Medtronic Inc. has started shipments of its newest line of pacemaker systems Consulta and Syncra now that the devices have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.Fridley, Minnesota-based Medtronic (NYSE: ...
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International Cardio Corp. is licensing University of Minnesota technology that uses high-intensity focused ultrasound technology to treat clogged arteries in a noninvasive way.Donald Knight, the president of the Chaska, Minnesota-based ...
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Cardiovascular Systems Inc. recently announced that it’s started a limited-market release of its Stealth 360 Orbital PAD System, the latest in the company’s line of catheter-based systems that rub away ...
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It was only a single bullet in his pocket while waiting to board an airplane. But St. Jude Medical CEO Daniel Starks is in a different league, one often inhabited ...
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ScyFIX is seeking to raise $4 million as the Chanhassen, Minnesota-based company continues to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a device that uses slight electric shocks to ...
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Mayo Clinic is providing expertise for a group of Harvard Business School students starting an incubator called Rock Health for people with innovative ideas for improving healthcare delivery.Dr. Michael Matly, ...
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U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, one of the top boosters for the medical device industry in Congress, doesn’t see a major repeal of health reform taking place. Still, the Minnesota Republican ...
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Denis Harrington, who until recently was head of sales for Boston Scientific Corp.'s cardiovascular and CRM business, has left the company to become president and CEO of a Twin Cities ...
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Abir Sen of Minneapolis-based Bloom Health thinks his company has a service that will replace the employer-sponsored health plan in much the same way that the 401(k) plan has mostly ...
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Tom Henke, a former high-level executive at health insurer Medica, is seeking to raise more than $2 million for a home diagnosis testing company called QuickCheck Health Inc. that he ...
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St. Jude Medical’s (NYSE:STJ) chief executive officer Daniel Starks was free to travel inside India on Thursday, a day after authorities detained him for having a single round of live ...
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Word is out about the identity of the corporate partner NxThera CEO Robert Paulson mentioned last week. It turns out it's American Medical Systems Inc. Minnetonka, Minnesota-based AMS (Nasdaq: AMMD) ...
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Medtronic Inc. on Thursday announced the U.S. and European launch of its newest Activa neurostimulation device — the Activa SC.The newest Activa device is single-channel, which involves running a lead, ...
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The present fee-for-service payment model that dominates healthcare doesn't begin to meet what needs to be done to properly treat people with open wounds and diabetes. That was the primary ...
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Medica, one of the largest healthcare insurers operating in Minnesota, is showing some attitude with a new marketing campaign in the Twin Cities. Billboards, bus stop and skyway signs show ...
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