Market & Industry Briefs
Executive Summary
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover use of fractional flow reserve PCI to avoid unecessary stenting; new European Society of Cardiology guidelines that should increase the use of implantable loop recorders; treating obesity with neurostimulation devices; Asthmatx's positive recommendation from an FDA panel; and the decrease in the number of 510(k) clearances.
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Market & Industry Briefs
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover the transcatheter heart valve market, clinical results on Eurocor's DIOR drug-eluting balloon, additions to Covidien's endomechanical business, and patent disputes in diagnostics.
Market & Industry Briefs
Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover the transcatheter heart valve market, clinical results on Eurocor's DIOR drug-eluting balloon, additions to Covidien's endomechanical business, and patent disputes in diagnostics.
New Developments in Obesity Intervention
With soaring medical costs weighing heavily on the US economy, it's not surprising that obesity has become a target in the health care reform debate. Obesity is costly because it significantly increases the risk of many chronic diseases. Exercise, dieting and prescription drugs have had a limited effect in stemming the tide of obesity, leaving bariatric surgery and other interventional techniques as the primary treatment options for this potentially multi-billion dollar market. But device manufacturers have a challenge ahead of them--to develop more effective, safer, and less invasive obesity therapies that will not only result in long-term weight loss, but will also cut treatment costs and better manage comorbidities.