By Mary Vanac
CLEVELAND, Ohio — CardioInsight Technologies closed its second funding round, raising $6 million from new and existing investors to speed up and expand testing and commercialization of its heart-mapping technology.
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By Mary Vanac
CLEVELAND, Ohio — CardioInsight Technologies closed its second funding round, raising $6 million from new and existing investors to speed up and expand testing and commercialization of its heart-mapping technology.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — Device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) won Food & Drug Administration approval to begin enrolling patients in a clinical trial of a radiofrequency cardiac catheter ablation system.
By Mary Vanac
MENTOR, Ohio — Steris Corp. (NYSE:STE) reported higher operating profits and a modest increase in revenue for its fiscal third quarter over the year-ago quarter.
By Mary Vanac
By Thomas Lee
ROCHESTER, Minnesota – The pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator revolutionized heart medicine (and gave birth to a multi-billion dollar global industry) by successfully blending detection and therapy into a single, “smart” device. The technology notices a faulty heart beat and automatically delivers an electric shock to correct it.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois — Orthopedic device maker Life Spine Inc. won 510(k) clearance from the Food & Drug Administration for two spinal systems.
Each of the systems uses what the company calls a “zero-step locking mechanism” and features designed to reduce the steps and complexity of surgical procedures, according to a press release.
HUDSON, Wisconsin — Rapid Diagnostek Inc. landed a $1.5 million investment led by a Boston venture capital firm to develop its biological sensor technology.
By Thomas Lee
LITTLE CANADA, Minnesota – It’s no secret that pacemakers and defibrillators are no longer a hot growth market. Most estimates peg global sales at growing low to mid single digits for the foreseeable future.
But for St. Jude Medical Inc, (NYSE:STJ) the question remains: How much is the company to blame for its lackluster U.S. numbers?
DUBLIN, Ohio — Startup Bridgehead Solutions LLC, which aims to help foreign device firms enter the U.S. market, could be headed to Ohio, but it’s going to take $2 million to $3 million to ensure the company finds its way to the Buckeye state.
By Thomas Lee
FRIDLEY, Minnesota- The Food & Drug Administration approved a new type of arterial valve designed for patients, mostly young children, suffering from congenital heart disease made by Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT).