News | Vascular Closure Devices

Vivasure Medical announced Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark approval of the world’s first fully bioabsorbable percutaneous vascular closure device for large-bore femoral arteriotomies.

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Medtronic plc announced that the IN.PACT Admiral drug eluting balloon (DEB) has received CE (Conformité Européene) Mark for arteriovenous (AV) access to help maintain hemodialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease.

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Feature | Cardiovascular Surgery

2016 is starting off a whole lot better than last year for 14-year-old Oswaldo Jimenez of Salem, Ore. Last year at this time, he was sick. Life-threateningly sick. Diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension at age 9, his heart and lungs were failing, and a heart-lung transplant seemed to be his only real hope for survival.

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News | Patient Monitors

Biointegrated sensors for long-term, continuous tracking of body chemistry may make health and disease monitoring as easy as turning on your smartphone. Unveiled by Profusa Inc., of South San Francisco, Calif., tiny bioengineered biosensors will soon enable real-time detection of our body's unique chemistry, providing action­able, medical-grade data for personal and medical use for as long as two years at a time. The company's technology and vision were presented at the CES Digital Health Summit, Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas.

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News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

Teleflex Inc. has acquired privately held Nostix LLC, developer of innovative tip confirmation systems that are used to increase the accuracy of vascular access device placement.

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News | Heart Valve Technology

Patients between the ages of 40 and 70 who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) may fare better with tissue-based valves than metal-based valves, according to a review article posted online by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

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News | Heart Failure

CardioKinetix Inc. announced that it has enrolled more than half of the subjects in its pivotal United States trial, PARACHUTE IV. The trial is evaluating the Parachute device for the treatment of patients suffering from heart failure, a highly debilitating condition.

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News | Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday that it will be ending the Meaningful Use program that was meant to encourage the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR).

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Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

January 15, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for an expanded indication study ...

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News | Congenital Heart

January 14, 2016 — Cornell biomedical engineers have discovered natural triggers that could reduce the chance of life ...

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Technology | Embolization devices

Penumbra Inc. announced the U.S. launch of its new POD Packing Coil, designed as a complementary device for Penumbra’s Ruby and POD (Penumbra Occlusion Device) embolization products.

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News | Information Technology

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that it is investing $15M to become founding partner of a healthcare innovation company — Health2047 Inc.

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News | Radiation Dose Management

Ionizing radiation can save lives, but it can also cause serious harm. Getting the right measurement of exposure to ionizing radiation in any situation is at the heart of an ISO standard that has recently been updated.

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News | Blood Testing

Even though brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)/pro-BNP and troponin biomarkers are the gold standard for cardiac disease diagnosis, end users will soon see additional alternative biomarkers entering the market, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

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Feature | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems | Dave Fornell

Beyond measuring blood flow, pressure, oxygen levels and other vital signs in the cardiac catheterization lab, current ...

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