April 1, 2009 - Mortara Instrument unveiled its new go wireless technology platform with the introduction of its Wireless Acquisition Module (WAM) for resting ECG and the T12 transmitter for...
March 31, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. and GE Healthcare said at ACC that they have commercially launched the first fully integrated wireless solution for the measurement of Fractional Flow...
March 30, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare’s latest version of its IMPAX HeartStation, a comprehensive management system for electrocardiograms (ECGs) is now available.
March 30, 2009 - Cardiac Science today added DICOM connectivity to its Quinton Q-Stress cardiac stress testing system and Quinton Q-Tel cardiac rehabilitation system.
The Quinton Q-Stress...
March 27, 2009 - Based on study results, researchers at Mayo Clinic say that a simple, noninvasive finger sensor test is "highly predictive" of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or...
March 27, 2009 - The Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator now includes new clinical decision support tools, updated data management solutions and next-generation Q-CPR technology to help...
March 25, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ C-reactive protein (hsCRP) test is cleared by the FDA for use as a predictor of risk for cardiovascular disease, and educational materials about...
March 24, 2009 - Ardian Inc said yesterday Medtronic Inc. has led a $47 million financing of the company to develop a new catheter-based medical device to treat hypertension.
March 23, 2009 – The FDA has cleared the Nellcor OxiMax N-600x pulse oximeter with OxiMax SPD alert for adults, which enables the pulse oximeter to detect and alert clinicians of oxygen...
March 20, 2009 - ARCA biopharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, said today two Gencaro (bucindolol...
March 19, 2009 - The ZOLL Medical Corp. LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator has been prescribed for patients by physicians at all of the “Honor Roll” hospitals designated by U.S. News and World Report...
March 20, 2009 - BRAHMS AG of Hennigsdorf, Germany and Annapolis, MD, recently submitted a 510(k) file to the FDA to market its patented BRAHMS MR-proANP Kryptor Test used to find biomarkers for...
March 19, 2009 - Sorin Group and Orange Business Services today entered into an agreement to develop and service a remote monitoring solution for patients implanted with cardiac rhythm management...
March 18, 2009 - GE said yesterday it was awarded two 10-year contracts by the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) to provide products for comprehensive patient monitoring solutions,...
March 18, 2009 - Vicor Technologies Inc. has entered into a collaborative research agreement with the University of Rochester and the Catalan Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences in Barcelona to...
March 17, 2009 - eCardio Diagnostics has launched an Academic Medicine initiative to provide a tailored offering to university-based health systems, marking the first time an arrhythmia...
March 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today announced FDA clearance of the newest version of the Merlin.net Patient Care Network (PCN), a secure, Internet-based remote care system for patients...
March 13, 2009 - Medical testing meets medical texting with the FDA’s clearance of GE Healthcare’s latest ECG (electrocardiogram) solution, the portable MAC 800, which is based on cell phone...
March 11, 2009 - The VAP Cholesterol Test from Atherotech Inc. is now available with apolipoprotein A (apoAI), reportedly increasing its clinical utility in the assessment of risk for heart...
March 11, 2009 – The use of common screening tests, such as the ankle brachial index (ABI), along with traditional risk scoring systems like the Framingham Risk Score, has the potential to prevent...
March 9, 2009 - The Ministry of Health for the Province of Quebec has awarded ZOLL Medical Corp. a contract valued in excess of $12 million to equip all ambulances in the Canadian province with...
March 6, 2009 – VectraCor Inc. submitted its 510(k) application to the FDA in December for a new technology to derive 22-lead ECG function from only five electrodes
March 6, 2009 - Transoma Medical Inc.’s Sleuth AT wireless, automated implantable cardiac monitoring system was implanted in its first U.S. patient on March 2 at the Ohio State University Medical...
Researchers at the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals said their findings, published in the March 1 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology, Vol....
March 4, 2009 - Cambridge Heart Inc. yesterday said five articles were recently published supporting the use of Microvolt T Wave Alternans (MTWA) testing in a supplement to the March issue of the...
February 27, 2009 - Dr. Alberto Interian Jr., medical director of the Mercy Hospital Arrhythmia Syncope Center, is the first doctor in Miami-Dade County, FL to implant an innovative cardiac...
February 23, 2009 - Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital of Fresno, CA today signed a trial agreement for Daxor Corp's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100, for its nuclear medicine department.
February 19, 2009 - Acusphere Inc. today submitted an amendment to its new drug application (NDA) for its ultrasound contrast agent Imagify (perflubutane polymer microspheres for injectable...
February 19, 2009 - Molecular diagnostic company TrimGen Corp. has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its eQ-PCR LC Warfarin Genotyping kit, an assay used to aid identification of patients...
February 16, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare said today it completed the deployment of its IMPAX HeartStation ECG Management System at the National Heart Centre in Singapore.
February 13, 2009 - Roche Diagnostics has agreed to fund two new projects aimed at strengthening the commercial success of the Response Biomedical cardiovascular line of products, which Roche is...
February 11, 2009 - Medtronic Inc.’s Reveal XT Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) is now commercially available in the U.S., and renowned heart specialist Blair Grubb, M.D., professor of medicine...
February 2, 2009 - A recent study published in Clinical Cardiology revealed that "emerging risk factors," including detailed cholesterol measurements such as HDL(2) and remnant lipoprotein...
February 2, 2009 - A new multi-center study of 39,821 newborns published in the January 2009 issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that the addition of Masimo SET pulse oximetry...
January 29, 2009 - Medusa Medical Technologies Inc.’s flagship electronic patient care reporting software, the Siren ePCR Suite, now has an interface with the Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/...
January 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today said results from the landmark FAME (Fractional flow reserve (FFR) vs. Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation) study, which demonstrate a...
December 16, 2008 - Rcadia Medical Imaging Ltd., developer of the COR Analyzer software for the automated analysis of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) studies, closed a $3.3M investment round led by...
November 14, 2008 - Fluke Biomedical said today it made a FDA 510(k) submission for the Impulse 7010 Defibrillator Selectable Load Accessory to test defibrillators beyond 175 ohms.
November 11, 2008 - Royal Philips Electronics today unveiled a new PageWriter TC70 cardiograph technology to help improve detection and identification of problems in the heart, including specific...
November 6, 2008 - AtCor Medical Inc. today introduced the new, lightweight, portable SphygmoCor CP, SphygmoCor CPV and SphygmoCor CPVH systems at Renal Week 2008, the annual scientific meeting of...
October 22, 2008 - Cardiac Science launched the new Quinton Q-Stress 4.0, the ninth generation of its diagnostic stress testing technology widely known for dependability and clinical accuracy.
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...
