Neurostim developer BlueWind Medical reported positive results from a follow-up study of patients using its implantable tibial nerve stimulator for overactive bladder (OAB). Renova iStim is a leadless, miniature, wireless neurostimulation platform designed for the treatment of multiple clinical indications. Three years after implantation of the BlueWind’s Renova iStim device, 75% of patients experienced at least a 50% […]
Urology
Atlantic Therapeutics touts muscle stimulation device for urinary incontinence
Atlantic Therapeutics‘ Innovo shorts beat intravaginal probe devices at keeping women with stress urinary incontinence dry in an FDA-designed clinical trial. An externally worn electrical muscle stimulation device, Innovo demonstrated greatly reduced risk of infection and improved user tolerability over the intravaginal devices, according to research presented this week at the International Continence Society meeting in […]
Urotronic raises $20m for drug-coated balloon catheter
Urotronic has raised $20 million in an equity offering involving 7 investors, according to a document filed with the SEC this week. The Minnesota-based company is developing a drug-coated balloon catheter designed to treat urethral strictures in men. Urotronic’s latest fundraising efforts come on the heels of a $6 million offering that closed in July. Get the full story at […]
Viveve launches woman-focused stress urinary incontinence device trial
Viveve (NSDQ:VIVE) said on Tuesday it launched a trial exploring the safety and efficacy of its cryogen-cooled monopolar radiofrequency tech designed to treat stress urinary incontinence in women. The new Liberate trial will look to enroll 100 subjects at up to 10 sites in Canada, with patients randomized in a two-to-one ratio for active and sham treatments. […]
ARTMS’ system may ease cost, shortage of valuable radioisotopes
ARTMS Products (Vancouver, B.C) has won the CE mark for its first-in-class, advanced technology Quantm irradiation system, designed to produce high-value medical imaging isotopes such as technetium-99m (Tc-99m) on medical cyclotrons. Tc-99m is given to nearly 50,000 Americans every day to diagnose cancer and heart disease. It is used in more than 80% of all nuclear […]
OmniGuide to buy German urological laser-maker
OmniGuide (Cambridge, Mass.) plans to acquire Lisa Laser Products, a surgical laser company based in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany. Terms were not disclosed. Lisa Laser’s product portfolio consists of laser hardware units, laser fibers, endoscopes and other accessories for laser-assisted surgery. The company has been developing surgical laser technologies consisting of both thulium and holmium lasers for the treatment […]
Urinary monitor dev Potrero Medical closes $27m Series C
Predictive health company Potrero Medical said yesterday it closed a $26.6 million Series C funding to help support commercialization of its flagship Accuryn monitoring system. The San Francisco-based company’s Accuryn system is designed to use urinary catheters as diagnostic tools. The device provides real-time measurements of intra-abdominal pressure, urine output and core body temperature and can […]
Axonics wins CE Mark for sacral neuromod trial device
Axonics Modulation Technologies said today that it won CE Mark clearance in the E.U. for its sacral neuromodulation external trial device. The Irvine, Calif.-based company developed the first rechargeable sacral neuromodulation system for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, which won CE Mark approval in June 2016. Axonics’ external trial system is an additional […]
Drug-coated balloon developer Urotronic raises $6m
Urotronic has raised $6.1 million in an equity offering involving 21 investors, according to a document filed with the SEC this week. The Minnesota-based company has not publicly stated how it plans to spend its newly-acquired funds. Urotronic is developing a drug-coated balloon catheter designed to treat urethral strictures in men. Get the full story at our sister […]
Intuitive Surgical wins expanded clearance for da Vinci SP
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said today that it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a new indication for its da Vinci SP robot-assisted surgery device and revealed plans to pursue other indications for the single-port device. Initially cleared in April 2014 for urological procedures, the da Vinci SP’s newest indication is for procedures requiring very narrow access from a […]
Procept BioRobotics touts early results from AquaBeam BPH waterjet ablation trial
Procept BioRobotics today released early results from a study of its AquaBeam waterjet ablation therapy system designed for the endoscopic resection of prostate tissue exploring its use in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, touting that it already met its primary safety and efficacy endpoints. Results were presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco […]