PHILADELPHIA -- Heart failure is a major, and costly, medical problem. The mean cost for one hospital stay is $15,000, and many patients are in the hospital again and again. But a tiny device is ...
Nearly 6.7 million adults in the U.S. have heart failure, with prevalence expected to rise to 8.5 million by 20301,2. While heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease, advances in technology are ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UofL Health – Heart Hospital is celebrating another milestone, completing the 200th CardioMEMS HF System implantation procedure. According to a media release, the device is a ...
Seventeen months ago, Donald Cortner, suffering from end-stage heart failure, was a man struggling to breathe, walk, live. In fact, he had been removed from Cleveland Clinic’s heart transplant list ...
The CardioMEMS HF System is proven to significantly reduce heart failure hospitalizations and improve quality of life in NYHA class III HF patients St. Jude Medical now intends to exercise its ...
ATLANTA, Aug. 26 -- CardioMEMS, Inc., a medical technology company that has developed and is commercializing proprietary wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body, today ...
There is more than meets the eye when it comes to CardioMEMS and its heart failure monitoring device that St. Jude Medical recently acquired for $375 million. Surgeons implant the smaller-than-a-dime ...
Will heart failure sensor startup CardioMEMS be wireless health's first big acquisition target? Medical device maker St. Jude Medical just announced a $60 million equity investment in CardioMEMS, ...
CardioMEMS procedure was recently performed for first time at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown. Seventeen months ago, Donald Cortner, suffering from end-stage heart failure, was a man struggling to ...