Medical device company Covidien (NYSE:COV) landed FDA 510(k) clearance and European CE Mark approval for the Nellcor bedside respiratory patient monitoring system, which will help clinicians detect and respond to dangerous respiratory events sooner, the company said.
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Body Science lawsuits against Boston Scientific, Philips moved to Mass.
A quintet of patent infringement lawsuits filed by Body Science LLC against Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Polar Electro have been transferred to a Massachusetts federal court.
Body Science sues Boston Scientific over Latitude technology
Body Science LLC sued Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) for patent infringement, alleging that the medical device company’s Latitude cardiac patient monitoring system violates a pair of its patents.
FDA news: Covidien, Preventice, Precision Spine win FDA clearances
A trio of medical device companies won nods from the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health this week, including a surgical sealer, a wireless cardiac monitor and a spinal plating system
Covidien (NYSE:COV) said it won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its LigaSure surgical sealer/divider for ear, nose and throat procedures.
New whitepaper urges better reimbursement process for CIED telemonitoring in Europe
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
European Union regulators must develop a robust country-level reimbursement framework for remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), according to a new whitepaper by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and Eucomed.
Medtronic launches remote defibrillator monitoring system
Remotely monitored pacemaker patients devices may get a major leg up over patients without the extra surveillance, researchers reported today during Heart Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 35th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.
Strategies for pediatric telehealth: Lessons from TeleConnect
By Naomi Fried
Imagine yourself in an emergency department taking care of a very sick child. Should he be transferred to a higher-level care setting? Can he safely go by ambulance, rather than helicopter? As a doctor, you would like to consult virtually with colleagues and experts at remote locations.
FDA clears more Chocolate PTA balloon catheters | Regulatory Roundup
Boston Scientific’s next-gen wireless heart implant monitoring keeps patients out of the office
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) unveiled its next-generation Latitude NXT patient monitoring system in Europe this week, implanting the 1st patient with an Ingenio pacemaker designed to connect with a home-based wireless communicator that can tie in data from blood pressure readings as well as a weight scale.
Telemedicine: Cardiology’s new frontier?
Telemedicine and the moon landing | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Telemedicine may look like a future technology, but NASA has been using it to handle astronaut health care since the 1960s.
In a brief presentation at this year’s TEDMED conference, host Jay Walker told the audience how the 1st men who walked on the moon were wired with telemetric sensors that were monitored by mission control back on Earth.