Leaders of burgeoning ophthalmology companies pitched innovations for treating glaucoma, macular degeneration and corneal blindness to potential investors and partners at the LSI Emerging Medtech Summit in Dana Point, CA. Here’s what Medtech Insight heard and learned in on-site interviews with chief executives.

Results of the PULSED AF trial confirm that Medtronic’s PulseSelect pulsed field ablation is safe and effective for atrial fibrillation ablation. The company will likely incorporate PulseSelect into its Affera cardiac mapping and ablation system, which will soon be available in Europe.

Cidara developed the antifungal for candidemia/invasive candidiasis pursuant to the FDA’s 2017 ‘Unmet Need guidance,’ which provides an avenue for approval with a 'limited use' indication based on a streamlined development program. Some of the guidance recommendations also have been leveraged under the LPAD pathway.

In the first episode of Medtech Insight’s new podcast series focused on cardiovascular technology, editor Reed Miller talks to Steven Mickelsen, one of the founders of Farapulse and Field Medical, about pulsed field ablation, an emerging technology that is changing electrophysiology.