J&J to acquire medical device company Abiomed for $16.6bn

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

02 Nov 22

The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by boards of directors of both companies, is expected to be…

Patient CareCardiovascular

Abbott gets expanded FDA approval for CardioMEMS HF System

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

22 Feb 22

The expanded FDA approval enables patients with Class II heart failure and elevated levels of natriuretic peptides to…

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Medtronic gets expanded FDA approval for Freezor catheters to treat paediatric AVNRT

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

21 Feb 22

The Freezor and Freezor Xtra catheters are flexible, single-use devices that freeze the cardiac tissue and block redundant…

Patient CareCardiovascular

Abbott implants dual-chamber leadless pacemaker in AVEIR DR i2i study

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

08 Feb 22

Abbott's investigational dual-chamber pacemaker is designed to provide synchronous, beat-by-beat pacing of the right atrium and right ventricle…

Patient CareCardiovascular

Philips launches 12-lead ECG solution for decentralised clinical trials

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

27 Jan 22

The at-home solution will help improve innovation across the care continuum and decentralised clinical trials

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Boston Scientific to acquire Baylis Medical for $1.75bn

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

07 Oct 21

The acquisition will add Baylis Medical’s cardiology products to Boston Scientific’s electrophysiology and structural heart pipelines

Patient CareCardiovascular

Vivistim System gets US FDA approval to treat chronic ischemic stroke

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

30 Aug 21

Vivistim System is a drug-free rehabilitation system that leverages vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and can be used in…

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Abbott gets FDA approval for Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder to treat AFib patients at risk of stroke

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

17 Aug 21

Amulet is said to be the first and only minimally invasive treatment option to offer immediate closure of…

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Medtronic gets expanded FDA approval for Arctic Front catheters to treat PAF

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

22 Jun 21

Arctic Front Family of cryoablation catheters are indicated for recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF)

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Medtronic stops sales of HVAD System over adverse events and pump failure

By NS Healthcare Staff Writer

04 Jun 21

Medtronic’s decision to stop the sale and distribution of the HVAD follows its voluntary recall of a subset…

Patient CareCardiovascular