A bandage-sized heart monitor, an extracorporeal blood pump that mimics the human heart, and a heart valve that can grow with a child were among the six winners of a contest in Philadelphia for innovative pediatric cardiovascular devices. The Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National […]
HRS 2018 Roundup: Device-related blood clots with Boston Scientific’s Watchman implant
Data from a study of device-related blood clots and the Watchman cardiac implant made by Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), presented today at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society in Boston, indicate the need for aggressive management of patients at risk for device-related thrombosis. There were 74 incidences of DRT in 65 of the 1,739 Watchman […]
SV Life Sciences gets in on ‘significant’ round for Bardy Diagnostics
Healthcare investor SV Life Sciences joined a ‘significant round of growth capital’ for medtech developer Bardy Diagnostics and its Carnation cardiac monitor and arrhythmia detection device. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company’s Carnation ambulatory monitor is a non-invasive P-wave centric ambulatory cardiac monitor and arrhythmia detection device which the company touts as the world’s smallest and lightest […]
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