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Structural heart: Nobles Medical, HeartStitch tout cardiac suture procedures
Structural heart focused HeartStitch and Nobles Medical today touted separate procedures utilizing cardiac sutures with the company’s Hearstitch ST and Noblestitch EL devices. Nobles Medical Tech said...
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Wenzel Spine launches VariLift LX interbody fusion device
Spinal fusion device developer Wenzel Spine said today it launched the VariLift-LX system next-generation interbody stand-alone fusion device, and that the 1st implantation with the device was recently...
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Arab Health 2016 – bigger and better than ever
By Emad Elmasry, Emergo Group Yesterday, Arab Health concluded. This was the 41st edition of Arab Health and has grown again. The 2016 exhibition showcased more than 4,000 companies exhibited their...
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Instron celebrates 70 years of excellence
Instron, a provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate the mechanical properties of materials and components, is celebrating its 70th anniversary on March 15, 2016. This milestone marks...
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Boston Scientific wins FDA nod for 1st open-irrigation ablation catheter
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) yesterday said the FDA approved its Blazer OI ablation catheter, marking the 1st time the medical device maker will put an open-irrigated catheter for treating Type I...
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Teleflex recalls Arrow intra-aortic balloon pumps
Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) said today that it’s recalling nearly 50,000 of its Arrow International intra-aortic balloon pump catheters due to the risk of the sheath body detaching from its hub, after 13...
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OrthoAccel Technologies drums up another $5m
OrthoAccel Technologies raised another $5 million equity round, more than 2 years after a previous raise brought in the same amount. The Houston-based company makes the AcceleDent device, which is...
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Parker Hannifin wins FDA nod for Indego exoskeleton
Parker Hannifin Corp said today it won FDA clearance for its Indego exosekelton designed to allow patients with spinal cord injuries to stand and walk for both clinical and personal use. The Cleveland,...
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Avinger, fresh off Pantheris launch, inks $50m stock deal
Avinger (NSDQ:AVGR), which earlier this month launched a new version of its Pantheris peripheral atherectomy device, registered for the sale of up to $50 million worth of its stock. Redwood City,...
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Avita Medical inks China distro deal with Sinopharm
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today it inked an exclusive Chinese distribution deal with Chinese healthcare group Sinopharm. The deal will grant Sinopharm’s MedTech subsidiary exclusive distribution...
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Mass General researchers regenerate working heart muscle in decellularized...
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have regenerated functional heart muscle in a decellularized human heart. The donated hearts used in the study were stripped of components that would...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for March 11, 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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Empatica preps launch of seizure-detecting wearable
Cambridge, Mass.-based wearable med device firm Empatica is preparing to launch its Embrace seizure-tracking wristband this week, according to MIT News. Empatica’s Embrace is designed to detect and...
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Life Spine wins FDA 510(k) for Prolift interbody fusion system
Life Spine said Tuesday it won FDA 510(k) for its Prolift expandable interbody fusion system. The Hunley, Ill.-based company’s Prolift system is all titanium and designed to restore disk height,...
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NeoTract launches MedLift trial
NeoTract said Monday it enrolled the 1st patient in its MedLift U.S. investigational device exemption trial of its UroLift system for treating patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. The new study...
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FDA unveils multilingual health fraud protection initiative for consumers
By: Jonca Bull, M.D., and Jason Humbert, R.N. Consumers are constantly bombarded by advertisements for fraudulent medical treatments and cures — dangerous scams that often target the most vulnerable...
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GE Healthcare looks to cut costs, boost margins
GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) is looking to reverse a slump in operating margins with a 2% increase this year, CEO John Flannery said last week. The goal is 18% by the end of 2018, Flannery said during a GE...
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Intuitive Surgical wins FDA nod for new EndoWrist stapler
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) said today that the FDA cleared a new EndoWrist stapler for its next-generation da Vinci Xi root-assisted surgery device. The 510(k) clearance for the EndoWrist 30 device...
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Arterys raises $12m Series A round from MR-based vascular imaging
Arterys said today that it raised a $12 million Series A round for the MR-based vascular imaging system it’s developing. The San Francisco-based company said its system uses data from a 10-minute MRI...
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Monteris Medical expands to new HQ in Minn.
Monteris Medical said today it is opening a new facility that will act as its headquarters in Plymouth, Minn. on Wednesday this week. Plymouth Mayor Kelli Slavik will host a ribbon cutting event for...
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