MedTech News

Medtronic launches extravascular defibrillator in Japan
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) announced that it launched its Aurora EV-ICD system for treating ventricular arrhythmias in Japan.

Capstan Medical completes first robot-assisted transcatheter mitral valve replacements
Capstan Medical today announced the first successful transcatheter mitral valve replacements using its novel implant and surgical robotics system.

Phantom Neuro’s neural interface wins FDA breakthrough and TAP designations
Phantom Neuro today announced it received FDA breakthrough device designation and Targeted Acceleration Pathway (TAP) designation for its minimally invasive neural interface Phantom X.

Viestro launches Aletta robotic phlebotomy device
Vitestro today launched its Aletta autonomous robotic phlebotomy device (ARPD) that performs automated blood draws.

Stryker’s Inari Medical launches Artex thrombectomy system
Inari Medical — now part of Stryker — announced that it launched its Artix thrombectomy system for arterial thrombectomies

Olympus launches single-use hemostasis clip
Olympus announced that it launched a new hemostasis clip to meet the needs of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopists.

Designing better ways to deliver drugs
Graduate student and MathWorks Fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

J&J’s Shockwave Medical launches new IVL catheter
Johnson & Johnson MedTech‘s Shockwave Medical today announced the U.S. launch of its Javelin peripheral intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) catheter