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Legal: Airstrip sues over iPhone patient monitoring patents
AirStrip Technologies files a lawsuit against mVisum over recently issued patents for remote patient monitoring with an iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices. Mobile health company AirStrip...
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Would Boston Scientific ever sell its coronary stents business?
Boston Scientific could stand to reap substantial rewards by thinking the unthinkable: Follow Johnson & Johnson's Cordis Corp. out of the coronary stents business. Fifteen months ago, Cordis Corp....
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Edwards Lifesciences CEO Mike Mussallem at the MassDevice Big 100 West
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) CEO Mike Mussallem discusses the process of getting the company's Sapien transcatheter valve through the FDA at the MassDevice Big 100 West in Irvine, Calif. on December...
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Gore enrolls 1st patient in next-gen transcatheter septal occluder trial
W.L. Gore & Associates enrolls the 1st of 50 patients in a study of its septal occluder in treatment of atrial septal defect. W.L. Gore & Associates today announced successful launch of its...
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Imaging agent maker Shine Medical raises $11M | Wall Street Beat
Shine Medical raises $11 million for its alternative, non-nuclear method of creating imaging agents. Shine Medical closed an $11.4 million funding round for its method of generating a low-energy...
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Helix Medical acquires MedVenture Technology
Helix Medical purchases surgical and catheter-based devices maker MedVenture Technology from Boston-based private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners. Massachusetts-based global medical device...
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Boston Scientific CMO Dawkins: We're working on renal denervation too
Boston Scientific CMO Dr. Keith Dawkins says the medical device company is working on a renal denervation system to treat hypertension. Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) is running an internal program to...
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Recall: Ventlab pulls more than 14k defective manual respirators
Respiratory devices maker Ventlab recalls more than 14,600 units of its manual respirators after finding that they deliver little to no air/oxygen to patients. Respiratory devices company Ventlab...
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Endologix settles patent spat with Cook Medical for $5M
Endologix agrees to pay $5 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Cook Medical over stent grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Endologix (NSDQ:ELGX) agreed to pay Cook...
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Syneron lands FDA nod for "me" home-use hair removal system
Israel device maker Syneron Medical gets an FDA nod for its "me" system, the 1st home-use hair removal product cleared for all skin tones. Global aesthetic device manufacturer Syneron Medical...
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Breaking: FDA approves Edwards' Sapien TAVI system for lower-risk patients
Medical device giant Edwards Lifesciences wins expanded FDA approval to market its Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems to lower-risk patients. Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) won FDA...
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Edwards wins extended Sapien TAVI approval, sinks on disappointing Q3
Medical device giant Edwards Lifesciences wins expanded FDA approval to market its Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems to lower-risk patients, but the nod comes later than expected...
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MassDevice.com +7 | The top 7 med-tech stories for the week of October 15, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +7, a bite-sized view of the top seven med-tech stories of the week. This latest feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our seven biggest and most influential stories...
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Weight loss: ReShape Medical forms up $16M | Wall Street Beat
ReShape Medical raises $16 million in an equity round it hopes will wind up adding $22 million to its coffers for its dual-intragastric weight loss balloon. ReShape Medical reeled in $15.8 million of...
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TCT2012: Medtronic's CoreValve system shows high survival rate
Medtronic unveils new study results for its CoreValve system, which shows 1-year survival rates above 80% and improved quality of life for patients at 1 and 6 months. Minneapolis health giant...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for October 22, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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Weight-loss: Bariatrics blow away drugs in improving heart health |...
Weight-loss surgeries beat drug therapy in improving heart health risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, a meta-data analysis finds. MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Patients...
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Stentys lands FDA nod to launch 1st U.S. trial with novel Self-Apposing stent
Medical device maker Stentys lands FDA approval to launch the 1st U.S. trial evaluating its Self-Apposing stent as treatment for acute myocardial infarction. Stent maker Stentys SA (EPA:STNT) won FDA...
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Syneron launches elōs Plus aesthetic system in Canada
Syneron Medical launches its elōs Plus next-generation multi-platform aesthetic treatment system in Canada, following the company's recent commercial distribution in U.S., Europe and Asia. Israeli...
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Rash conclusions: Teledermatology as a “shared care” model
With a quick photograph by the pediatrician, a “mystery rash” can be diagnosed remotely. By Laura Johnson "Hey, can you take a look at my patient's rash?" News Well, Vector Blog, mHealth, Remote...
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