While pain medicine specialist Dr. Pamela Palmer was working at the University of California-San Francisco, she noticed something peculiar was happening to patients undergoing surgery – many who survived their procedures were dying of opioid overdoses as a result of patient-controlled drug pumps. “The nurse has to program a number of parameters into it and, […]
Report: J&J’s Cerenovus to discontinue Codman liver cancer pump
Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Cerenovus is discontinuing production of Codman pumps designed to deliver targeted chemotherapy to the liver for patients with liver cancer, according to a New York Times report. The devices are designed to be implanted in the abdomen to deliver chemotherapy directly to the liver to treat cancer that has spread to […]
Smiths updates recall for Medfusion syringe pumps
Smiths Medical has amended an urgent medical device recall that it first issued in August for its Medfusion syringe pump model series 3500 and 4000. After acknowledging that a defect in certain models of the pump can cause an “invalid syringe size” alarm to go off, the company added an option for facilities with trained staff […]
Spectral Medical wins FDA nod for Spectral Apheresis Machine
Spectral Medical (TSX:EDT) said this month it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Spectral Apheresis Machine designed for use in continuous renal replacement therapy and therapeutic plasma exchange. The SAM device was developed to support commercialization of the company’s Toraymyxin, or PMX therapy, to enable intensive care units to be able to safely and efficiently deliver […]
CareFusion warns customers about Alaris syringe pump alarm
CareFusion issued a warning to customers of its Alaris syringe drug pump system, cautioning them that pumps made before 2008 may display an error message that could stop the pump from working. The company wrote that it has received a report from a customer that the device displayed a re-occurring internal malfunction error code, PL3, which […]
Medtronic retools SynchroMed II infusion pump
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said this month that it won approval for a change to its problematic SynchroMed II implantable drug infusion pump designed to address motor shaft wear issues. The Fridley, Minn.-based medical device titan said the change is aimed at improving the long-term rate of non-recoverable motor stall in the SynchroMed II devices, estimating that pump […]
Repro-Med clears FDA warning letter, shuffles C-suite
Repro-Med Systems (OTC:REPR) said last week that the FDA cleared a 2016 warning letter for its Freedom 60 syringe infusion pump and Freedom Edge infusion pump and made some changes in the executive suite. Repro-Med, which does business as RMS Medical Products, said the closure of the warning letter stemmed from its successful bid for 510(k) clearance […]
Tandem shareholders approve 1-for-10 reverse split
Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) shareholders have approved a 1-for-10 reverse stock split, the company said earlier this week, which took effect today. In a statement filed with the SEC in July, the San Diego, Calif.-based company told shareholders that it believed a reverse stock split would help Tandem keep its common stock listed on the Nasdaq […]
Insulet looks to lure Animas users
Just days after Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) revealed that it plans to shut down its 410-worker Animas insulin pump subsidiary, Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) said it would offer existing Animas insulin pump users a free trial of the company’s Omnipod system. Insulet’s Welcome Program includes a free Omnipod tubeless insulin delivery system, built-in blood glucose meter and 30 days of supplies […]
Fifth patient treated in Flowonix, Cerebral Therapeutics epilepsy study
Flowonix Medical and Cerebral Therapeutics said today that the fifth patient was successfully treated in its Address trial, which features a micro-infusion device controlling drug delivery to a particular part of the brain in patients with medically refractory epilepsy. The study is the first of its kind, according to the companies. The Address trial is designed to evaluate […]
Tandem touts adoption of CGM update to t:slim X2 insulin pump
Last month, Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) announced that the FDA approved its t:slim X2 insulin pump integrated with Dexcom‘s (NSDQ:DXCM) G5 mobile continuous glucose monitor. The San Diego, Calif.-based company made the software available to its current t:slim X2 pump users at no additional cost, enabling them to add CGM-integration to their existing devices. Get the full story at our […]
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