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CardioMEMS Inc.

Medicare contractor won’t cover St. Jude Medical’s CardioMEMS heart monitor

February 22, 2016 By Brad Perriello

A Medicare contractor last week said it would not cover the CardioMEMS implantable heart monitor made by St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ), citing the need for more clinical data on the device. Novitas, a Medicare Administrative Contractor that covers patients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and and Washington, D.C., said it […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: CardioMEMS Inc., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Novitas, stjudemedical

BrainScope wrangles up new C-suite | Personnel Moves

August 10, 2015 By Fink Densford

Brainscope today announced a number of new assignments to its executive roster, assigning 4 new picks to its c-suite. The Bethesda, Ma.-based neurotech company picked up Dr. Leslie Prichep as chief scientific officer, Kerstin Schultz as president and COO, Angad Singh as chief technology officer, and promoted Laurie Silver to CFO. “These additions to our leadership team will help […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: Allergan, Baxter, BrainScope Company Inc., CardioMEMS Inc., Catalent, EnteroMedics Inc., Insulet, Invuity, Iridex Corp., JumpTech, Personnel Moves, SANUWAVE Health Inc., Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), STAAR Surgical Co, stjudemedical

Ishrak: ‘With COV We’ll do for ORs what we’ve done for cath labs’ | The week in medtech M&A

January 14, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Medtronic CEO: 'Covidien deal will help us do for ORs what we've done for cath labs'

January 12, 2015 by Brian Johnson

Filed Under: Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Abbott, CardioMEMS Inc., CB Insights, Covidien, Irish High Court, Nevro Corp., Small Bone Innovations Inc., Spectranetics Corp., Topera Medical

CardioMEMS, Nevro among top 20 VC-backed healthcare exits of 2014

January 7, 2015 By Brian Johnson Leave a Comment

CardioMEMS, Nevro among top 20 VC-backed healthcare exits of 2014

At least 4 medtech exits were significant enough to make the cut for the top 20 venture capital-backed healthcare exits of 2014, according to research firm CB Insights.

Filed Under: Initial Public Offering (IPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: Abbott, CardioMEMS Inc., CB Insights, Covidien, Nevro Corp., Small Bone Innovations Inc., Topera Medical, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Study: St. Jude Medical’s CardioMEMS device slashes readmission rates

November 19, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Study: St. Jude Medical's CardioMEMS device slashes readmission rates

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, News Well Tagged With: American Heart Assn., CardioMEMS Inc., Clinical Trials, stjudemedical

St. Jude Medical CEO: CardioMEMS the ‘single most important new growth driver’

October 16, 2014 By Brian Johnson Leave a Comment

St. Jude Medical CEO: CardioMEMS the 'single most important new growth driver' in portfolio

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, News Well, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: 2014, CardioMEMS Inc., Q3, stjudemedical

Study: CardioMEMs implanted heart monitor safe for renal failure patients

September 16, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Study: CardioMEMS' implanted sensor safe for renal failure patients

St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) subsidiary CardioMEMs touted new study results this week showing that its implanted heart monitor is safe and effective in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Implants, News Well Tagged With: CardioMEMS Inc., Clinical Trials, Renal, stjudemedical

CardioMEMS’ 11-year payoff worth the wait for Boston Millennia Partners

July 31, 2014 By Brian Johnson Leave a Comment

The CardioMEMS story didn’t end when St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) acquired the Georgia-based company in June, paying $375 million for the stake it didn’t already own, valuing the implantable heart failure monitor company at $463 million total.

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, News Well Tagged With: Boston Scientific, CardioMEMS Inc., Covidien, MassDevice Q&A, stjudemedical, Venture Capital/Private Equity

St. Jude Medical closes $455M CardioMEMS buy

June 2, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

St. Jude Medical closes CardioMEMS buy

St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) wasted no time in closing its acquisition of CardioMEMS, days after the FDA approved the Champion HF implantable heart monitor, saying it plans to begin a "strategic" launch of the device in the U.S.

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well Tagged With: CardioMEMS Inc., stjudemedical

CardioMEMS wins FDA approval for its 1st implantable heart monitor, St. Jude goes for the buy

May 28, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

CardioMems wins FDA approval for 1st implantable heart monitor

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Pre-Market Approval (PMA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: CardioMEMS Inc., Remote Patient Monitoring

Medtronic exec questions CardioMEMS Champion

December 4, 2013 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Medtronic exec questions CardioMEMS Champion

The Champion implantable heart monitor made by CardioMEMS might not prove as cost-effective as a non-invasive approach, at least according to Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) cardiac and vascular group president Michael Coyle.

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, News Well, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: CardioMEMS Inc., Minnesota, stjudemedical

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