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IntriCon slips on missed Q2 prelims
IntriCon (NSDQ:IIN) saw shares fall over 9% after releasing preliminary 2nd quarter earnings that are off the mark, well under Street analysts expectations. The Arden Hills, Minn.-based company said it...
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Bovie inks J-Plasma distribution deal with Arteriocyte
Bovie Medical (NYSE:BVX) said this week it inked a sales channel partnership agreement with Arteriocyte Medical Systems to sell Bovie’s J-Plasma to its network of plastic surgeons. Through the deal,...
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Lombard touts 1st commercial use of IntelliFlex LP with Aorfix stent graft
Lombard Medical Technologies (NSDQ:EVAR) today touted the 1st commercial use of its IntelliFlex low profile delivery system designed to implant the Aorfix endovascular stent graft in a procedure to...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for July 1, 2016
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Corrections to Australian government’s prostheses list have reimbursement...
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The Australian Department of Health recently issued several corrections to its list of prosthetic medical devices used to determine reimbursement rates from private...
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NuVasive closes $98m Biotronic NeuroNetwork buyout
NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) said today that it closed the $98 million acquisition of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring service provider Biotronic NeuroNetwork. Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Biotronic...
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Amedica prices $11m offering
Amedica (NSDQ:AMDA) said today that it priced a stock offering worth $11 million for the silicon nitride implants it makes. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Amedica said it plans to float more than 3.6...
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Medtronic warns on wire fracture risk with Activa DBS devices
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) last month cautioned surgeons to be careful not to implant its Activa deep-brain stimulation devices with sharply bent or kinked wires, after receiving reports of wire fracture. In...
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Cartiva wins PMA for big toe synthetic cartilage implant
Cartiva said today that it won pre-market approval from the FDA for an implant designed to treat arthritis in the big toe. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Cartiva said the device is the 1st synthetic cartilage...
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New white paper: Elements of a regulatory inspection
While inspections of studies with pending marketing applications are considered routine, FDA has recently shifted its focus toward an early intervention paradigm. Under this design, BIMO Inspections...
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Abbott wins FDA nod for Absorb stent
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today it won FDA premarket approval for its Absorb bioresorbable everolimus eluting heart stent, touting it as the 1st fully dissolving stent approved for treating coronary...
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Sleep apnea dev NightBalance raises $13.9m in Series B
Dutch sleep apnea device developer NightBalance said today it raised $13.9 million (EU €12.5 million) in a Series B round of financing, and it added 4 new members to its board, including new board...
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Greatbatch rebrands as Integer Holdings
Greatbatch (NYSE:GB) said late last month it is rebranding to Integer Holdings Corporation, with the name change going into effect July 1. Read the full story at our sister site, Medical Design &...
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Syringe shortage endangers yellow fever fight in Congo
(Reuters) — A shortage of syringes is hampering plans to vaccinate people in Democratic Republic of Congo against a yellow fever epidemic, despite the arrival of more than 1 million doses of vaccine,...
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J&J’s Ethicon wins FDA nod for Harmonic HD 1000i surgical shears
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Harmonic HD 1000i next-gen ultrasonic surgical shears designed for complex open and laparoscopic...
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EndoGastric Solutions touts U.S. reimbursement win
EndoGastric Solutions said today it won reimbursement coverage through U.S. health insurer Health Care Service Corporation for transoral incisionless fundoplication procedures using its EsophyX device,...
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FDA expands indication for TSO3’s sterilization device
Canadian medical sterilization device company TSO3 said yesterday it won expanded FDA clearance for its Sterizone VP4 sterilizer device, including clearance for sterilizing double and multiple-channel...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for July 5, 2016
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Accuron buys Aurum Healthcare
Tech and engineering holding company Accuron Technologies said today it acquired a majority stake in Malaysia-based medical device manufacturer Aurum Healthcare, touting it as the 6th medtech related...
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Viveve inks Latin American distribution deals
Viveve (NSDQ:VIVE) said today it inked 6 new distribution deals to expand the availability of its Viveve non-surgical treatment for post-partum laxity of the vaginal introitus to 14 Latin American...
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