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First Patient Enrolled in Vena Cava Filter Trial
July 15, 2010 – The first patient has enrolled in the Retrieve 2 U.S. trial, which will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Crux Biomedical's new Vena Cava Filter (VCF)....
Read More July 15, 2010
Covidien Acquires ev3 to Expand Interventional Portfolio
June 2, 2010 – Covidien announced yesterday it is purchasing ev3 Inc. for $2.6 billion to expand its percutaneous vascular portfolio. The company hopes to become a...
Read More June 2, 2010
Embolic Protection Device Developed for Valve Replacements
May 20, 2010 – An aortic embolic protection device, which acts as a protective shield to reduce the incidence of embolization to the brain, was granted CE mark approval...
Read More May 20, 2010
Femoral Delivery System Aids Vena Cava Filter Placement
March 23, 2010 – A femoral access delivery system to aid physicians placing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters was introduced last week at the Society of Interventional...
Read More March 23, 2010
New Embolic Defector Used in First Clinical Experience
January 5, 2010 – St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada recently was the first to use the Embrella Embolic Deflector cerebral protection system. The device uses a...
Read More January 5, 2010
FDA Clears Invatec's Mo.Ma Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection Device
October 27, 2009 – Invatec today said it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Mo.Ma Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection...
Read More October 26, 2009
Cook's Advanced NavAlign Delivery System Adds Speed, Control and Accuracy
September 22, 2009 – Physicians can now navigate even the most tortuous anatomy with greater speed and safety with the next-generation inferior vena cava (IVC) filter...
Read More September 22, 2009
Abbott Launches of Next-Generation Embolic Protection System
June 12, 2009 - Abbott today launch its sixth-generation Emboshield NAV6 Embolic Protection System for use in carotid artery stenting procedures. Carotid artery...
Read More June 12, 2009
Angiotech Gets FDA Clearance for Option Inferior Vena Cava Filter
June 8, 2009 - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. today said the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for the Option Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter for use in both permanent and...
Read More June 8, 2009
Study Shows vProtect Luminal Shield Stabilizes Vulnerable Plaque
June 1, 2009 - Six months after placement of a vProtect Luminal Shield to treat a "vulnerable plaque,” a follow-up exam revealed reduced plaque burden and reduced...
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FDA Clears Rafael Medical’s SafeFlo Vena Cava Filter
May 22, 2009 - Rafael Medical Technologies Inc. said this week it received FDA clearance for its SafeFlo Vena Cava Filter. The clearance is for the permanent...
Read More May 22, 2009
MAGICAL Trial Tests MGuard Embolic Protection Stent in MI
May 21, 2009 - InspireMD Ltd. said today it completed enrollment for the MAGICAL Trial (MGuard in Acute Myocardial), which is designed to confirm the clinical feasibility,...
Read More May 21, 2009
Medtronic Announces U.S. Trial of Device to Close the Left Atrial Appendage
May 11, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today announced the successful implant of its Cardioblate Closure Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device by Patrick McCarthy, M.D.,...
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WATCHMAN Device May Offer Alternative to Blood-Thinners, Lowers Stroke Risk in AF Patients
April 2, 2009 - A device implanted in the heart using minimally invasive techniques may replace the most widely prescribed drug for stroke prevention in patients with...
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First Patient is Treated With GORE Flow Reversal System
March 10, 2009 - W. L. Gore & Associates today said the first clinical use of the GORE Flow Reversal System for neuroprotection during carotid artery stenting (CAS) was...
Read More March 11, 2009
Atritech to Release PROTECT AF Trial Results at ACC
March 6, 2009 - Atritech Inc. will release PROTECT AF trial results on WATCHMAN LAA closure technology comparing the device to the current standard of care, warfarin...
Read More March 6, 2009
GORE Flow Reversal System Provides Neuroprotection During Carotid Artery Stenting
February 10, 2009 - W. L. Gore and Associates today said at the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions XXII the FDA cleared the GORE Flow Reversal System,...
Read More February 10, 2009
Invatec, Lumen Biomedical Partner in Worldwide Distribution Agreement for Embolic Protection Devices
January 30, 2009 – Invatec this week announced it entered a worldwide distribution agreement with Lumen Biomedical Inc. to distribute the FiberNet Embolic Protection...
Read More January 30, 2009
First Patient Enrolled in EMBOLDEN Clinical Study for Efficacy of Gore Embolic Protection Device
January 19, 2009 - W.L. Gore and Associates today said Peter A. Soukas, M.D., an interventional cardiologist from Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, MA,...
Read More January 19, 2009
Boston Scientific Initiates Carotid Stent Clinical Study
December 18, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced enrollment of the first patient in the CABANA post-market approval study of the company’s Carotid WALLSTENT...
