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Dexcom expands in Phoenix with new manufacturing facility
Dexcom Inc. (NSDQ:DXCM) said today it is expanding its footprint in Phoenix with a new manufacturing facility which will focus on the company’s continuous glucose monitoring business. The new facility,...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 20, 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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Valcare touts 1st-in-human use of Amend annulplasty ring
Israeli heart valve device developer Valcare Medical today announced the 1st implantations of its Amend mitral valve repair annuloplasty ring, completing the 1st phase of its 1st-in-human multi-center...
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Lombard Medical wins CE Mark for Aorfix AAA stent graft delivery device
Lombard Medical Technologies (NSDQ:EVAR) said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its IntelliFlex low profile delivery system for its Aorfix endovascular stent graft. The system is...
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Stryker initiates voluntary recall on select Target Nano neuro coils
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said it is issuing a voluntary recall for a select number of Target Nano neurovascular coil over issues with poor stretch resistance. The company said sutures inside the coil, which...
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Philips acquires Irish digital pathology firm PathXL
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said today that it acquired an Irish digital pathology firm, PathXL, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition of Belfast-based PathXL and its digital pathology image analysis...
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Brazilian medical device regulators moving to electronic submission system
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group ANVISA, Brazil’s medical device marker regulator, has announced plans to begin accepting electronic submissions of registration documents from manufacturers. The new...
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Supreme Court declines review in $4m Globus loss to doc inventor
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to review Globus Medical‘s (NYSE:GMED) $4.3 million loss to the physician who invented some of its spine implant technology. Dr. Sabatino Bianco sued Globus in...
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Could pharma exec’s acquittal help accused ex-Acclarent officials?
The acquittal last week of a former pharmaceutical executive, charged in a kickbacks scheme to win business from doctors, could prove a boon for a pair of medical device executives facing similar...
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ResMed shuffles the deck at Brightree; taps Mellott as new CEO | Personnel...
ResMed shuffles the deck at Brightree; taps Mellott as new CEO ResMed (NYSE:RMD) yesterday announced a mix-up at its Brightree business, tapping home medical equipment industry vet Matt Mellott as its...
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Contract manufacturer Paramit picks up Lathrop Engineering
Medical device contract manufacturer Paramit said today it picked up medical instrumentation product development company Lathrop Engineering for an undisclosed amount. Read the full story at our sister...
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AtriCure launches cryoanalgesia study
AtriCure (NSDQ:ATRC) said today it launched and enrolled the 1st patient in the Frost trial which aims to examine the use of its CryoIce system designed for the cryoablation of peripheral nerves for...
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CorMatrix launches Tyke cardiac tissue repair device for neonates
CorMatrix Cardiovascular said today it launched its CorMatrix Tyke cardiac tissue repair patch designed for correcting congenital heart defects in neonates and infants, touting the 1st successful...
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Teleflex Medical OEM opens new customer center in Ireland
Teleflex Medical OEM said today that it opened a new center in Limerick, Ireland, for its diagnostic and interventional catheter customers. Read the full story at our sister site, Medical Design &...
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MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for June 21, 2016
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Analogic to pay $15m to settle SEC charges over BK Medical ‘slush fund’
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission said today that Analogic (NSDQ:ALOG) agreed to pony up $15 million to settle civil and criminal charges brought over violations of the Foreign Corrupt...
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Polyganics wins CE Mark approval in the European
Polyganics said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its absorbable, implantable Neurocap device designed to reduce neuroma formation and facilitate tissue repair. Neuromas, also...
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IsoRay touts brachytherapy brain cancer trial
IsoRay (NYSE:ISR) today released results from a prospective trial of intraoperative brachytherapy using its Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds, touting that 95% of treated tumors showed no regrowth at the...
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Final guidance from US FDA on ISO 10993 and biological evaluation of devices
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group Final guidance issued by the US Food and Drug Administration clarifies and expands on how manufacturers of medical devices that come into contact with the human body...
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Trump’s ‘Mad Men’ are also medical device execs
Holzer (l) and Adkins The “Mad Men” behind the Draper Sterling firm that got $35,000 from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are reportedly also the co-founders of medical device company...
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