CHF Solutions (NSDQ:CHFS) announced today that Texas-based Baylor Scott & White Health began offering aquapheresis therapy using its Aquadex FlexFlow system. Temple, Texas-based Baylor Scott & White Health is a major not-for-profit healthcare system in the state and among the largest in the U.S. The health system is now set to offer the Aquadex Flexflow at […]
St. Jude Medical founder and his Medical 21 raise $1.1m
St. Jude Medical founder Manny Villafaña’s Medical 21 filed an amendment to an SEC Form D to reveal that it raised more than $1.1 million in an equity offering. The Minneapolis-based company raised a total of $1.14 million in a $10 million offering, leaving $8.86 million remaining to be sold, according to the SEC filing. […]
Haemonetics buys hemostasis analyzer IP
Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) announced today that it purchased the technology underlying the TEG 6s hemostasis analyzer system from CoraMed Technologies. Braintree, Mass.-based Haemonetics now owns the intellectual property it previously licensed from CoraMed for use in hospitals and hospital laboratories, and may pursue site-of-care opportunities beyond hospitals. TEG 6s includes an analyzer, disposable cartridges and software designed […]
Velano Vascular adds $25m for $50m total
Velano Vascular announced today that it closed the second tranche of a $25 million growth financing to bring its total funding to more than $50 million. The total funding collected from insiders, venture capital firms, hospital partners and undisclosed healthcare industry multinationals is earmarked for Velano’s planned commercialization and the launch of additional inpatient medical […]
Haemonetics (HAE) launches SafeTrace Tx in North America
Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) announced that it commercially launched the next generation of its SafeTrace TX transfusion management software in North America. SafeTrace TX is a specialized transfusion management system used in the blood bank for managing patient and blood product information and assisting in determining blood product suitability for patient transfusion. The updated software is designed to […]
MicroVention issues safety notice for Azur endovascular embolization products
Terumo (TYO:4543) subsidiary MicroVention issued an urgent field safety notice to warn of a number of its Azur endovascular embolization products that may be missing the implant coil. Affected products include certain lots of the Azur peripheral coil system detachable 18 and the Azur peripheral coil system detachable 35, according to the notice out of Germany. […]
FDA clearance positions Sight Diagnostics to deliver on two-drop blood testing promise
Today’s news that Sight Diagnostics secured 510(k) clearance for its Olo analyzer certainly will reduce the flow of future patient tears and fears as the system requires just two drops of blood to conduct a range of tests. However, the clearance — which confirms the Olo works just as well as gold-standard lab-grade systems in […]
J&J’s Ethicon launches Vistaseal fibrin sealant
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon announced today that it launched its Vistaseal fibrin sealant for managing bleeding during surgery. The sealant system is indicated as an adjunct to hemostasis for mild to moderate bleeding in adults undergoing surgery when control of bleeding by standard techniques (suture, ligature, cautery) are ineffective or impractical. Get the full story at […]
Truvian Sciences raises $27m as it tries to succeed where Theranos failed
The idea of a benchtop blood testing system only needing a few drops of blood has gotten a bad rap since Theranos’ collapse. But that hasn’t stopped Truvian Sciences from trying to develop its own system. The San Diego–based startup announced earlier this week that it has closed a $27.1 million Series B financing, with […]
T2 Biosystems wins CE Mark approval for diagnostic blood panel
T2 Biosystems (NSDQ:TTOO) this week said it received CE mark approval for its T2Resistance Panel. The panel is designed to detect 13 drug resistance genes in a blood sample. This can include genes that indicate a resistance to antimicrobial drugs that can affect the treatment of bacterial infections. “Fighting antimicrobial resistance not only requires the development […]
Maquet recalls arterial filters
Getinge subsidiary Maquet Cardiovascular is recalling its Quart arterial filter, used during coronary bypass surgery, because transportation may compromise its sterile packaging. A transportation simulation test revealed the problem, according to an August 27, 2019, letter to customers. Patients who are exposed to non-sterile medical devices while undergoing extracorporeal circulation may develop an infection and […]
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