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March 21, 2024 | PRNewswire

Front Line Medical Technologies Secures NSN Number for COBRA-OS®, Enhancing Military Medical Response Capabilities


Front Line Medical Technologies announces granting of National Stock Number for groundbreaking COBRA-OS®, allowing easier procurement for military partners around the world
October 31, 2023 | PRNewswire

Front Line Medical Technologies Announces the Release of First Real-World Data of the COBRA-OS® for Postpartum Hemorrhage


Front Line Medical Technologies, a Canadian medical device company, presented positive results from two US obstetrical referral centers on the use of their COBRA-OS® aortic occlusion device in high-risk placenta accreta cases at the Pan-American Society for the Placenta Accreta Spectrum 5th Annual Meeting, and the device is now also used in major trauma centers and the US military for noncompressible torso hemorrhage.
November 30, 2022 | Healthcare Industry Today

Front Line Medical Technologies Announces Major Traction in 2022


Adoption growing rapidly for the COBRA-OS, the smallest aortic occlusion device on the market.
August 18, 2022 | SWE Magazine

Women Engineers You Should Know


Women engineers continue to make important life-changing contributions to society. Many are subject matter experts who hold positions that reflect the breadth and depth of their work.
August 18, 2022 | Authority Magazine

Meet The Disruptors: Dr Adam Power Of Front Line Medical Technologies On The Five Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry


Dr. Adam Power is an Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Power’s research interests include innovation and medical devices.
August 18, 2022 | Authority Magazine

Women Of The C-Suite: Dr. Asha Parekh Of Front Line Medical Technologies On The Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Senior Executive


Dr. Asha Parekh is co-founder and CEO for Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. and has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Western University with a specialty in biomaterials and medical devices.
January 14, 2022 | DAIC

Will Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Move the Needle on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality?


Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) continues to be overwhelmingly fatal despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and many other advances in pre-hospital care. It takes the lives of almost…
September 14, 2021 | Firehouse

Front Line Medical Technologies’ New Bleeding Control Device Increases Trauma Patients’ Chances of Survival


Excessive blood loss is one of the leading causes of death in trauma patients, and trauma is the fourth leading cause of death overall for all ages. That’s where Front Line Medical Technologies…
September 10, 2021 | Healthcare Global

Top 10 women leading healthcare startups


The following women are leading companies that are changing people’s lives – whether it’s facilitating more heart transplants, developing life-saving, chemical-resistant PPE suitable for…

June 23, 2021 | GlobeNewswire

FDA Clears the Smallest Life-Saving Bleeding Control Device, COBRA-OS®


the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its COBRA-OS™ (Control of Bleeding, Resuscitation, Arterial Occlusion System). The COBRA-OS™ is the first 4 French REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) device and it is the smallest on the market. …

June 23, 2021 | The Engineer

Paving the way for future women in engineering


As we celebrate INWED, it’s important to acknowledge many of the challenges women in STEM careers have faced over the years and continue to face daily, says Dr. Asha Parekh, CEO of Front Line…

June 3, 2021 | Healthcare

Front Line Medical Technologies: tech that saves lives


Dr. Asha Parekh is co-founder and CEO of Front Line Medical Technologies, a Canadian medical device company that has developed a product to stop internal bleeding. Parekh tells us how it’s saving…

February 16, 2021 | Endovascular Today

Front Line Medical’s COBRA-OS® Device Receives Health Canada Approval


Front Line Medical Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received Health Canada approval for its Control of Bleeding, Resuscitation, Arterial Occlusion System (COBRA-OS®) device. The COBRA-OS® is…

February 16, 2021 | The Engineer

Front Line Medical Technologies Receives Health Canada Approval for Groundbreaking Medical Device to Control Bleeding and Help Patients Survive Emergency Situations


COBRA-OS® is the world’s smallest REBOA device, allowing frontline personnel to save more lives by controlling patients’ bleeding in fewer steps with the potential to decrease complications