Medtronic today announced positive four-year results from a trial of its Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system. Evolut TAVR demonstrated “exceptional outcomes and sustained valve performance,” Medtronic says. It showed significantly better hemodynamics than surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). The company presented the data at the 35th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in San […]
Medtronic has positive Intrepid TMVR data
Medtronic shared positive data from a study of its Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR). The medtech giant presented one-year results from the Intrepid early feasibility study at TCT 2023. It simultaneously published the data in JACC: Cardiovascular Intervention. Medtronic says the study demonstrated the early benefits of the Intrepid TMVR-transfemoral system, maintained up to […]
Avertix reports positive data for heart attack detection, alert system
Avertix Medical today announced positive study data for its Guardian System for heart attack detection and patient alerting. The company designed Guardian to improve the long-term management and outcomes of recurrent vents in high-risk patients who have survived one or more heart attacks. It alerts patients to rapidly progressive ST-segment deviation associated with coronary occlusion. […]
First commercial cases completed with Levita Magnetics’ MARS surgical robot
Levita Magnetics today announced the world’s first commercial use for its MARS magnetic-assisted robotic surgery platform. Dr. Matthew Kroh and Dr. Andrew Strong performed the first minimally invasive procedures with the system at the Cleveland Clinic. The procedures took place last month, just over a month after the FDA cleared the MARS system. In a […]
Moon Surgical announces first commercial Maestro surgical robot cases in France
Moon Surgical today announced the successful completion of the first 10 laparoscopic surgeries with its Maestro system in France. The procedures — bariatric and abdominal surgery procedures — took place at the Arnault Tzanck Institute in Nice, France. Laparoscopic surgeons Dr. Benjamin Cadière and Dr. Georges Debs performed them. According to a news release, the […]
ZimVie reaches 2,000-child milestone for Tether system
ZimVie announced today that more than 2,000 children have been treated with the Tether vertebral body tethering system. Tether, approved as a humanitarian device by the FDA in 2019, treats skeletally immature patients. These patients require surgical treatment to obtain and maintain correction of progressive idiopathic scoliosis. They present a major Cobb angle of 30 […]
Butterfly Network is bringing its ultrasound tech to the BCI space
Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY) announced today that it entered into a five-year co-development deal with Forest Neurotech. The deal combines Butterfly Network’s portable ultrasound technology with Forest Neurotech’s minimally invasive brain device. Forest, a deep tech research company, develops a device for imaging and stimulating the brain with ultrasound. Forest Neurotech develops an ultrasound-based brain-computer interface […]
GE HealthCare announces cardiac imaging collaboration with Boston Scientific
GE HealthCare today announced plans to showcase a number of innovations and unveiled a new imaging collaboration. The company plans to share its latest innovations at the 2023 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference (TCT). TCT takes place in San Francisco this week. Among the new developments is a new partnership with Boston Scientific. GE HealthCare intends […]
Philips stock rises on Q3 growth, increased 2023 outlook
Philips (NYSE:PHG) shares ticked up today on third-quarter results that came in ahead of the consensus forecast on Wall Street. Shares of PHG rose 2.8% at $18.77 apiece in late-morning trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — fell 0.14%. The Amsterdam-based company posted profits […]
Medtronic wins FDA nod for extravascular defibrillator
Medtronic announced today that the FDA approved its Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan extravascular defibrillator. The FDA granted approval for the Aurora system and the Epsila EV MRI SureScan defibrillation lead. They treat dangerously fast heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Medtronic says Aurora EV-ICD is the first to provide the benefits […]
FDA clears iPhone app for the Insulet Omnipod 5
Insulet announced today that the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for its Omnipod 5 App for iPhone. Clearance makes Insulet the only company offering a tubeless, automated insulin delivery (AID) system with full control from a compatible Android and iOS smartphone. The company first launched the system, compatible with Android devices, in August 2022. Chief Technology […]