So much in life is determined by being in the right place at the right time, and by being prepared and bold enough to seize opportunities as they present themselves. I was prepared in large part ...

Capstan Medical has raised $110m to advance its robotic platform for cardiac disease treatment in one of the larger medtech ...

People who receive a mechanical heart valve require lifelong anticoagulant therapy to prevent thrombus (blood clot) formation on the valve. Patients who receive a bioprosthetic (made with human or ...

2006;9(10):691-696. The following sections present information about the most commonly implanted (contemporary) mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. The intent is to familiarize the reader ...

JenaValve completed the first patient procedure for inclusion in a registry of its Trilogy transcatheter heart valve (THV) system.

a particular problem with mechanical heart valves. In addition to evaluating the durability of heart valves, the M6 can be used to evaluate a variety of films, candidate leaflet materials ...

Anteris Technologies today announced the launch of its initial public offering in the U.S. to advance the development of its ...

About 30,000 Americans die each year when the aortic valve fails in their heart. But the current state-of-the-art approaches of using bioprosthetic or mechanical valves made of rubber and metal as ...

The JenaValve Trilogy™ Heart Valve System device is used to treat symptomatic severe ... I focus on very sick patients including heart transplant patients and others that require mechanical ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London are developing a newly invented material for creating artificial heart valves as effective as native ...