Category Archives: Press Releases

Bluegrass Vascular Announces Enrollment Completion of International Post-Market SAVE Registry with Early Positive Results

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, announced today it has successfully completed enrollment of its prospective, multicenter, post-CE Mark, international SAVE (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions) Registry.

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Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System to be Showcased at CIRSE 2017 Annual Meeting

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, today announced its upcoming Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System educational events scheduled to take place at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe(CIRSE) 2017 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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First Patients Enrolled in Bluegrass Vascular Post-Market SAVE Study

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has successfully enrolled over one third of its patients in the company’s post-market SAVE (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions) Clinical Study. The SAVE study is an international, prospective, multicenter clinical follow-up study designed to confirm clinical performance and safety of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System, a novel device indicated for obtaining central venous access to facilitate catheter insertion into the central venous system in patients with chronically occluded veins.

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Strategic Relationship with Merit Medical

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies announced today that it is entering into a strategic relationship with Merit Medical Systems (Merit Medical), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices. The agreement will streamline European distribution of the recently CE mark approved Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System and will provide funding to support the company’s efforts to secure FDA clearance for product sales in the U.S.

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Merit Medical to market Bluegrass Vascular’s catheter system in Europe

Publication: FierceBiotech Bluegrass Vascular nabbed a CE mark for its “inside-out” central venous catheter last summer. Now, the company is tapping Merit Medical to “streamline” the distribution of the device in Europe. “We are very pleased to be partnering with Merit Medical, a prominent distributor of medical devices in Europe and the U.S. that shares […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Secures CE Mark Approval and Announces Successful Commercial Use of The Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies today announced that it has received CE Mark approval and is launching limited commercial sale of its Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System. The Surfacer System is indicated for obtaining central venous access to facilitate catheter insertion into the central venous system via a novel Inside-Out approach.

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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Announces First Clinical Use of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System in Europe

The Surfacer® Inside-Out Access® Catheter System procedure was performed under Germany’s “compassionate use” program,which grants access to physicians for use of medical devices not yet CE Mark approved in Europe, particularly in Germany, for patients who are diagnosed with advanced diseases and fail to respond to existing treatment options.

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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Names Dr. Gabriele Niederauer President and CEO

Bluegrass Vascular today announced the appointment of Dr. Gabriele Niederauer, a seasoned senior medical device executive, to President and CEO. Following the recent closure of Series A financing, BVT is focused on obtaining CE Mark for the Surfacer™ Inside-Out™ Access Catheter System, a proprietary system that allows physicians to gain venous access using a novel approach.

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