Cover Story

LAA Closure Devices: Reaching Critical Mass? / Transcatheter LAA closure devices are starting to amass the level of data required to demonstrate their safety and effectiveness, and, if all goes well, the long-awaited FDA approval of the first such device – Boston Scientific’s Watchman – could finally occur sometme next year. Although LAA closure devices have already taken off in some European countries, US physicians continue to struggle with lingering uncertainties, about the learning curve, procedural safety and how LAA closure will stack up against newer anticoagulant drugs. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Feature Articles

Deep Brain Provides Stimulating Market / There are signs that the field of deep brain stimulation (DBS) has gained a certain momentum of late: three start-ups raised venture rounds in 2011 and there have been two acquisitions in the space within the past year. DBS enables the giants in cardiac rhythm management – Medtronic, St. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Women's Health: Promising Advances, But Challenges Persist / The field of women's health is one of the most progressive medical technology sectors in the US, driven by the aging population, diagnostic advances in deadly ovarian and colorectal cancer, and medical device innovations in gynecologic and urogynecologic disease management, including a shift toward minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques and robotics and the addition of a new field: bariatric gynecology. At the WH 2.0 Consensus Conference on Women's Health, held recently in Los Angeles, experts agreed that advances in medical technology are promising better detection and treatment of a hos... / Medtech Insight April 2012

Market & Technology Briefs

Medical Device Market & Industry Briefs, April 2012 / Brief summaries of recent medtech market and industry developments. This month we cover Covidien’s continuing buying spree, and other medtech M&A. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Deals Update

Medical Device Deals Update, April 2012 / A roundup of recent medtech mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, and financings. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Washington Roundup

Washington Roundup, April 2012 / The latest medical device regulatory and reimbursement news from Elsevier Business Intelligence’s “The Gray Sheet.” This month we cover CDRH’s plans to expand its Medical Device Epidemiology Network and the potential impact of the JOBS Act on life sciences start-up companies. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Start-Up News

Medical Device Start-Up News, April 2012 / This month we profile OvaScience, which has a new approach for treating infertility in older women, and Bluegrass Vascular, which offers an “inside-out” catheter for central venous access. / Medtech Insight April 2012

Publishers Spotlight

IN³ Medical Device 360° Boston / Publisher’s Spotlight: Elsevier Business Intelligence is pleased to invite you and your team to join us for Investment in Innovation (IN³) Medical Device 360° Conference, being held June 27-29, 2012 at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Boston in Boston, MA. / Medtech Insight April 2012