Access Vascular Inc. Secures $20 Million in Series B Financing

Access Vascular, Inc., a company addressing the most common and costly venous access complications, today announced it has closed on a Series B round of financing. TVM Capital Life Science led the round with a $15 million commitment, with existing investors also participating. Access Vascular has developed a proprietary biomaterial platform that is both hydrophilic and lubricious,…

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Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy FDA Approved to Treat Advanced Heart Disease

Shockwave Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified cardiovascular disease, announced last month that the company’s sonic pressure wave therapy received Pre-Market Approval for severely calcified coronary artery disease from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The innovative technology, which was granted Breakthrough Device designation by…

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FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for Anuncia’s Cerebral Spinal Fluid Treatment

Anuncia Inc., an emerging leader in Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) management, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Breakthrough Device Designation for its ReFlow™ System Mini intended for the treatment of CSF disorders requiring shunting such as hydrocephalus, a debilitating and life-threatening condition affecting more than 1 million U.S. patients. Elsa Abruzzo, President of Anuncia Inc., stated,…

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NuVasive Acquires Simplify Medical

NuVasive, Inc., the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, today announced that it has acquired Simplify Medical, a privately held company and developer of the Simplify® Cervical Artificial Disc (Simplify Disc) for cervical total disc replacement (cTDR). The acquisition of Simplify Medical adds the most clinically…

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OpSens Announces Closing of $28.75 Million Bought Deal Public Offering Including $3.75 Million Over-Allotment Option Exercised in Full

OpSens Inc. (“OpSens” or the “Company”) (TSX:OPS) (OTCQX:OPSSF) announced last week the closing of its previously announced bought deal public offering (the “Offering”) of common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”), for total gross proceeds of approximately $28,750,000. The Company issued an aggregate of 15,972,222 Common Shares, at a price of $1.80 per Common Share,…

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Fusion Robotics Wins FDA Clearance for 3D Imaging Robotic Targeting System

Fusion Robotics LLC, a spinal robotics and navigation company today announced receiving 510(k) clearance to market their 3D imaging compatible navigation and robotic targeting system for spine surgery in the U.S. market. The Fusion Robotics System addresses the key limitations of current spinal navigation and robotics systems by offering greater procedural efficiency with significantly less…

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FDA clears Signifier Medical’s Electric Tongue Muscle Strengthener to Treat Sleep Apnea and Snoring

The FDA has approved eXciteOSA, the revolutionary first-ever daytime treatment for mild obstructive sleep apnea and snoring. Used for only 20 minutes per day for a period of six weeks and then twice per week, the therapy is clinically proven to improve the quality of sleep by significantly reducing obstructive sleep apnea and snoring. Signifier…

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Implicity Rolls Out AI-Empowered Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Over 10,000 Patients

Implicity, the leading remote cardiac monitoring company in Europe, officially announced its rollout into the US market via its partnership with the Phoenix-based company, IronRod Health. Implicity and IronRod have been nominated for The Prix Galien Medstartup USA in the category of “Best collaboration in the Medtech and Digital health sector”, organized by the Galien…

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Vascular Perfusion Solutions Lands FDA Breakthrough Designation for Organ-Transport Device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Vascular Perfusion Solutions, Inc. (VPS) a Breakthrough Device Designation for its groundbreaking VP.S Encore™ oxygenated perfusion cardiac transport device. The patent-pending technology uses oxygen to enable preserving vascularized tissue for eight hours, and more, doubling the viability of organs beyond the current standard of care. As…

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Puzzle Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Transcatheter Heart Pump

Puzzle Medical Devices Inc., (www.puzzlemed.com) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company a Breakthrough Device Designation for its revolutionary transcatheter pump to address heart failure. The FDA Breakthrough Device Program is intended to help patients receive more timely access to certain medical devices that have the potential to…

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