Lower Extremity Articles & Analysis
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The HFSA Optimal Medical Therapy in Heart Failure (OMT-HF) program can help your patients achieve their best outcomes. An estimated 6.5 million Americans have heart failure (HF). This year alone another 960,000 will likely be diagnosed with this condition. Chances are several of your patients are in this group. Are they receiving the optimal medical therapy (OMT), that helps them achieve ...
OSSIO, Inc., an orthopedic fixation technology company, today announced that its OSSIOfiber® Compression Screw Portfolio has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for maintenance of alignment and fixation of bone fractures, comminuted fractures, fragments, osteotomies, arthrodesis and bone grafts of the upper extremity, fibula, knee, ankle and foot ...
Alucent Biomedical, a privately held medical technology company founded to transform the way vascular disease is treated, today announced Venita Chandra, M.D., will join the company’s scientific advisory board. Dr. Chandra is board certified in both general and vascular surgery. She is a clinical associate professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Stanford University ...
The strategic alliance will see the NX Nail system from Field Orthopaedics added to Medartis’ comprehensive hand portfolio in an exclusive distribution partnership, which will extend the global distribution footprint of the product and provide growth opportunities in international markets. With an anatomically inspired head, narrow waist and cutting efficiency, the NX Nail is engineered to ...
Checkpoint Surgical today announced the transition of Len Cosentino from President and CEO to the role of Founder and Executive Advisor. Additionally, several other organizational changes to support the company’s rapid growth have recently been made. Checkpoint Surgical makes surgical devices for intraoperative nerve care. Len Cosentino, who has served as President and CEO from Checkpoint ...
The good news for his patient was that she was young. A lower extremity bypass procedure - like any surgery - can be more difficult as we age. The bad news was that the best veins for the procedure - which involves grafting a vein from another part of the body to bypass her blocked arteries in the leg - were unusable. The patient had undergone varicose vein treatments as a young woman that ...
Acumed, a Colson Medical - Marmon - Berkshire Hathaway company, is excited to announce the acquisition of ExsoMed, a provider of innovative solutions for hand surgery. The addition of ExsoMed, whose products support an intramedullary approach to treating hand fractures, enhances Acumed’s comprehensive portfolio of upper extremity solutions for simple to complex injuries. Acumed, a Colson ...
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan has approved the use of the oral Factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban (Xarelto™) (2.5 mg twice daily, used in combination with aspirin 81-100 mg once daily) to treat patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) after revascularization. The approval is based on data from the Phase III VOYAGER PAD trial. This study demonstrated a positive ...
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Microbion Corporation of Bozeman, MT, today announced that it has received non-dilutive funding through its strategic partnership with CUBRC, Inc., a Buffalo-based, independent not-for-profit research company, of up to $2.1 million from the US Navy through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) partnership. The funding project is titled “Pravibismane Suspension as a Topical, ...
MINNEAPOLIS, MAY 9,2022 - CVRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVRX) ("CVRx"), developer of the world's first FDA-approved neuromodulation device to treat the symptoms of heart failure, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for magnetic resonance (MR) conditional labeling for its Barostim System. The Barostim System now includes instructions to allow for safe MRI scans of the head and ...
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Alucent Biomedical Inc. announced that it has enrolled the first patient in ACTIVATE II, an Australia-based First-in-Human clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its revolutionary Natural Vascular Scaffolding (AlucentNVS) technology. The therapy is designed to open vessels and maintain patency without the use of permanent implants for the treatment of peripheral artery disease ...
Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified cardiovascular disease, today announced the global commercial availability of the Shockwave M5+ peripheral IVL catheter after receiving both CE Mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. The Shockwave M5+ catheter, which has been in limited launch ...
Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. (AOTI), the global leader in noninvasive topical oxygen wound healing solutions, announced today that is has received Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), commonly referred to as China FDA, approval for its unique cyclically pressurized Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) therapy. Making it the only advanced sustained wound healing therapeutic to have ...
Synergy Biomedical, LLC, a developer of innovative biomaterial products, today announced the launching of BIOSPHERE® FLEX SP EXTREMITIES, Synthetic Bioactive Bone Graft. Using Synergy’s proprietary BIOSPHERE® Technology, BIOSPHERE® FLEX SP Extremities is a sheet putty composed of innovative spherical bioactive glass granules combined with a porous collagen/sodium hyaluronate ...
Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. (AOTI), the leader in noninvasive sustained wound healing solutions, announced today a number of significant additions to its Leadership Team, bringing to the company over 100 years of combined strategic experience: Chief Medical Officer – Dr. Matthew G. Garoufalis is Co-Chair of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders and past President of both the American ...
Today, the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies* announced that DePuy Synthes** has acquired CrossRoads® Extremity Systems, a Tennessee-based foot and ankle company that provides a broad range of procedure-specific, sterile-packed implants and instrumentation systems cleared for lower extremity indications. Private equity firm HealthpointCapital was the majority investor and worked ...
Imbed Biosciences is proud to announce that research conducted using Microlyte Matrix and Microlyte Surgical will be presented in a panel discussion at SAWC, a national wound healing conference. Imbed Biosciences announced today that clinical results documenting the use of its products, Microlyte® Matrix and Microlyte® SURGICAL, will be presented at the Fall Symposium on Advanced Wound ...
Reamputation Rates Have Not Improved Over Two Decades. SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2021 — Podimetrics, a virtual care management company dedicated to preventing costly and deadly diabetic amputations, today announced results from its latest research, which found patients with diabetes who have an amputation have a 37 percent chance of having reamputation within five years. The ...
KEY POINTS Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and globally. It has a survival rate of 1 in 10 people with current treatment. The Neurescue device is designed to increase blood flow to the brain and heart during life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death around the world, ...
Next Science (ASX:NXS), an innovative medical technology company that is the leader in treating biofilm-based infections in humans, announced today that it has donated $300,000 worth of BlastX™ Antimicrobial Wound Gel to The Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation in Ponte Vedra. The donation will support the foundation’s mission of reducing lower extremity amputations and improving wound ...