How to stent a sidebranch. Cappella knows how and has now supplemented CE mark for its Sideguard® system with Indian approval.
Cardiac Science Recalls Certain Automated External Defibrillators
Diligent QC inspections have identified a potential problem with some of Cardiac Science’s AEDs, prompting a recall.
Cambridge Consultants Unveils Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App
New Blood Pressure Profile app to be demonstrated on CSR’s Bluetooth low energy devices at Mobile World Congress to showcase market opportunity for growing mHealth space
Bradford Adopts Heartscape Vest To Diagnose Heart Attacks
UK’s Bradford Royal Infirmary has embarked on a much-publicised evaluation of Verathon’s Heartscape Vest in the hope that it will fulfill its promise of achieving early and efficient diagnosis of heart conditions including heart attack.
CE Mark For PARADISE™ Ultrasound Transcatheter Renal Denervation System
Initial results of ReCor’s REDUCE First-In-Man clinical study presented at “TRenD 2012” transcatheter renal denervation scientific meeting as company gains CE mark for its PARADISE™ system.
St.Jude Places Stake In The Ground By Supporting Economic Analysis Of FFR In Asia and Australia
St Jude is pretty bullish about FFR measurement as a diagnostic tool in assessing coronary artery disease, based on favourable outcome from previous studies. It’s now supporting a country-specific evaluation of the cost effectiveness of an FFR-guided intervention strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Australia.
Heart Attack Grill Proves Eponymous
It’s a great story unless you’re the victim. We’ve known curry houses which induce “illness”, but this takes the cake.