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Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California said the FDA granted humanitarian use device status to the fetal micro-pacemaker they designed.
CVRx said yesterday that it won a humanitarian device exemption from the FDA for its Barostim neo legacy device, to treat drug-resistant hypertension.
The FDA granted Humanitarian Use Device approval for Sweden-based XVIVO Perfusion for its XPS tissue transport system for preserving donor lungs.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — U.S. healthcare regulators released new documents in efforts to clarify the FDA’s Humanitarian Device Exemption pathway, a less-stringent review process for medical devices that treat rare diseases.
The FDA issued a new draft guidance that would allow devices to bypass some of the required safety and efficacy hurdles if it is intended to treat a population of less than 4,000 patients.
Sweden-based XVIVO Perfusion landed a date with the FDA to review Humanitarian Device Exemption for its XVIVO Perfusion System for preserving donor lungs.
XVIVO will meet on March 20 with the FDA’s Gastroenterology & Urology Devices Panel to review data on the device, which provides continuous perfusion of otherwise unacceptable lung tissue, allowing clinicians to reevaluate the organs for transplantation.
InVivo Therapeutics (OTC:NVIV) said the FDA has given the company the green light to begin the first human clinical studies of its bioploymer scaffold, which treats traumatic spinal cord injury.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company said it is gearing up for safety studies in 5 patients over 15 months, and is shooting for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval at Massachusetts General Hospital.
InVivo Therapeutics (OTC:NVIV) said the FDA deemed its biopolymer scaffold, designed to treat spinal cord injuries, to be a humanitarian use device.
The designation means the InVivo scaffold can seek expedited approval from the FDA for a pivotal trial of the device. HUD-based exemptions cover devices aimed at treating rare diseases and health problems, so-called "orphan" conditions.
SynCardia Systems won 2 new Humanitarian Use Device designations for its 50cc Total Artificial Heart as a cardiac bridge transplant device.
The new HUD designations apply to use with children, smaller women and other people with small stature. The Tuscon, Ariz.-based device manufacturer designed this device as a smaller version of its 70cc temporary Total Artificial Heart, approved in 2004, according to a press release.
