Medical device maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is recalling the company’s Sapien 3 Ultra delivery system after burst balloons during implantation led to several injuries and a death, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
In a first, heart surgeons in Poland used 3D goggles to help them see inside a patient’s chest as they opened up a narrowed heart valve, according to a report in the European Heart Journal.
Abbott exercised an option to purchase Cephea Valve Technologies, a device company developing a less-invasive heart valve replacement technology for mitral valve disease.
