Medtronic patent exec Ruschke nominated to lead PTAB Former Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) patent executive David Ruschke has been appointed as the new Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Rushke is slated to take up the new position on May 23. As chief patent counsel at Medtronic, Rushke managed numerous patent appeals, interferences, post grant […]
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FDA clears Corindus Vascular Robotics CorPath for peripheral interventions
Corindus Vascular Robotics (NYSE:CVRS) said today that it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its robotic-assisted CorPath system for peripheral interventions, a year after launching a clinical trial. The clearance was based on the 20-patient Rapid trial, a prospective, single-arm, single-center study designed to look at the safety and effectiveness of the CorPath device in peripheral artery disease patients with lower-extremity […]
Analyst: Medtronic most likely to challenge Intuitive Surgical in robot-assisted surgery
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is the most likely rival to Intuitive Surgical‘s (NSDQ:ISRG) dominance in the robot-assisted surgery space, but is still at least a year away from putting a competing device on the market, according to 1 analyst covering the medical device industry. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive has a long lead, having had its flagship da Vinci system since 2000 and is […]
RIP medical device pioneer Alfred Mann | Personnel Moves
Alfred Mann, a medical device entrepreneur who helped develop several groundbreaking technologies, died yesterday at age 90, shortly after stepping down from a pair of companies he founded. Mann founded 17 companies over his 70-year career, in industries ranging from aerospace to medtech, according to the L.A. Times. After Johns Hopkins University researchers in 1969 […]
J-Pac names new CFO, ops VP | Personnel Moves
J-Pac Medical said it named former GI Supply finance chief Michael Dolge to be its new CFO and tapped Phil Littlefield, a medtech veteran, to be its vice president of operations. Somersworth, N.H.-based J-Pac, which makes implantable textiles and offers packaging and manufacturing services to the medical device industry, said Dolge’s resume includes stints at […]
OmniGuide vet Avila gets picked as new IlluminOss CEO | Personnel Moves
IlluminOss Medical said today it picked ex-OmniGuide sales & marketing veep Manny Avila as its new chief exec. Prior to his time as sales & marketing veep with OmniGuide, Avila served as veep of commercial operations and surgical solutions in Europe for Covidien, and had management roles at Aspect Medical, Synthes Inc. and Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE), IlluminOss […]
Corindus Vascular, Mayo Clinic sign robotic PCI research deal
Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) said today it signed a deal with the Mayo Clinic to form a joint robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention research and clinical program. The program will use Corindus’ CorPath robotic-assistance system designed for coronary PCI procedures. The system allows operating physicians to avoid radiation exposure and orthopedic strain from wearing lead protective vestments […]
Corindus wins FDA nod for radial access stenting with CorPath
Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its robotic-assisted CorPath System for use during percutaneous coronary interventions stenting procedures performed via radial access. The approval was based on results from a 30-patient clinical trial of the device that demonstrated a 100% device and clinical success rate, the Waltham, Mass.-based company said. “Radial […]
Corindus inks distro deal with RaySafe
Corindus Vascular Robotics (OTC:CVRS) said yesterday it signed a distribution agreement with Unfors RaySafe to offer RaySafe’s i2 radiation dose monitoring system with Corindus’ CorPath system. The partnership will allow cath lab physicians and staff to better monitor and protect themselves from excessive radiation exposure, Waltham, Mass.-based Corindus said. “As more studies emerge, the push for improved […]