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ReCor pulls in $10m
Renal denervation device developer ReCor Medical raised $10 million in a new round of debt financing, according to an SEC filing posted today. The Palo Alto, Calif., and Amsterdam-based company is...
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Trelleborg picks up Specialty Silicone Fabricators
Trelleborg said that its Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business agreed to acquire Specialty Silicone Fabricators for an undisclosed amount. Tustin, Calif.-based SSF, which makes high-precision silicone...
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Zimmer Biomet acquires Compression Therapy Concepts
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said last week that it closed its acquisition of Compression Therapy Products for an undisclosed amount. Eatontown, N.J.-based CTC makes non-invasive devices designed to...
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Report: Boston Scientific to focus on R&D at India facility
Updated to correct that the facility will focus on R&D, but will not be the largest OUS facility for BSX. Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) plans to open a new facility in Gurgaon, India, with a focus...
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The quest for an interoperable EHR app
Today, most people’s clinical records remain siloed at a single hospital or health network. For the most part, health apps can’t tap into these data, nor can medicine learn from them. Also, most...
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Medtronic touts ‘closed-loop’ insulin management system | American Diabetes...
Medtronic touts ‘closed-loop’ insulin management system In its latest step on the quest to create an artificial pancreas, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said a pivotal trial showed that its hybrid “closed-loop”...
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Supreme Court grants Stryker another chance at $228m patent award from Zimmer
The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered an appeals court to reconsider whether the damages should be trebled in Stryker‘s (NYSE:SYK) $70 million patent infringement win over Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH),...
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Edwards Lifesciences escalates TAVR patent war with Boston Scientific
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) last week escalated the patent war with Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) over transcatheter aortic valve replacements, asking a federal court in Delaware to declare a patent...
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Oversight board OKs trial for Echo Therapeutics non-invasive CGM
Echo Therapeutics (NSDQ:ECTE) said today it won Institutional Review Board approval to expand testing of its non-invasive continuous glucose monitor, which can now include both pediatric and adult...
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Intuitive Surgical gets in on telehealth provider InTouch
InTouch Health said today that Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) picked up a stake for an undisclosed amount, as the companies embarked on a project to develop patient informatics solutions for...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 13, 2016
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s...
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Ethicon study reports bariatric surgery as effective treatment for Asian...
Ethicon study reports bariatric surgery as effective treatment for Asian Indian type II patients Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said it presented data from a study supporting...
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The legalization of off-label promotion: Vascular Solutions beat the FDA and...
Welcome to the Medsider interview series, a special new feature at MassDevice, which will appear regularly. All interviews are conducted by Scott Nelson, Founder of Medsider. We hope you enjoy them!...
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U.S. to invest $200 mln to shorten organ transplant wait lists
(Reuters) – The U.S. government announced plans on Monday to invest $200 million to help shorten the waiting list for patients waiting for organ transplants. The investment, to be led by the...
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Generating a new inner ear
Could regenerative techniques restore hearing or balance by replacing lost sensory cells in the inner ear? Lab-created inner-ear organs, described today in Nature Communications, could provide helpful...
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Terumo buys Sequent Medical for $280m
Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) said today it picked up Sequent Medical, developer of the Web aneurysm embolization device, for $280 million. The Web implant is made of a Nitinol mesh that is delivered in a...
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VitalConnect brings in $25m
Wearable biometric diagnostic patch company VitalConnect said yesterday it raised a total of $25 million through the closure of a loan facility and an extended Series B financing round to support the...
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Boston Scientific updates warnings for pelvic mesh products
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) recently updated the directions for use and warnings for its pelvic mesh products, classifying the meshes as permanent implants and warning of complications related to...
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Titan Spine touts implant warranty program
Titan Spine said yesterday it is expanding its spinal device warranty to include free replacement if its Endoskeleton interbody fusion devices delaminate or generate particulate debris during...
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Insulet touts new data showing reduced A1c levels with Omnipod system |...
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) last week touted the publication of new data supporting the benefits of its Omnipod insulin management system, with data supporting the systems’ efficacy at controlling blood...
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