Satchel Health CEO Lanson Hyde says his telemedicine company is ready to scale. (Read More)

TVA Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative therapies for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), today announced that its everlinQ^TM 4 endoAVF System has received CE Mark in the European Union. The technology uses a 4 French catheter system with enhanced visual indicators to create hemodialysis access using an endovascular technique without open surgery. (Read More)

BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc. announced today the first commercial use of the HAART 200 Aortic Annuloplasty Device in the U.S. by doctors at the West Virginia University (WVU) Heart and Vascular Institute in Morgantown, West Virginia. Drs. Lawrence Wei, Vinay Badhwar and J. Scott Rankin were the collaborating surgeons for the procedure. The HAART 200 Aortic Annuloplasty Device is the only FDA cleared annuloplasty device designed to facilitate bicuspid aortic valve repair. The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the first of a select group of centers expected to participate in a limited release of the product this year. (Read More)

Cerebrotech Medical Systems, an innovative medical device company focused on the development of a portable brain bioimpedance monitor, today announced that board member Martin Dieck, an experienced entrepreneur with expertise in developing novel neurovascular solutions, will step up to executive chairman, effectively immediately. (Read More)

Ryan Macy has first-hand experience with the problems currently plaguing the U.S. in the post-acute care industry. His grandmother passed away from cancer during her stay at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).

Following a hospital visit, many elderly patients require follow-up rehabilitative care, or “post-acute” care, which occurs in a separate facility like an SNF. But as a result of the country’s growing elderly population, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for clinicians to spend enough time with patients in these kinds of facilities. Read More

BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc. announced today it has received FDA market clearance for the HAART 200 Aortic Annuloplasty Device, the first and only annuloplasty device designed specifically for bicuspid aortic valve repair. With FDA clearance of both the HAART 300 and HAART 200 Aortic Annuloplasty Devices, BioStable is now able to offer U.S. surgeons a comprehensive portfolio of aortic valve repair solutions that addresses all forms of aortic valve insufficiency. (Read More)

Nashville, Tennessee-based Satchel Health has picked up another $1.5 million in funding, less than a year after its million-dollar angel round. Existing investor NueCura Partners contributed along with an unnamed group of local investors. This brings the company’s total funding to about $2.5 million. (Read More)

Cerebrotech Medical Systems, an innovative medical device company focused on the development of portable neurotechnology solutions, today reported results from a new study evaluating its proprietary VIPS™ technology for emergency stroke patients. The results of the study, VITAL, which are being presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery in Colorado Springs, CO, demonstrate that Cerebrotech’s non-invasive, visor-like neurological device can identify those patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes and large hemorrhagic strokes versus those with less urgent strokes, allowing for earlier intervention to prevent further brain damage. (Read More)

A new study describes how a minimally invasive system uses radiofrequency (RF) energy instead of open surgery to create hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs).

The TVA Medical (Austin, TX, USA) everlinQ endoAVF System utilizes two 6Fr magnetic catheters and a RF energy generator to create a consistent, hemodynamic AVF. The flexible magnetic catheters are first inserted into an artery and a vein in the arm. When in close proximity, the rare earth magnets in each catheter attract to each other, pulling the vessels together. After confirming alignment, a small burst of RF through the venous catheter opens an anastomosis between the artery and vein, creating the AVF. The catheters are then removed, leaving no surgical scar. (Read More)

GenomOncology today announced that UC San Francisco (UCSF) is now utilizing the GO Clinical Workbench for rapid analysis and reporting of results from the “UCSF500,” an advanced next-generation sequencing panel used by researchers and physicians at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center for precision cancer diagnosis and treatment. (Read More)