January’s new medical device approvals include the US FDA approval of a new indication for Abbott’s Infinity deep brain stimulation system and a CE mark for Abbott’s Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement system. Medtronic also announced CE marks for a new line of implantable defibrillators and resynchronization devices as well as a CE mark for its Percept PC neurostimulator.

Starts & Stops is a regular feature highlighting Medtech Insight's monthly editors' picks of noteworthy medtech clinical trial announcements, initiations, completions, and suspensions. This month's edition, covering November, is led by a major milestone for Mercator Medsystems, developer of the Bullfrog micro-infusion catheter.

Results from the post-approval trials of Medtronic's Micra Transcatheter Pacing System and Boston Scientific's S-ICD presented at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions in Chicago show these "leadless" devices can be implanted in "real world" patients with acute outcomes similar to those of the pre-market trials that had more restrictive inclusion criteria.