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Torax Medical Inc.

Torax Medical wins FDA nod for MRI compatible Linx

June 23, 2015 By Fink Densford

Torax Medical said today that it won FDA approval for the next generation of its Linx reflux management system with MRI compatibility. The Linx system is an implant composed of interlinked titanium beads with magnetic cores that augments the esophageal sphincter’s barrier function to prevent reflux in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease, the St. Paul, […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Surgical Tagged With: FDA, Torax Medical Inc.

Implanted electrodes can help amputees gain sensation in prosthetics | MassDevice.com On Call

February 25, 2013 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Swiss researchers have a developed a new prosthetic limb system that uses implanted electrodes to send sensory signals from the limb back to the brain, creating a more realistic sense of touch.

"We could be on the cusp of providing new and more effective clinical solutions to amputees in the next years," Silvestro Micera, head engineer at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory, said in prepared remarks.

Filed Under: News Well, Prosthetics Tagged With: Hips, Mayo Clinic, On Call, Torax Medical Inc.

Torax Medical raises $30M for acid reflux treatment devices

September 19, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Torax Medical logo

Torax Medical closed a $30 million Series D funding round in support of its acid reflux treatment products.

The funds will go toward expanding commercialization of the St. Paul, Minn.-based medical device company’s sphincter augmentation systems, including Torax’s platform Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation devices.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Torax Medical Inc.

Vascular Nanotransfer Technologies taps new CEO

September 12, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Personnel Moves

 Vascular Nanotransfer Technologies taps new CEO

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: EarlySense, InVivo Therapeutics, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Paradigm Spine, Personnel Moves, Torax Medical Inc., Vascular Nanotransfer Technologies

Zoll wins FDA nod for EMS AED | Regulatory Roundup

March 23, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Zoll Medical

Zoll Medical (NSDQ:ZOLL) said it won 510(k) clearance from the for its ZOLL X monitor/defibrillator, a smaller, more powerful device aimed at the EMS market.

Filed Under: 510(k), News Well, Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Tagged With: Annulex, Clinical Trials, Hillrom, Inomax, Medgenics, NeuroLogica Corp., Regulatory Roundup, Torax Medical Inc., Zoll Medical

FDA approves first endovascular grafts for aortic tears | Regulatory Roundup

January 19, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Conformable

The FDA granted W.L. Gore & Associates the first U.S. clearance for using an endovascular graft to treat tears or ruptures in the aortic wall.

Gore’s Conformable TAG thoracic endoprosthesis was approved as a treatment for a transection or tear in the aortic wall, an injury typically the result of a car accident, crushing of the chest or a fall from a high place, according to an FDA release.

Filed Under: 510(k), News Well, Stent Grafts Tagged With: Aerocrine AB, CardioComm, Covidien, D Medical Industries, Ivera Medical, Planmed, Torax Medical Inc., W.L. Gore & Associates

J&J’s Ethicon Endo-Surgery gets appeal date for Sedasys denial

November 21, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

FDA

Ethicon Endo-Surgery’s Sedasys system, which the agency declined to green-light in 2010, will go before an agency panel in December to plead for approval one more time.

The Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary is slated to appear before the FDA’s Medical Devices Dispute Resolution Panel to consider the FDA’s denial of the device on grounds that EES failed to prove Sedasys is safe enough for the U.S. market.

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well, Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Tagged With: Anesthesia, Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Torax Medical Inc.

Diabetes: FDA clears t:slim portable pump and iglucose management system | Regulatory Roundup

November 17, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Tandem
PositiveID

Tandem Diabetes Care and PositiveID (OTC:PSID) landed FDA clearance for their t:slim portable insulin pump and iglucose diabetes management systems, respectively.

Filed Under: Digital Health, News Well Tagged With: Carestream Health Inc., PositiveID Corp., Regulatory Roundup, tandemdiabetes, Torax Medical Inc., X-spine Systems Inc.

Torax Medical raises $4 million in quest for $8 million

June 7, 2011 By MedCity News Leave a Comment

Torax Medical

Torax Medical raised $4 million by issuing debt and is seeking another $4 million in funding, according to a recent regulatory filing.

It appears that the Shoreview, Minn.-based company, which is focused on the minimally invasive treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, raised $18 million in 2009, $10 million in 2005 and another $3.5 million in 2004.

All three previous financing rounds were in exchange for equity.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Torax Medical Inc., Venture Capital/Private Equity

Torax Medical wins CE Mark for GERD device

April 7, 2010 By MedCity News Leave a Comment

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By Brandon Glenn

Torax Medical Inc. won CE Mark approval in the European Union for an implantable device that treats patients suffering from acid-reflux disease.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, News Well Tagged With: Gastrointestinal, Torax Medical Inc.

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