Irvine, Calif.-based Axonics Modulation Technologies Inc., which has developed an implantable rechargeable sacral neuromodulation (r-SNM) device for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, has won the FDA's nod for its system to help patients with fecal incontinence. Read More
The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to Sonivie Ltd.'s Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) system for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Early clinical studies suggest that the catheter-based system could stabilize or reduce pressure in the pulmonary vasculature of PAH patients, a population with an average survival rate of five years. Read More