Recent approvals and launches include Abbott’s Omnilink Elite balloon expandable vascular stent for iliac artery disease and J&J/Codman’s Medstream implantable infusion pump for spasticity.

Medicare advisors to meet on ventricular assist devices. CMS decides on coverage-with-evidence development for platelet-rich plasma wound care gel. More news from the Medicare agency.

CMS recently proposed to lift a long-established non-coverage policy for platelet-rich plasma wound therapy, but only for patients enrolled in a randomized trial. Manufacturer Cytomedix says a registry-based observational study would be a better approach.