CVRx CEO Nadim Yared has emerged as a fearless, outspoken leader in medtech. Tom Salemi, Editorial Director, DeviceTalks Throughout his career, Nadim Yared — the CEO of surging neurostimulation company CVRx — has pushed to assume new responsibilities and duties. However, during one moment in 2006, Yared adamantly refused to discuss leaving Medtronic to become CEO of […]
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Here are top cardiology features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest cardiology device news from MassDevice):
+ LVADs save lives: So why aren’t more available?
+ How Medtronic uses nitinol to improve the structure and effectiveness of heart devices
+ How Abbott designed the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system
+ J&J used RWE for expanded indications — and you can, too
+ 7 cardiology startups you need to know
Latest Cardiology News
Abbott LVAD wins FDA approval for implantation without open heart surgery
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) today announced that FDA has approved implantation of its HeartMate 3 LVAD via lateral thoracotomy — a less invasive approach than open-heart surgery. The approval comes about a year and a half after Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) won a similar approval for the competing HeartWare HVAD pump. Lateral thoracotomy involves a surgeon making an incision between a person’s […]
Medinol stent performs just as well as Medtronic Resolute, study says
The EluNIR drug-eluting stent made by Medinol performed just as well as the Resolute Integrity or Resolute Onyx stents from Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), according to new clinical study results from an international team of researchers. The randomized clinical trial — conducted by researchers from the U.S., Israel, Canada and the Netherlands — involved 2,221 people and compared […]
Preventice taps Medtronic exec as new CCO
Preventice Solutions announced today that it appointed former Medtronic executive Tom Sheehy as its new executive vice president and chief commercial officer, effective immediately. Sheehy previously served as a senior area sales director for the diagnostics and coronary sales team at medtech giant Medtronic (NYSE:MDT). He also held a national sales leadership role, integrating TYRX antibiotic […]
The 10 greatest medtech advances of the 2010s
From disposable endoscopes to TAVR to robotic surgery, there’s a whole host of medtech advances widely available now that weren’t around much 10 years ago. “In terms of technological advances, I would put this past decade as one of the most important for medical technology. From connected devices and robotics, to advances in material sciences […]
Doctor sues Apple over AF detector
A New York cardiologist claims Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is infringing his patent for a device to detect atrial fibrillation. Dr. Joseph Wiesel, a clinical assistant professor of cardiology at New York University School of Medicine, was granted the 7,020,514 patent in 2006 for a “method and apparatus to determine possible atrial fibrillation.” The apparatus comprises a […]
iRhythm releases delayed Q3 earnings report, falls short of Street projections
iRhythm Technologies (NSDQ:IRTC) shares are slightly up today on third-quarter results that came up short of the consensus forecast. The San Francisco-based company delayed its third-quarter report in November due to a previously disclosed material weaknesses. At the time, the company said it identified errors that affected prior periods while preparing the quarterly report for the […]
Report: FDA has nonpublic list of TAVR-related deaths
The FDA has yet another private listing of device-related deaths, this one for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices that include Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) CoreValve and Edwards Lifesciences’ (NYSE:EW) Sapien 3 lines, according to a new report by Kaiser Health News. Both devices were initially indicated for patients who were too frail or ill for open-heart surgery, but the FDA subsequently approved […]
CryoLife to begin investigational trial on using aortic valve without warfarin
CryoLife Inc. (NYSE:CRY) announced that it had its investigational new drug application accepted by the FDA for a clinical trial to observe whether the On-X mechanical aortic valve can be maintained on apixaban instead of warfarin. The On-X aortic valve is the first mechanical aortic heart valve to win FDA and CE Mark approval for labeling […]
Report: Mayo Clinic to try Corindus telestenting
Mayo Clinic researchers this spring plan to try out Corindus’ telestenting technology — which Mayo officials think could improve care in the rural hospitals in their network, according to a report in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. Corindus told MassDevice‘s sister site Medical Design & Outsourcing in 2018 that the company had a partnership with […]
Adagio Medical starts iCLAS AFib trial
Adagio Medical announced that it enrolled the first patient in its iCLAS investigational device exemption clinical trial for assessing the treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation. The iCLAS is a low-temperature intelligent continuous legion ablation system. The FDA-approved study has the goal of evaluating the safety and efficacy of the system in PsAF to support pre-market approval […]