Cardiology
Cardiology
Cardiology
Tempo Lead Temporary Heart Trans-Surgical Pacing Lead Cleared in EU
BioTrace Medical, a small company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, announced that its Tempo Lead temporary intracardiac pacing lead has been cleared in Europe under the CE Mark. The device is intended for cardiac procedures that require...
Cardiology
SentreHEART Wins EU Clearances for LARIAT LAA Closure System
SentreHEART, based in Silicon Valley, won the European CE mark for its LARIAT-RS 50mm percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device. The LARIAT-RS is currently the only product available in Europe that is not an implant, but really a...
Cardiology
Abbott Releases New Generation Confirm Rx Insertable Heart Monitor
Abbott is launching its latest generation of the Confirm Rx insertable cardiac monitor, a device that received FDA clearance and European regulatory approval back in 2017. The new device offers more accurate detection of cardiac...
Cardiology
Surgical Robot Autonomously Navigates Inside Heart
Transcatheter heart surgeries, particularly to repair failing valves, are now common in many high-end hospitals. Though the actual replacement procedure is not easy, navigating to the valve site through narrow vasculature and inside the heart is in...
Cardiology
Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan, World's Only Active Fixation Left Heart Lead, Approved in U.S.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices are implanted into heart failure patients to try to improve the efficiency of the heart. How well the therapy ends up working depends very much on the positioning of the electrodes of the leads...
Cardiology
BIOTRONIK's Single Lead, Dual Chamber Acticor ICDs and CRT-Ds Coming to U.S.
BIOTRONIK is releasing in the United States its Acticor line of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). These include the Acticor DX and CRT-DX, both of which can take...
Cardiology
AcQMap Heart Mapping Technology Gets EU and US Green Lights
Acutus Medical, a Carlsbad, California company, won European approval for its AcQMap contact mapping software. The company also won FDA clearance for its second generation AcQMap platform to be sold in the United States. The technology, used...
Cardiology
Guerbet's SeQure and DraKon Peripheral Microcatheters Cleared in Europe
Guerbet, a French firm, won European regulatory approval to introduce its SeQure and DraKon peripheral microcatheters on the continent. The devices are indicated for infusion of contrast media, drugs, and embolic materials as part of vascular...
Cardiology
Virtue Sirolimus-Eluting Balloon Helps Prevent Restenosis without Stents
When plaques cause arterial vessels to narrow, intravascular balloons are usually used to widen the lumen. Sirolimus and its analogues are drugs that are commonly used to prevent restenosis. Because blood flows rapidly through, stents coated...
Cardiology
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