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Elixir Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX BTK System for Below-The-Knee Arterial Disease

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The company reports this broadens the use of the novel bioadaptor platform technology beyond the treatment of coronary artery disease. The DynamX Bioadaptor platform is a medical technology designed to establish the new standard of care for vascular interventions, according to a written statement on the designation.

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Philips Enrolls First Patient in Clinical Trial for Integrated Single-Device to Treat PAD

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THOR IDE clinical trial, which will study an innovative combined laser atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy catheter that integrates two critical PAD treatments into a single device. The care team there successfully treated a 78-year-old male with peripheral vascular disease using the Philips device.

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FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Biotronik Freesolve Below-the-Knee Resorbable Magnesium Scaffold (RMS)

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CLTI is the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), estimated to affect 11% of the 200 million people suffering from PAD globally. degradation of magnesium observed 12 months after implantation in coronary arteries.4 2,3 It has shown 99.6%

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Johnson and Johnson Completes Acquisition of Shockwave Medical

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Joaquin Duato , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson, said, “Through Innovative Medicine and MedTech, Johnson & Johnson is transforming the trajectory of cardiovascular disease, one of the leading causes of death globally.

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Johnson and Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical

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With the addition of Shockwave, Johnson & Johnson will expand its MedTech cardiovascular portfolio into two of the highest-growth, innovation-oriented segments of cardiovascular intervention – coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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HonorHealth Research Institute First in Southwest to Implant New Stroke Prevention Stent

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a vascular surgeon and director of HonorHealth’s vascular services, said the device avoids carotid endarterectomy, a previous method for removing plaque from carotid arteries, which involves a surgical procedure requiring an incision directly into the neck. We were fortunate to be the first in the Southwest to use such technology.”

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Elixir Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX Bioadaptor

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The designation recognizes the novelty of the technology and the potential to provide a more effective treatment option for patients with coronary artery disease. 1 To date, interventional treatment of coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents has been able to establish flow angiographically. of the U.S.