The First Workshop on Active Implantable Medical Devices took place at in Punta del Este, Uruguay last Friday (March 1st 2024) as part of the LASCAS 2024 meeting.
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Engineering and Original Equipment Manufacturer services by CCC Medical (CCC del Uruguay)
Cirtec buys Nuvectra’s Assets
Image Credit: Nuvectra
Back in 2013, implantable-grade component manufacturer Greatbatch Medical (now Integer Holdings) briefly entered the finished devices market with its own Algostim Spinal Cord Stimulator.
However, when Greatbatch acquired CCC Medical in 2014, having the Algostim SCS was seen as a conflict of interest by some of CCC’s SCS customers (e.g. Nevro), so in 2015/2016 Greatbatch divested its SCS business into a new company called Nuvectra.
Nuvectra never caused much of an impact in the SCS market, and trailed well behind Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Nevro. After limping along for a number of years, on November 12, 2019, Nuvectra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Cirtec Medical, a competitor of Integer’s CCC in the development of implantable devices, acquired Nuvectra’s IP and assets. Cirtec intends to leverage this technology to support customers’ development of neuromodulation products, providing an FDA approved platform with a complete design history file for a variety of therapeutic applications.
The Nuvectra assets acquired by Cirtec include all owned intellectual property associated with the SCS, SNS, and DBS platforms developed by Nuvectra.
Indian Pacemaker Companies: Shree Pacetronix and MediVed
Shree Pacetronix Ltd., was founded in Pithampur, Dist. Dhar, India in 1988. In 1993 the company was converted to a Public Limited Company. The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and regional exchanges.
Pacetronix’s website shows EC type certificates for its Pinnacle SSIR (model 297), Pinnacle SSI (model 8820), Charak DDD (model ND 747), and Akash VDD (model ND 244) pacemakers. Continue reading
CCC Medical – Top OEM to AIMD Start-Ups
CCC is one of the oldest pacemaker manufacturers in the world. It was founded in 1969 by Dr. Orestes Fiandra, who performed the first succesful, human, long-term pacemaker implant in the world.This was achieved in Uruguay on February 2, 1960 by Dr. Orestes Fiandra and Dr. Roberto Rubio. The pacemaker was manufactured by Dr. Rune Elmqvist of Elema-Schönander in Sweden, and was implanted in Uruguay in a 34-year-old patient with AV block. This unit worked successfully for nine and a half months, until the patient died of sepsis from an unrelated infection. Continue reading