BIOMEDevice Boston is an opportunity for more than 4,000 engineers and executives and 400 suppliers in New England’s design and manufacturing industry to connect and network. The annual event is being held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, April 18-19. Hundreds of supplier booths will be showcasing their latest technologies and capabilities. Here are 10 […]
Catheters
Asahi Intecc to begin direct sales of PCTA guidewires
Asahi Intecc said today it plans to begin direct sales of its coronary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty guidewires in the US, which are currently only distributed by Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) vascular division. The shift will take place on July 1, at which time Asahi’s entire portfolio of PTCA guidewires will be available directly from it, the […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 6, 2018
From CHF Solutions’s distribution deal to Guided Therapeutics’s licensing agreement, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but throught were still worth mentioning. 1. CHF inks Spanish distribution deal CHF Solutions announced in an April 5 press release that it has signed a distribution agreement with Dimedix Surgical. The distribution agreement will allow […]
This new technique could make TAVR more available
A novel technique could prevent coronary artery obstruction — a rare but often fatal complication related to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to the National Institutes of Health researchers who created it. The researchers at NIH’s National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute are calling the procedure Bioprosthetic Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery obstruction (BASILICA). […]
Cook Medical re-launches Beacon Tip caths in US, Canada
Cook Medical said today that it is re-launching its Beacon Tip Torcon NB advantage catheters in the US and Canada, after having recalled the devices due to complaints related to device tips on the items degrading and fracturing. The Bloomington, Ind.-based company recalled all catheters that used its Beacon Tip locating technology in May 2016 […]
Avinger touts 1st use of extended-nosecone Pantheris cath
Avinger (NSDQ:AVGR) said today it launched its Pantheris lumivascular atherectomy system with extended nosecone in the European Union, touting that the device has been used in its first human patients. The device was used by Dr. Arne Schwindt in treating peripheral artery disease in three patients at Münster, Germany’s St. Franziskus Hospital, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company […]
Pythagoras Medical wins CE Mark for renal nerve mapping device
Israel-based medtech developer Pythagoras Medical said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its ConfidenHT nerve mapping system designed for use with renal denervation procedures. The company, which was founded by med device investment group Rainbow Medical, said its ConfidenHT device is a novel system for patients with resistant hypertension that […]
Could this new Guill extrusion crosshead enable medical tubing innovation?
Guill Tool & Engineering’s Micro Medical crosshead features a patented single-point concentricity adjustment that could enable greater extrusion automation. Officials at Guill Tool & Engineering (West Warwick, R.I.) think they could bring medical tubing extruders’ capabilities to new heights through their recently released Micro Medical crosshead. The Micro Medical crosshead — which Guill touted at […]
Smiths Medical touts FDA nod, US launch of DeltaVan cath
Smiths Medical today touted the FDA clearance and US launch of Delta Med’s DeltaVan closed system catheter. The DeltaVen device is a next-gen peripheral IV catheter which offers the needle, extension tubing and an options for a needleless connector. Smiths Medical said it will be available immediately in a variety of sizes and configurations. Minneapolis, […]
Boston Scientific touts safety, effectiveness in Rhythmia mapping system study
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) today released data from the True-HD study of its Rhythmia mapping system and Intellamap Orion mapping catheter, touting it as safe and effective to support treatments of arrhythmias. Results from the trial were presented at a late-breaking clinical trial session at the European Heart Rhythm Association’s annual congress in Barcelona, Spain. The 572-patient […]
Reflow Medical launches chronic total occlusion study of Wingman caths
Reflow Medical said yesterday it launched a clinical study of its Reflow Wingman catheters exploring the device’s ability to cross chronic total occlusions in peripheral lesions. The first patients in the study, dubbed the Wing-It trial, have already been enrolled, the San Clemente, Calif.-based company said. Enrollments took place at Springfield, Ill.’s St. John’s Hospital Prairie […]