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5. Phillips-Medisize buys drug-delivery-device focused developer Medicom
Phillips-Medisize said today it bought drug-delivery device focused device strategy, product design and development service group Medicom Innovation Partner for an undisclosed amount. Read more
4. EnteroMedics Maestro neurostim device used as ‘rescue’ therapy after failed surgeries
EnteroMedics said today that its Maestro device was used a pair of patients whose gastric sleeve procedures failed to bring the hoped-for weight loss and reduction in diabetes symptoms.
St. Paul, Minn.-based EnteroMedics calls the Maestro therapy “vBloc,” as it’s designed to stimulate the vagus nerve to control feelings of hunger and satiety. Read more
3. Tissuemed wins China’s OK for TissuePatch surgical sealant
Tissuemed said it won approval from China’s FDA for its TissuePatch surgical sealant, claiming it as the 1st and only synthetic sealant approved in the People’s Republic.
Leeds, England-based Tissuemed said the approval, which followed a 2½-year process, covers all surgical applications for the TissuePatch sealant film, beyond its usual uses in neurological and thoracic surgeries. Read more
2. Titan Medical raises $16m from Chinese private equity firm
Titan Medical said today that it raised $16 million in a private placement with Chinese private equity player Shanghai Jugu Equity Investment Fund.
Shanghai Jugu paid about $56.9¢ apiece (C74.6¢) for some 27.9 million TMD shares, the Toronto-based robot-assisted surgery company said. Read more
1. Medtronic reorganizes its restorative therapies segment
Medtronic is shuffling the deck at its restorative therapies group as it looks to boost its ailing spine and neuromodulation businesses.
Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic said yesterday that restorative therapies sales were up just 1% to $1.88 billion, including a -1% decline for its spine division at $737 million and a -5% slide to $494 million in neuromodulation. Read more
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