A pair of industry panels convened by President Donald Trump disintegrated today in the wake of his latest comments on the racist violence in Charlottesville. After Merck (NYSE:MRK) CEO Kenneth Frazier announced on Monday that he planned to leave Trump’s manufacturing advisory panel, a wave of executives followed in his path. Today, reversing from a statement […]
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Medtronic launches DAPT study for Resolute Onyx DES
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it’s launching a study of dual anti-platelet therapy and its Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent. The 2,000-patient study is designed to compare a one-month course of aspirin and an anti-coagulant in conjunction with the Resolute Onyx device or the BioFreedom DES made by Biosensors International (PINK:BSNRY). The Resolute Onyx stent is made […]
Surmodics to launch pivotal trial for drug-coated balloon
Surmodics (NSDQ:SRDX) said today that it won investigational device exemption from the FDA to launch a pivotal trial of its SurVeil drug-coated balloon. The trial is slated to compare the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company’s device with Medtronic‘s (NYSE:MDT) In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon for patients with peripheral artery disease in the upper leg. “By providing a head-to-head comparison […]
Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent launches in Japan
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said this week that it’s Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent will launch in Japan on July 10th. The device’s predecessor, Resolute Integrity, began selling in Japan in August 2012. The drug-eluting stent has a metallically dense, radiopaque inner core within the cobalt alloy wire to boost visibility for accurate placement, according to Medtronic. The stent […]
Medtronic inks diabetes deal with Aetna
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it inked a deal with health insurer Aetna (NYSE:AET) to measure outcomes for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes on multiple daily insulin injections. The program is designed for patients who elect to move to an insulin pump, using a Medtronic pump with its SmartGuard tech and its […]
Medtronic warns on button glitch with MiniMed 640G insulin pump
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) issued a field safety notice in May, warning users that keypad buttons on its MiniMed 640G insulin pump may become temporarily stuck when the atmospheric pressure around the pump suddenly increases or decreases – like during air travel. If the keypad buttons are stuck, users may not be able to program a bolus or […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: June 9, 2017
From 3M’s expanded 510(k) clearance for its Tegaderm dressing to Medtronic and Acacia burying the hatchet, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. InspireMD inks Taiwanese distro deal for CGuard InspireMD announced in a June 8 press release that it has signed a distribution deal with […]
Diabetes double play: Medtronic launches MiniMed 670G, Dexcom wins FDA nod for Android G5 app
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) today announced respective wins for their diabetes care tech, with Medtronic launching its hybrid closed loop MiniMed 670G in the US and Dexcom winning an FDA nod for a Google (NSDQ:GOOG) Android G5 Mobile application. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G is designed to automatically track and adjust blood sugar levels in patients […]
Medtronic launches opioid-induced respiratory depression study
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it’s starting a large study on the effect of pulse oximetry and capnography in opioid-induced respiratory depression, using its Capnostream device. The 1,650-patient Prodigy study aims to create a tool to score the risk of OIRD in patients being treated with opioids for pain, using Capnostream’s continuous pulse oximetry and capnography monitoring […]
Artificial pancreas: These companies are racing to make one
Medical device companies are close to achieving the holy grail of diabetes treatment: a combined glucose sensor, control algorithm and insulin infusion device that effectively acts as an “artificial pancreas.” We explain more in the newest video from editors at Drug Delivery Business’s sister publication Medical Design & Outsourcing. (And for a deeper dive, check out […]
