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 […]
Vascular
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 […]
Reva touts first implant of Fantom Encore bioresorbable scaffold in Switzerland
Reva Medical (ASX:RVA) announced today that the company’s Fantom Encore bioresorbable vascular scaffold was used for the first time in Switzerland. The sirolimus-eluting device, which is made from Reva’s proprietary Tyrocore polymer, features a 95-micron strut profile and x-ray visibility. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.
Study: Laser lead extraction may raise mortality rate
Laser-based extraction of pacemaker or defibrillator leads could pose a higher risk of death than cutting sheath systems, according to a new meta-analysis study reported by Medscape. In the analysis, researchers found a ninefold increase in mortality associated with the procedures when they were performed using a popular excimer laser lead-extraction sheath when compared against […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Humacyte closes $75m Series C round
Humacyte said today that it raised $75 million in a Series C preferred stock financing, led by a group of existing private investors and new investors. The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company expects to use its newly-acquired funds to support an on-going Phase III pivotal study evaluating its human acellular vessel, Humacyl, as a conduit […]
ACC ’18 Roundup: Abbott releases long-term HeartMate 3 data
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) touted two-year data yesterday from its trial designed to compare the company’s HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device to its HeartMate 2 device in patients with advanced heart failure. Data from the study were published in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session. More […]
Metactive Medical raises $1m in Series A, brings total to $10m
Vascular medical device developer Metactive Medical said yesterday it closed an additional $1.2 million in its Series A financing round, bringing the total raised up to $10 million. The Fairway, Kan.-based company also said it received a $1.5 million Phase 2 SBIR grant to commercialize its over-the-wire Blockstent Microcatheter embolic device designed for occluding peripheral […]
Contego Medical launches Neuroguard IEP trial
Contego Medical said today it launched the Performance I trial of its Neuroguard IEP 3-in-1 carotid stent and post-dilation balloon system with integrated embolic protection designed to treat carotid artery stenosis. The first patient in the trial has already been enrolled and treated at Skopje, Macedonia’s University Clinic of Cardiology by Dr. Saško Kedev, the […]