Clinical stage medical device company XableCath said today it won FDA clearance for its blunt tip support vascular catheter. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company said the blunt tip catheter is designed to allow for the the true lumen passage of lesions both above and below the knee in the peripheral vasculature for treating peripheral […]
Catheters
Study: Catheter thrombolysis doesn’t lower risk of post-thrombotic syndrome, raises bleeding risk
A study of catheter-guided thrombolysis in patients with deep-vein thrombosis found no reduction in risk for post-thrombotic syndrome but a higher risk of major bleeding. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined 692 patients with acute proximal deep-vein thrombosis, randomized to receive either anticoagulation drugs alone or anticoagulation plus pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis. The experimental arm […]
Avinger slashes jobs, Q3 sales down 61%
Avinger (Nasdaq:AVGR) – maker of the Lumivascular image-guided, catheter-based system to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) – continued to experience declining sales as it retrenched during the third quarter, according to its newest earnings report. The Redwood, Calif.–based company has been cutting jobs and other costs– and focusing on existing accounts and winning FDA clearance for […]
NanoVibronix touts lowered UTIs in interim UroShield study results
NanoVibronix (NSDQ:NAOV) today released interim results from a trial of its UroShield ultrasound device designed to prevent bacteria and biofilms from forming on urinary catheters, touting a low rate of catheter-acquired urinary tract infections. The Uroshield device from the Elmsford, N.Y.-based company is designed to decrease pain and discomfort associated with urinary catheter use while also […]
Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical escape catheter patent suit
A trio of medical device companies yesterday escaped a patent infringement lawsuit filed by the inventor of a catheter after a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the case was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. Imran Niazi in April sued Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Abbott (NYSE:ABT) subsidiary St. Jude Medical in the U.S. District Court […]
Japan clears Abbott’s Mitraclip
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today it won approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for its MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair device, cleared for indications of treating people with mitral regurgitation. Currently, standard of care treatment for mitral regurgitation in Japan is limited to open-heart surgery and medication, Abbott said. Clearance of the catheter-based MitraClip […]
9 exhibitors to check out at MD&M Minneapolis
MD&M Minneapolis is an event that brings together more than 5,500 medtech professionals and more than 600 suppliers together at one of the largest medical device industry hubs in the United States. Here are nine exhibitors showcasing some of their latest technologies and services at the show, which takes place Nov. 8–9 at the Minneapolis […]
TCT 2017: Medtronic touts results from 6-month Evolut Pro study
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today released six-month data from a study of its Evolut Pro transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform, touting low rates of paravalvular leaks and low rates of all-cause mortality and disabling stroke. Data came from 60 patients in the trial who received the Evolut Pro valve, and follow previously released 30-day outcomes. Results at six-months indicated […]
Intuitive Surgical touts safety, effectiveness in 1st trial of flexible robotics platform
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) today presented results from the first clinical trial of its new flexible robotics platform, touting that the system was found to be safe and effective at sampling lung tissue. Findings were presented at the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST annual meeting this week and published in the CHEST Journal. Read the whole […]
InterRad Medical raises another $5m for SecuraCath
Interrad Medical last week reported raising another $5 million for its SecuraCath device, saying it hopes to raise $2 million more. SecurAcath is designed with small insertable anchors at the point of catheter entry to keep catheters from moving or coming loose in patients. The attachment device eliminates the need to suture or adhesively attach catheters. […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: Oct. 27, 2017
From RadiaDyne’s FDA expansion to NuVasive launching its new implants, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. FDA expands indications for RadiaDyne’s OARtrac dose monitor RadiaDyne announced in an Oct. 24 press release that it has received additional FDA clearance for its upcoming OARtrac. The OARtrac allows […]