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Philips, BTG tout 1st live-imaging embo bead procedure
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) and BTG said today the 1st patient has been treated by a live-image guided LC Bead Lumi in a treatment aiming to block blood flow to a hypervascular tumor in a patient with...
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Cerapedics touts IDE bone graft trial results
Cerapedics today released the results from the pivotal FDA investigational device exemption trial of its i-Factor peptide enhanced bone graft for use in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion...
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In brief: Class II medical device labelers may now open FDA UDI database...
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group The US Food and Drug Administration has begun accepting account requests from labelers of Class II medical devices for the Global Unique Device Identification...
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Edwards Lifesciences accelerates buyback with $350m share repurchase
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said yesterday that it’s accelerating a share repurchasing program with a $350 million buy from Morgan Stanley. The stock buyback is part of a $750 million repurchasing...
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Secondary offering could drum up $1.1B for Zimmer Biomet shareholders
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that an 11 million-share secondary offering by some of its shareholders could drum up nearly $1.1 billion. The Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedics titan said affiliates...
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FDA approves Medtronic’s Amplia, Compia MRI-safe CRT-Ds
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today claimed title to being to only company with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators approved by the FDA for MRI scans. The Fridley, Minn.-based medical device giant...
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Dehaier restructures to focus on wearables
China’s Dehaier Medical Systems (NSDQ:DHRM) said today that it plans to ditch its unprofitable medical device businesses so it can focus on its wearable sleep respiratory business. Dehaier said it...
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Halma pays $140m for sensor maker CenTrak
(Reuters) — Healthcare devices maker Halma said it bought CenTrak, a privately owned maker of sensors, for about $140 million (£95.9 million), expanding its footprint in the U.S. healthcare market....
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Henry Schein buys into Brazilian dental distributor
Henry Schein (NSDQ:HSIC) said today that it agreed to buy a majority stake in Brazil’s Dental Cremer, which distributes dental supplies and equipment, for an undisclosed amount. Blumenau-based Dental...
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Appeals court reverses $20m TriReme Medical loss to AngioScore
A federal appeals court today reversed a $20 million loss for TriReme Medical and a pair of related companies, sending the case back to a lower court to reconsider whether founder Eitan Konstantino...
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Titan Medical prices $6m offering
Titan Medical (CVE:TMD) today priced an 8.9-million-share offering at about 65¢ per share, saying it plans to use the proceeds to continue developing its Sport robot-assisted surgery platform....
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Avita Medical closes $2.6m respiratory biz sale
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today that it closed the $2.64 million deal for its respiratory business with Medical Developments International. The division includes Avita’s Breath-A-Tech and Funhaler...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for February 5, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech 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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Resonetics expands to Costa Rica and completes rebranding of Mound Laser
Resonetics announced its plans to open a new production facility in the Coyol Free Zone Business Park in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The new 18,000 sq. ft. (1,670 sq. m.) plant will feature a large Class 8...
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Via Surgical raises $6m for FasTouch hernia suture
Via Surgical said today that it raised a $6 million funding round for its FasTouch hernia suture. Benslie Investment Group led the round, with managing partner Nicolas Weinstein joining Amirim,...
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AngioDynamics wins Health Canada nod for new Celerity device
AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO) said today that it won approval from Health Canada for its Celerity with Navigation tip location system for peripherally inserted central catheters. Latham, N.Y.-based...
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Velano Vascular draws $3.5m funding round
Velano Vascular said today that it raised another $3.5 million for its needle-free blood draw device. San Francisco-based Velano said it plans to use the proceeds from the round to further develop and...
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Sientra jumps on return to U.S. market
Sientra (NSDQ:SIEN) shares jumped today after the breast implant maker said all of its products are slated to go back on the U.S. market March 1, 4 months after Brazilian regulators shut down...
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Unilife, Amgen extend exclusivity negotiations again
Unilife (NSDQ:UNIS) and Amgen (NSDQ:AMGN) are giving themselves another week to come to an agreement on whether their deal for Unilife’s wearable injector technology will be exclusive to Amgen. UNIS...
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St. Jude Medical launches Optis Mobile in Europe, Japan
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said today that it’s launching its Optis Mobile OCT-FFR lab in Europe and Japan. Little Canada, Minn.-based St. Jude said the portable Optis Mobile is designed for hospitals...
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