Biosense Webster Inc. recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Visitag Surpoint External Processing Unit, and enrollment has begun in its post-market approval study.

Veryan Medical Ltd has received Premarket Approval (PMA) for the BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The device is approved for the treatment of symptomatic de novo or restenotic lesions in the native superficial femoral artery and/or proximal popliteal artery.

Fujifilm SonoSite Inc. announced its entry into the medical informatics space with the launch of a robust point-of-care workflow solution, SonoSite Synchronicity. The software is designed specifically for point-of-care ultrasound to streamline and standardize clinical workflow while delivering administrative efficiencies with flexible credentialing tools.

Three-dimensional printing company Biomodex, which develops organ twins for advanced physician training, is expanding into the interventional cardiology space with the launch of the Left Atrial Appendage Closure Solution (LAACS). Unveiled at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, Sept. 21-25 in San Diego, the LAACS allows physicians to train on an ultra-realistic, multi-material, 3-D-printed heart.