Xenter today announced that it has appointed Mark Turco as president of its Xenter Medical Technologies business unit. Turco most recently served as executive vice president of research & development and global chief medical officer at Sirtex Medical. He has also served as chief medical officer of Covidien and later as vice president and chief […]
Vascular
Nectero Medical completes $19.5M Series C funding round led by Boston Scientific
Nectero Medical announced today that it closed a $19.5 million Series C funding round led by new investor Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX). Tempe, Arizona-based Nectero Medical said in a news release that proceeds will be put toward its in vivo and clinical trials for the development of a treatment platform designed to stabilize small- to mid-sized […]
Abbott acquires Walk Vascular and its system to remove peripheral blood clots
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it acquired Walk Vascular and its minimally invasive mechanical aspiration thrombectomy system. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Walk Vascular designed its JETi peripheral thrombectomy system and the next-generation JETi AIO (all-in-one) peripheral thrombectomy system to remove intravascular peripheral blood clots that can reduce blood flow and lead to serious […]
Sinomed launches HT Supreme drug-eluting stent in Europe
Sinomed has completed the first commercial implantation of its HT Supreme drug-eluting stent in Ireland. Faisal Sharif, professor of translational cardiovascular medicine and innovation at the National University of Ireland Galway, successfully performed the first procedure with HT Supreme, a healing-targeted drug-eluting stent designed to treat patients with narrowing or blockages to their coronary arteries. Get […]
MedAlliance closes enrollment for sirolimus-coated balloon trial
MedAlliance announced today that it closed patient enrollment for its clinical trial of the Selution SLR 018 BLF drug-eluting balloon. Nyon, Switzerland-based MedAlliance designed its Selution SLR 018 BLF for the treatment of patients with disease below the knee. The company touts Selution SLR as the first device of its kind to receive an “innovative device […]
Avinger reports Street-beating revenues in Q2
Avinger (NSDQ:AVGR) shares stood still this morning on second-quarter sales numbers that topped the consensus forecast. The Redwood City, Calif.-based image-guided catheter developer posted losses of -$3.5 million on sales of $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, for a 43.1% bottom-line gain on sales growth of 9.5%. Earnings per share came […]
Boston Scientific initiates trial for EkoSonic endovascular system
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) announced today that it began enrollment for a clinical trial of its EkoSonic endovascular system (EKOS). Marlborough, Mass.–based Boston Scientific’s HI-PEITHO trial, a collaborative research study with the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium and the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, will compare EkoSonic in combination with […]
Abbott wins FDA clearance for AI-based heart vessel imaging tech
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its latest optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging platform. Powered by the company’s new Ultreon software, the latest imaging platform combines OCT with artificial intelligence (AI) to provide physicians with an enhanced, comprehensive view of coronary blood flow and blockages to aid in physician decision-making, according […]
Abbott CMO Dr. Nick West touts latest iteration of drug-eluting stent
Abbott executive Dr. Nick West believes the company offers the “best-in-class” drug-eluting stent with its Xience platform. When Abbott (NYSE:ABT) CMO & divisional VP of global medical affairs for its vascular business Dr. Nick West looks back at his use of drug-eluting stents in the early 2000s, all he sees now is innovation. As a practicing interventional cardiologist, West […]
Philips wins breakthrough nod for laser-assisted IVC filter removal device
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its laser-assisted IVC filter removal device. Amsterdam-based Philips designed its laser-assisted inferior vena cava (IVC) filter removal device to ablate tissue to remove an IVC filter when previous methods of removal have failed, according to a news release. IVC filters are used […]
Endologix wins FDA breakthrough nod for aneurysm sealing system
Endologix announced today that the FDA granted breakthrough device designation for its Chimney endovascular aneurysm sealing system (Chevas). Irvine, Calif.–based Endologix designed its Chevas system as an investigational endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) sealing therapy that combines the Nellix 3.5 endograft with parallel visceral stents to treat patients with juxtarenal, pararenal and suprarenal AAA, according […]
