Cardialen said today that it closed a $17 million Series B round for the low-energy defibrillation technology it’s developing. The Minneapolis-based company said RiverVest Venture partners led the round, joined by Qiming Venture Partners, HBM Healthcare Investments and Cultivation Capital. The proceeds are earmarked for further clinical work on Cardialen’s “unpinning termination” therapy, which is designed to […]
Edwards launches US pivotal Centera self-expanding TAVR study
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said yesterday it launched a U.S.-based pivotal trial of its self-expanding Centera transcatheter aortic valve, exploring its use in treating severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in intermediate risk patients. The Centera valve is designed to be repositionable and retrievable, and is delivered through the use of a 14 French motorized delivery system in which […]
BD’s Bard reported to win third IVC bellwether
A federal jury in Arizona reportedly found for Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) subsidiary C.R. Bard today in a bellwether product liability case brought over its inferior vena cava filters. Although it’s the fourth bellwether case in the multi-district litigation over the IVC devices, which are designed to prevent blood clots from passing through the body’s […]
NeoVasc shares jump on 12-week Reducer data
Neovasc (NSDQ:NVCN) today saw shares jump after it released 12-week data from the first patient implanted with its Reducer device designed for treating refractory angina. The Reducer system is designed to alter blood flow in the heart’s circulatory system to increase perfusion of oxygenated blood to ischemic areas of heart muscle, and can be placed in […]
V-Wave launches pivotal interatrial shunt trial
V-Wave said today it launched a new trial of its minimally invasive interartrial shunt designed to treat patients with symptomatic heart failure. The new Relieve-HF trial aims to enroll 500 patients in a pivotal study of the device, which is designed for patients with NHYA Class III and ambulatory Class IV symptomatic heart failure, the Israel-based […]
Adagio Medical launches OneShot+ cardio cryoablation cath
Cardiovascular cryoablation tech developer Adagio Medical said it launched its One Shot+ cryoablation catheter, and that the first patient has been treated with the device. The Laguna Hills, Calif.-based company said the newly cleared One Shot+ catheter is intended for pulmonary vein isolation and other continuous ablation lesions of non-pulmonary-vein targets for treating atrial fibrillation. […]
Oscor issues voluntary recall for TB bipolar pacing leads
Oscor is voluntarily recalling a select number of TB temporary bipolar pacing leads with 2mm unshrouded connectors over issues which may expose the connection wire, according to a recently posted FDA alert. The company said that the connector cap housing on the leads may cause the wire to be more susceptible to loss of connectivity […]
Cardiawave raises $8.2 million for non-invasive aortic stenosis device
Parisian startup Cardiawave has raised more than $8 million to boost development of its ultrasound device to treat calcific aortic stenosis. Nearly $3 million came from the European program Instrument PME, which finances disruptive European technologies developed by potentially high-growth companies. Family-controlled investment groups and the company’s traditional shareholders — Sofimac Innovation, Business Angels des Grandes […]
Ra Medical prices up-sized $66m IPO
Ra Medical yesterday priced an initial public offering worth more than $66 million, significantly higher than the range it indicated last week. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based company said Sept. 17 that it planned to float 3.3 million shares at $14 to $16 apiece, for gross proceeds of $46.7 million to $53.3 million. At the midpoint the flotation […]
TCT 2018: Abbott touts low rates of stroke, death in 1-year Portico TAVR study
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) today released one-year results from a study exploring the use of its Portico transcatheter aortic valve replacement system in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis, touting low rates of stroke, death and leaks between the valve and native heart tissue. Results from the Portico 1 study were presented during a late-breaking session at the Transcatheter […]
11 pediatric cardiovascular devices you need to know about
A bandage-sized heart monitor, an extracorporeal blood pump that mimics the human heart, and a heart valve that can grow with a child were among the six winners of a contest in Philadelphia for innovative pediatric cardiovascular devices. The Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National […]
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