Heart Valve Technology

This channel includes news and new device innovations about heart valve technologies, including the aortic valve, mitral valve, pulmonic valve, and tricuspid valve. This includes information on transcatheter valve technologies like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, or implantation TAVI), transcatheter mitral valve repair or replacement (TMVR), transcatheter and surgical valve repairs, and surgical replacement valves. Newer devices are now being used for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair replacement (TTVR). 

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May 21, 2009 - Direct Flow Medical Inc. this week announced the first human use of its new 18 Fr. Percutaneous ...

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May 21, 2009 – Edwards Lifesciences Corp. last week announced the successful completion of the first human ...

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Edwards offers the PORT ACCESS EndoDirect System, which allows cardiac surgeons to stop a patient's heart and ...

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May 10, 2009 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Friday said it received clearance from the FDA for the Carpentier ...

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May 7, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today started the U.S. launch of its Attune Flexible Adjustable Annuloplasty ...

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May 5, 2009 - The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) will highlight the Cardiac ...

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April 20, 2009 - Symphony Medical Inc. said last week its Algisyl-LVR biopolymer was used on a human for the ...

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April 20, 2009 - Sorin Group entered into a long-term exclusive distribution agreement with Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd ...

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April 9, 2009 - NMT Medical Inc. has received Pre-Market Approval (PMA) from the FDA to being commercial sales of ...

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April 6, 2009 - Evalve Inc. announced today the first enrollment in the ACCESS-Europe study, a post-market ...

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March 31, 2009 - On Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 5 p.m., cardiothoracic surgeon John E. Streitman, M.D. will ...

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March 30, 2009 - Twelve-month data from the high-risk registry arm of the EVEREST II study shows that ...

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March 20, 2009 - Cook Inc. said yesterday it will promptly appeal an initial ruling by the District Court of ...

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March 17, 2009 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced it has completed enrollment in the 350-patient nonsurgical ...

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March 17, 2009 – Sorin Group recently announced the enrollment of the first three patients in a clinical trial ...

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