Category: Cardiac Surgery
FDA Grants Medtronic Breakthrough Device Designation for Transcatheter Valve System
The FDA Breakthrough Devices Program enables manufacturers to streamline the market clearance/approval process for specific medical devices. Medtronic received the breakthrough device designation for ... Read More
FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Abiomed for Impella RP
Abiomed has been granted FDA emergency use authorization for its Impella RP – a temporary heart pump to support circulatory system functioning in patients with right side ventricular failure. The FD... Read More
Terumo Aortic Gains FDA Breakthrough Status for Aortic Repair Device
Terumo Aortic, a company that focuses exclusively on producing devices regarding aorta, has developed the Thoraflex Hybrid to aid patients who have suffered from a thoracic aortic aneurysm, or a tear ... Read More
Artificial Tissue Patches Help Heal Heart Damage
Bioengineers at Trinity College Dublin have engineered artificial tissue patches that imitate the natural electrical conductivity of heart tissue while being structurally designed to withstand the mov... Read More
FDA Approves Less Invasive Surgical Approach for Abbott’s Heart Pump
This week Abbott announced that the U.S. FDA has given approval of a new alternative surgical technique for their HeartMate 3 heart pump. The procedure is designed to allow more advanced heart failure... Read More
Types of Heart Valve Replacements
One of the most common procedures performed in cardiac surgery is heart valve replacement, which makes up nearly a quarter of the total procedural volume. According to international market research an... Read More
CorMatrix Cardiovascular CorPATCH FDA Cleared
Register to receive a free U.S. Cardiac Surgery Market Analysis, Size, Trends report synopsis and brochure In developing extracellular matrix technology (ECM), CorMatrix has produced a new product int... Read More
Procyrion Raises $30 Million Through Phase 4 Financing for Aortix Percutaneous Heart Pump
Register to receive a free U.S. Market Report Suite for Cardiac Surgery report synopsis and brochure Procyrion, Inc., announced on July 9th 2019 that they have completed a $30 million U.S. funding ... Read More