Read More December 18, 2008
FDA Clears Lumen Biomedical’s FiberNet Embolic Protection System for Carotid Artery Stenting
November 20, 2008 - Lumen Biomedical Inc. said today the FDA cleared its FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS) for the treatment of patients receiving endovascular...
Read More November 20, 2008
Concentric Medical Launches Distal Access Catheter
October 20, 2008 - Concentric Medical Inc. today launched the Merci Distal Access Catheter, or DAC, which provides neurointerventionalists easier distal access and enhanced...
Read More October 20, 2008
EPIC Carotid Stent Trial Reveals Low Stroke Rate
October 16, 2008 - Lumen Biomedical Inc. said that Principal Investigator Subbarao V. Myla, M.D., presented the results from the EPIC clinical trial — “Evaluating the...
Read More October 17, 2008
Lumen Biomedical Receives FDA Clearance for Peripheral Artery Disease Embolectomy System
October 9, 2008 - Lumen Biomedical Inc. said today the FDA cleared the LBI Embolectomy System for use in the removal of fresh, soft emboli and thrombi from vessels in the...
Read More October 9, 2008
New European Guidelines Issued for Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
September 2, 2008 – The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) released new guidelines for how doctors should handle an acute pulmonary embolism (PE), during its 2008...
Read More September 3, 2008
Atritech Files Pre-Market Approval Application for WATCHMAN LAA Closure Technology
August 18, 2008 - Atritech Inc. today said it filed its pre-market approval application (PMA) with the FDA for its WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Technology,...
Read More August 19, 2008
National Venous Program Screenings Increased to 2,234
July 30, 2008 - The American Venous Forum’s National Venous Screening Program (NVSP), having finished its second year (November 2006 to the beginning of 2007), reported...
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Boston Scientific Releases Smaller Embolic Protection System
May 20, 2008 - Boston Scientific launched its FilterWire EZ Embolic Protection System in a new 2.25 – 3.5 mm size, designed to contain and remove embolic material that...
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Medtronic Defender Embolic Protection Filter Approved in EU
April 29, 2008 - Medtronic received CE mark approval for the Defender embolic protection filter, a device designed to get rid of emboli that can occur during a variety of...
Read More April 29, 2008
Filter Fails to Improve PCI Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndromes
March 31, 2008 - A device that catches bits of plaque and blood clot that break loose during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has failed to show that it can reduce...
Read More March 31, 2008
Stent for Clogged Neck Arteries Launched in U.S.
October 30, 2007 - Cordis Corp. will launch in the U.S. and European its next generation carotid stent system, the PRECISEPRO RX Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent, to treat...
Read More October 30, 2007
Boston Scientific Carotid Artery Stenting Trials Produce Positive Three-Year Results
October 29, 2007 - Boston Scientific Corp. announced positive three-year results from its CABERNET and BEACH carotid artery stenting clinical trials, which evaluated the...
Read More October 29, 2007
Luna to Co-Market Emboli Monitor with Terumo
October 9, 2007 - Luna Innovations Inc. has entered into a joint marketing alliance agreement with Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp. (Terumo CVS), in which Luna and...
Read More October 9, 2007
Novation Awards ev3 Multiple Three-Year Contracts
August 3, 2007 – Novation, a healthcare contracting and services company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), awarded ev3 Inc. three, three-year...
Read More August 3, 2007
FDA Clears Cook’s Vena Cava Filter
July 30, 2007 – The FDA gave Cook Medical, a developer of IVC filters, clearance for a permanent indication for its newest vena cava filter, Celect, which is designed to...
Read More July 30, 2007
FDA Gives Green Light to St. Jude’s Embolic Protection System, Flow Control Device
July 26, 2007 - St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the FDA has granted clearance for the 7F Proxis Embolic Protection System, a system designed to extract debris that may...
Read More July 26, 2007
Newly Cleared Blood Circuit Monitor Detects Gaseous Emboli in Real Time
May 22, 2007 — Luna Innovations has announced it has received a market clearance letter in response to its 510(k) application to the FDA for the EDAC (Emboli Detection...
Read More May 22, 2007
Kensey Nash Embolic Protection System Approved in Europe for Carotid Procedures
April 11, 2007 — Kensey Nash Corp. has announced it has received CE Mark approval to expand the indication for the third generation of its embolic protection technology,...
Read More April 11, 2007
Improved Brain Function Retained 1 Year after Minimally Invasive Stroke Treatment
Feb. 1, 2007 - New data shows that a year after undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting, a minimally invasive treatment to prevent stroke, nearly half of patients (43...
Read More February 1, 2007
SVG Embolic Device Now Cleared for Carotids
The embolic protection system Boston Scientific Corp. originally designed for coronary saphenous vein graft interventions has received FDA clearance for use in carotid...
Read More December 15, 2006
Carotid Stenting Baton Successfully Passed
A new study, released today by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, shows that the minimally invasive technique of carotid stenting has made a...
Read More December 14, 2006