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AVS Rakes in $20M to Advance Plaque-shattering Arterial Disease Treatment

Boston-based medical device company AVS recently raised $20 million in Series B funding to bring its arterial disease treatment closer to FDA clearance. The system that AVS is developing uses pressure waves to shatter calcium that has built up in arteries.

By Katie Adams

Devices & Diagnostics, Startups

FDA clears sound wave technology to blast plaque in arteries

Shockwave Medical is harnessing sound waves to break up calcium in blocked arteries and using them with the familiar angioplasty balloon catheter to treat patients with peripheral artery disease.

By Arundhati Parmar

Consumer / Employer

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By MedCity News

Devices & Diagnostics, Startups

Just like kidney stone therapy: Shockwave Medical gets $40M for tech that breaks up calcium plaques in advanced vascular disease

Shockwave Medical just got $40M for its technology that breaks up plaques in vascular disease - much like the lithotripsy used to treat kidney stones.

By Meghana Keshavan

A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence

At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.

Health Services

Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management

We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.

By Build My Health and MedCity News