CorMatrix Cardiovascular (Marietta, Georgia) reported that the FDA has granted the company full IDE approval for its ongoing multi-center, prospective, randomized clinical trial aiming to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the CorMatrix ECM for pericardial closure to reduce the incidence of new onset postoperative atrial fibrillation following isolated primary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

As most of the U.S. population prepares for the rapidly-approaching Thanksgiving holiday, I will be visiting our neighbor to the north, feasting my eyes on all that Ontario has to offer in the way of advanced medical devices. Medical Device Daily has been invited by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) to participate in a medical device media tour of the Canadian province. Throughout my visit, I plan to post frequent blogs here about my experience on the tour and what I learn about Ontario’s medical device industry. I also plan...

It's hard to miss the enthusiasm Frank Falco, MD, has for the new Epiducer lead delivery system from St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) when he talks about the unprecedented access the technology provides to the epidural space.

The first time Robert Dowling, MD, heard the idea for an implantable cardiac assist device that would be designed to promote heart recovery or remodeling with the intent to explant the device later on, he thought it sounded "kind of crazy."

Recently I posted a blog here about my observations of the medical device space over the last five years and how it has changed during my five-year tenure at Medical Device Daily. Like the industry, we too have changed a great deal since I joined the MDD staff in October 2006. The first big change during that timeframe is the launching of Medical Device Daily Perspectives, our free, weekly e-zine, MDD Perspectives offering viewpoints on developments within the med-tech industry. In that, we aim to go beyond the news to provide you with a fresh outlook on the companies, trends,...