Medtronic, Edwards and Abbott presented positive data as TAVR, TEER and renal denervation innovations continue to arrive. The 34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference took place in Boston this past week and a ton of big names made waves with their technologies and innovations. Medtronic, Abbott, Edwards and Boston Scientific represent a few of the […]
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Medtronic presents positive data on TAVR, TMVR devices
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced data from multiple trials supporting its transcatheter heart valve replacement devices. Data were presented at the 34th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in Boston. Results covered the company’s self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices and its transapical transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system. Medtronic kicked off TCT by announcing the full […]
CardioMech reports first in-person procedure with its transcatheter mitral valve repair tech
CardioMech confirmed the completion of the first procedure with its transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) technology. At the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in North Carolina, a multidisciplinary heart team evaluated a patient diagnosed with severe symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR). They offered the patient a choice: open-heart surgery (the standard of care) or the […]
Abbott’s MitraClip receives boost as CMS expands coverage for TMVR
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that CMS revised its coverage for TMVR, opening up new possibilities for its MitraClip device. The CMS National Coverage Determination (NCD) expands coverage for transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) to include patients with secondary (or functional) mitral regurgitation (MR) resulting from heart failure. According to an Abbott news release, the CMS decision […]
The top 10 medical disruptors of 2019
The Cleveland Clinic for the past 16 years has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year. The health provider seeks input from 150 to 200 of its physicians, hailing from each of its institutes. The result is 300 to 400 suggestions, which the clinic then narrows down to 150. […]
8 companies commercializing transcatheter mitral valve replacements
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement is a new frontier in the cardio device field, with big legacy medical device companies including Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic and Abbott spending hundreds of millions of dollars on companies in the space. Much different from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) has been mostly experimental. TMVR is used […]