Miracor secures FDA breakthrough status for its heart attack device
Belgian devicemaker Miracor Medical received a breakthrough designation from the FDA for its treatment designed to limit the damage of a heart attack. Miracor’s PiCSO Impulse System is delivered to the heart’s coronary vessels through a minimally invasive procedure in patients... Read More →
Results support feasibility of entirely extracardiac, minimally invasive, temporary pacing system
New results support the feasibility of an entirely extracardiac pacing method in a heterogeneous patient population, using a minimally invasive, parasternal delivery approach, with adequate sensing and thresholds suited for temporary pacing. The study, authored by Anne-Floor BE Quast, Niek... Read More →
Gore’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center Fosters Collaboration At Newly Opened Prototyping Lab
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — August 15, 2019 — W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), continues to contribute its more than 60 years of material science expertise to Silicon Valley’s startup community through its Santa Clara based Innovation Center. To further... Read More →
Virtual and augmented reality can save lives by improving surgeons’ training
Rapid advances in the development of medical devices in the 21st century are contributing to healthier lives, but bring with them a new challenge: teaching clinicians how to use these often-complicated technologies. Teaching them poorly, or failing to do it... Read More →
Patientory launching $5.3 million Series A Raise and Joins Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio
Patientory Inc., a global population healthcare solution company, is the newest member of Oregon Enterprise Blockchain Venture Studio, a program designed to support startups that drive blockchain innovation and solve critical business challenges. R/GA Ventures operates the Studio and is... Read More →
Startup Respirix raises $1.3m
Heart failure detection startup Respirix has reported raising $1.3 million, according to a securities filing. The San Francisco-based company has developed the handheld Cardiospire device to acquire data on cardiogenic oscillation from a patient’s airway to determine whether the patient is approaching congestive... Read More →
Medable Joins the American Heart Association’s Center for Health Technology & Innovation Innovators Network to Enhance Digital Real-World Evidence Patient Registries Powering a Human Heart Digitome
Medable Inc., the leading provider of digitally enabled and data-driven clinical trials, will join the American Heart Association’s Center for Health Technology & Innovation (the Center) Innovators Network. The Center is focused on building health-tech relationships to drive innovative and scalable solutions... Read More →
Medical Technology Startup Promaxo Closes $8M Round of Financing
Promaxo, the pioneer in the development of in-office MRI, announced today that it has closed $8M round of financing from a group of super angels and strategic investors. Promaxo will use the funding to accelerate the clinical launch of its... Read More →
Osso VR Expands Its Reach, Shares Study Results
Virtual reality surgical training solution Osso VR is already impacting reality. A just-released study conducted by UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine shows that the surgical performance of Osso VR users “improved by 230% and their speed was 20% faster,”... Read More →
GNA Biosolutions Closes $13.5M Series C Financing Round Backed by a US/EU consortium
Munich, Germany, August 5, 2019 – GNA Biosolutions GmbH, a molecular diagnostics company based in Germany, announced today that it has completed a $13.5M round of financing. The Series C financing round was joined by new investors including GreyBird Ventures, Occident, and Wachtumsfonds Bayern,... Read More →