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 […]
Surgical
LeMaitre Vascular deals Reddick surgical assets to Symmetry for $7m
LeMaitre Vascular (NSDQ:LMAT) said yesterday that it agreed to deal its Reddick general surgery assets to Symmetry Surgical for more than $7 million. The deal includes Burlington, Mass.-based LeMaitre’s Reddick cholangiogram catheter and Reddick-Saye screw for laparoscopic cholecystectomies and a two-year manufacturing transition pact. LeMaitre said the gen-surg product line it’s selling put up revenues of $3.3 […]
Applied Medical touts surgical GI wound protector study data
Applied Medical this week released results from a meta-analysis study of wound protectors used during lower gastro intestinal procedures, touting their ability to reduce surgical site infections. Results from the study were published this month in the journal Surgical Endoscopy, the Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based company said. Data from the analysis, which examined 12 randomized […]
OmniGuide’s Domain Surgical launches ferromagnetic vessel-sealing shears
OmniGuide said yesterday its subsidiary Domain Surgical launched its FMsealer laparoscopic shears designed for surgical vessel sealing. The Lexington, Mass.-based company touted the newly released FMsealer as the only vessel sealing instrument based on ferromagnetic surgical energy, which it claims provides quick transection with minimal thermal impact on surrounding tissue. The device is cleared for sealing […]
This new technology could help surgeons clear out leftover cancer cells
In some instances, as many as 30% of patients need repeat surgeries get rid of cancerous cells initially left behind. The team from Lumicell wants to change that — and improve outcomes for cancer patients. [Image by MDO art director Matthew Claney] After his wife died of breast cancer in 2003, David Lee stepped away from […]
Tela Bio lands $1m investment for surgical implants
Privately-held Tela Bio said this week that it landed a $1 million investment from ProMedica, a not-for-profit healthcare group serving northwest Ohio and southern Michigan. According to the deal, Tela Bio and ProMedica Innovations Venture Fund plan to strike a strategic relationship to educate surgical specialists at the ProMedica Hernia Center using Tela Bio’s regenerative surgical implants. […]
MIS device startup Human Xtensions wins FDA nod for HandX device
Minimally invasive surgery device start up Human Xtensions said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its HandX device. The HandX device is a light-weight, handheld device designed to translate a surgeon’s natural hand motions into more complex movements inside the patient, the Israel-based company said. The device is part of a series of electromechanically-simplified […]
Does robotic telesurgery have a future?
Although many have experimented with remote “telesurgery,” are the conditions right for commercial companies to start making an investment in a remote robotic surgical future? Although the idea of telesurgery — performing specialized procedures with robot-assisted surgical tools from a remote location — dates back to the very first research into medical robotics, the technology […]
Bard wins 3DMax hernia mesh appeal
The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division this week tossed a win to Becton Dickinson & Co.‘s (NYSE:BDX) C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR), refusing to reinstate a hernia mesh product liability suit on grounds that expert witnesses couldn’t prove the design of the product was defective or that significant negligence occurred. In the case, plaintiff Kemuel Goodson claims that […]
Baxter closes $153m hemostat, sealant asset buy from Mallinckrodt
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said today that it closed the $153 million acquisition of hemostat and sealant assets from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:MNK). Baxter announced in January its plan to acquire the stand-alone recombinant thrombin Recothrom and Preveleak surgical sealant for vascular reconstruction. “We are excited to add both Recothrom and Preveleak to our portfolio of hemostats and sealants to offer […]
Polyganics liver and pancreas sealant wins FDA breakthrough designation
Polyganics said today it won FDA breakthrough device designation for its Liver and Pancreas Sealant Patch designed to prevent fluid leakage after hepato-pancreato-biliary procedures. The Dutch company’s Liver and Pancreas Sealant Patch is made from a proprietary bioresorbable polymer designed to seal-off the surgically treated tissue during the critical healing period. “There is a clear need […]