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Instead, all patients in that segment will get the so-called transcatheter valve from Medtronic, and then death and stroke rates will be measured at one year against an undisclosed performance goal.

Medtronic Alters Study for New Heart Valves Jon Kamp 2011

Competitors are nipping at Edwards's heels with their own so-called transcatheter heart valves.

Heart Valve's Launch Is Painstaking Christopher Weaver 2012

The market for so-called transcatheter valves is small and open only overseas thus far.

Medtronic to Acquire Valve Makers 2009

If it gains approval, the Edwards device would be the first so-called transcatheter valve sold in a U.S. market estimated to reach $1.3 billion by 2014, according to a report from Bloomberg Industries.

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At issue is the insertion of the valves through a procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or implantation.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

If approved, the Edwards valve would be the first so-called transcatheter aortic valve sold in the United States.

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Thomas Armitage, vice president of clinical research for the Minneapolis-based company, wrote Medicare officials Oct. 28 urging flexible coverage policies for the class of devices, known as transcatheter heart valves.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

The Edwards device is the first so-called transcatheter valve sold in a U.S. market estimated to reach $1.1 billion by 2014, according to a report from Bloomberg Industries.

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Edwards said it will "move vigorously" to enforce the verdict, which includes seeking an injunction to stop CoreValve from making the so-called transcatheter heart valves in the U.S.

FOXNews.com Jon Kamp 2010

"If patients had their druthers, no one wants to get their chest cracked open," said Dan Lemaitre , who was chief executive of transcatheter rival CoreValve until it was acquired by Medtronic in 2009.

Heart Valve's Launch Is Painstaking Christopher Weaver 2012