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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Medtronic expands Sphere-9 CE Mark as pulsed-field ablation moves into ventricular arrhythmias

Medtronic has secured an expanded European CE Mark indication for its Affera Mapping and Ablation System with the Sphere-9 catheter, allowing the platform to treat ventricular arrhythmias including ventricular tachycardia and premature ventricular complexes. The August 6, 2026 regulatory expansion moves Sphere-9 beyond the atrial arrhythmias for which the system was initially commercialized. Medtronic describes

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Why Pulse Biosciences’ 12-month nsPFA data matters in a PFA market dominated by Farapulse and Affera

Boston Scientific owns the PFA market. Pulse Biosciences just posted 90% one-year AF freedom. Is nanosecond PFA a real disruption or an acquisition target?

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