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New mitral valve repair systems under testing

Cardiovascular Innovations reports on the latest developments in the heart valve market. We begi...[more]

Heart Valve Surgery

One of the largest therapy areas of cardiovascular disease is heart valve surgery. This type of ...[more]

MIVT develops advanced drug-eluting coatings for cardiovascular stents

MIV Therapeutics (MIVT) is currently developing a next-generation line of advanced biocompatible...[more]

Leman Cardiovascular acquires Hancock Jaffe Laboratories

Swiss biomedical device company, Leman Cardiovascular (LCV), has recently acquired US company Ha...[more]

Battelle Ventures invests in Endovalve

Endovalve, Inc., a cardiovascular device company developing a percutaneous valve-replacement sys...[more]

CoreValve: Revolutionising heart valve replacement

Traditionally, when a patients’ heart valve had to be replaced, open-heart surgery was the only ...[more]

Cardiovascular market maintains growth despite concerns

Despite concerns regarding the long-term outcomes from drug-eluting stents (recent reports in th...[more]

TopSpin looks to the future of Cardiovascular Imaging

The advantages of MRI as an imaging technology are numerous. Its sensitivity to the chemical cha...[more]

FDA meets with Boston Scientific/Guidant to discuss recalls

The FDA has met with Boston Scientific/Guidant to discuss the firm's recent announcement that se...[more]

TAXCOR-I DES: cleared for use in Europe

EuroCor GmBH (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Opto Circuits [India] Ltd) has received the CE mark f...[more]

AtriCure launches new devices

AtriCure has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Isolator Transpolar Pen System (Pen)...[more]

US trial to assess PAS-Port system for use in bypass surgery

Cardica has started a pivotal clinical trial in the US and Europe to evaluate the safety and eff...[more]

Kaneka moves towards human tacrolimus DES trial

Kaneka has obtained positive results from preclinical trials for a drug-eluting stent (DES) that...[more]

Eyes inside the heart

CardioOptics, Inc., a US medical device company developing and commercialising unique therapeuti...[more]

FDA to review Cardima's Revelation Tx PMA

The FDA has granted a review of the scientific dispute underlying the agency’s refusal to approv...[more]

New method for coating stents

Elutex is offering a new technique for coating stents that aims to replace the existing mechanic...[more]

Osiris to offer IPO

Osiris Therapeutics has announced an initial public offering of 3.5 million shares. The company’...[more]

ReVas technology licensed to Medtronic

RVX Therapeutics Inc, a subsidiary of Resverlogix Corp (RVX), has signed a licensing agreement, ...[more]

Cordis/ClearStream in Crescendo Balloon agreement

Cordis Corporation and ClearStream Technologies Group, have signed a definitive agreement whereb...[more]

Abbott/Medinol to settle patent dispute

Abbott Laboratories is finalising a patent infringement case settlement with Israeli company, Me...[more]