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Vivify Health raises $17m for remote monitoring
Remote patient monitoring tech company Vivify Health said Wednesday it raised $17 million in a new round of financing to support its remote health monitoring tech. The round was led by healthcare...
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They sold their company to Boston Scientific and then reacquired the...
NuCryo Vascular GM Kevin Beedon Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a special new feature at MassDevice, which will appear regularly. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of...
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In brief: Latest version of ISO 13485 published
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The International Standards Organization has officially published the highly anticipated update to its ISO 13485 quality management system standard. ISO 13485:2016...
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Vascular Solutions, CEO Root beat criminal charges in off-label promotion case
A federal jury last week acquitted Vascular Solutions (NSDQ:VASC) and CEO Howard Root of charges that they ran an off-label promotion scheme for its now-discontinued Vari-Lase varicose vein treatment....
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UPDATE: FDA mandates new study, ‘black box’ label for Bayer’s Essure
Updated with comment from Bayer The FDA today said it would put a pair of measures in place for the controversial Essure permanent contraception device made by Bayer (ETR:BAYN), mandating a new...
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Report: Toshiba to sell entire medical equipment biz
Toshiba (TYO:6502) reportedly plans to sell its entire medical equipment unit, Toshiba Medical Systems, rather than just a controlling stake, setting the stage for an aggressive bidding war that could...
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Dentsply, Sirona Dental close $5.6B merger
Dentsply International (NSDQ:XRAY) and Sirona Dental Systems (NSDQ:SIRO) said today that they closed their $5.6 billion merger, after winning conditional approval last week from anti-trust regulators...
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TearLab to layoff 54 employees in restructuring
TearLab Corp. (NSDQ:TEAR) said today it is undertaking a strategic restructuring that will result in the loss of 54 employees as the company looks to tighten the bolts in pursuit of positive cash flow....
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Intuitive Surgical touts less complications in robot-assisted hysterectomy study
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) today said that results from a study evaluating robotic-assisted hysterectomies were published in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, indicating fewer...
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FDA approves InVivo neuro-spinal scaffold trial amendment
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) said today the FDA approved a protocol amendment for its Inspire study examining the benefit of its Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for treating patients with complete thoracic...
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Stentys touts data from head-to-head stent trial against MDT’s Resolute
Stentys SA (EPA:STNT) today touted the results of its Apposition IV trial comparing the company’s Stentys self-apposing sirolimus-eluting coronary stent to Medtronic‘s (NYSE:MDT) Resolute stent in...
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Endo tumbles on plans to shutter Astora biz
Endo Health Solutions (NSDQ:ENDP) saw shares drop 20% today after announcing plans to close its Astora Women’s Health biz in March due to concerns over future product liability related to mesh...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for February 29, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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Regenerative firm Creative Medical launches cardio-focused AngioStem biz
Regenerative biotech company Creative Medical Health said today it is launching a subsidiary biz, AngioStem, to commercialize its cardiovascular assets. Assets on hand for the newly launched company...
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EOS Imaging wins CE Mark for spineEOS
EOS Imaging said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its spineEOS 3D planning software for spinal surgery based on EOS bi-planar imaging. The spineEOS 3D planning sotware is...
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SpineWave licenses Atlas Spine spacer system
Spine Wave said today it is licensing the True Position pivoting spacer system technology from Atlas Spine. The center pivot point technology from the newly licensed True Position spacer allows for...
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US FDA seeks reimbursers’ input for medical device clinical trials
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The US Food and Drug Administration is gauging interest from insurers and health technology assessment groups for greater participation in pre-submission meetings for...
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Medtronic sees rev grow, beats street in Q3 on lifted US sales
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today reported a solid 3rd quarter for 2016, seeing revenue rise over 60% compared against last year, though shares have dipped in early morning trading. Fridley, Minn.-based...
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Becton Dickinson wins CE Mark for blood separation tech
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX) said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Vacutainer Barricor next-gen blood separation technology. The Vacutainer Barricor tubes from...
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Stryker launches interbody fusion device
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) today released the Aero-C cervical stability system and cervical interbody fusion device designed for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures. The device was launched at...
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