December 4, 2008 - Medtronic Inc. recently began its U.S. launch of the Sprinter Legend (semicompliant) and the NC Sprinter (noncompliant) balloon dilatation catheters on a rapid exchange delivery...
December 2, 2008 - Terumo Interventional Systems’ new line of coronary diagnostic catheters, Optitorque, features the exclusive Tiger and Jacky tip shapes designed and cleared specifically for...
November 25, 2008 - Minimally invasive endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been praised by many vascular surgeons and patients due to its benefits, but a five-year study in...
November 24, 2008 - Endologix Inc. today said results from its Powerlink XL system for the minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) prospective, multi-center clinical trial...
November 20, 2008 - Lumen Biomedical Inc. said today the FDA cleared its FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS) for the treatment of patients receiving endovascular intervention for carotid...
November 13, 2008 - Medtronic Inc. today started its U.S. market launch of the Endeavor Sprint drug-eluting stent (DES) on a rapid exchange (RX) delivery system.
November 10, 2008 - GE Healthcare launched three new cardiac ultrasound devices for the U.S. market to aid 4D heart imaging and quantitative analysis at the 2008 meeting of the American Heart...
November 11, 2008 - Today at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association in New Orleans the first U.S. clinical trial data on Medtronic's Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve...
November 10, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. today said it received FDA approval to market its Apex PTCA Dilatation Catheter, a high-performance pre-dilatation balloon catheter developed...
November 6, 2008 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. welcomes the “Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasound Contrast” released by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)...
October 30, 2008 - C. R. Bard Inc. today received approval from the FDA to market the Flair Endovascular Stent Graft with an optimized delivery system.
October 28, 2008 - The Los Angeles Brain and Spine Institute yesterday said George Rappard, M.D., a neurointerventional surgeon in Glendale, CA is the first physician west of the Rockies to treat...
October 27, 2008 – Last week the FDA approved the Endologix Inc. IntuiTrak Delivery System used for the minimally invasive deployment of the Powerlink stent graft, which is indicated for the...
October 20, 2008 – At TCT last week Abbott announced two-year data from 30 patients in its ABSORB clinical trial, demonstrating its bioabsorbable drug eluting stent successfully treated coronary...
October 20, 2008 – Radi Medical Systems displayed its new wireless PressureWire Aeris to measure fractional flow reserve (FFR) last week during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)...
October 16, 2008 - At TCT 2008, Volcano Corp. launched its new PrimeWire Pressure Guide Wire, and the s5-FFR Option for its existing installed base of s5 and s5i imaging consoles in the U.S.
October 16, 2008 - The one-year follow-up of the FAME study (FFR vs. angiography for multivessel evaluation) was presented at TCT 2008 and confirms the beneficial clinical and economic impact of...
October 15, 2008 - At TCT 2008, Philips Healthcare is showcasing cath lab improvements, designed to present users with seamless interaction between image acquisition and visualization technologies...
October 14, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said today at TCT 2008 that the FDA and European CE Mark approval of the Angio-Seal Evolution Vascular Closure Device.
October 12, 2008 – Research results indicate that optical coherence tomography (OCT) may be the best tool available to detect vulnerable plaque (VP) in coronary arteries, according to findings...
October 7, 2008 – Philips contributes cardiovascular X-ray systems to hybrid surgery suites by STERIS Corp. to treat patients requiring minimally invasive cardiovascular surgical procedures, or...
September 30, 2008 - Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) yields better results than open surgical repair (OSR) in high-risk patients with similar costs, according to a one-year trial study, which...
September 23, 2008 - Micrus Endovascular Corp. today launched the Cerecyte and stretch-resistant versions of its DeltaPaq microcoil system for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms.
