Feb. 1, 2007 — Stockholders of Conor Medsystems, Inc. have approved the merger agreement between Conor and Johnson & Johnson and a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, according...
Jan. 31, 2007 — Physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have published study results in “Circulation” that link moderate alcohol consumption with reduced risk of...
Jan. 31, 2007 — Researchers said this week that they have found an implantable wireless sensor that monitors blood pressure in an aneurysm sac to be safe and useful in guiding endovascular repair...
Jan. 31, 2007 — Possis Medical, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and distributor of endovascular medical devices, announced yesterday that it has FDA approval to being marketing AngioJet Spiroflex...
Jan. 31, 2007 — BG Medicine (BGM) has announced its participation in an alliance with Merck & Co., AstraZeneca, Royal Philips Electronics and Humana in which the companies have formed the High...
Jan. 31, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. days it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to expand its PolarCath Peripheral Dilatation System offering to include a 100mm balloon.
iCardiac Technologies, Inc. and Pfizer have into a multiyear research alliance to develop and validate advanced ECG-based cardiac safety biomarkers utilizing the COMPAS technology platform.
Jan. 29, 2007 — Novadaq Technologies Inc. and Apple Inc. presented new technologies to about 100 heart surgeons Sunday evening, Jan. 28, in San Diego. Gathering members of the Society of Thoracic...
Jan. 29, 2007 — Radi Medical Systems Inc. says today it has begun the first shipment to customers of PressureWire Certus, a hydrophilic coated pressure wire designed better maneuverability,...
Jan. 29, 2007 — Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-slice CT and Vantage 1.5T MRI systems received 2006 Best in KLAS awards in the Medical Equipment Leaders category from KLAS Enterprises, LLC.
Jan. 29, 2007 — Abbott Vascular surpassed Cordis for the first time in December 2006 as the market leader in peripheral stents in the U.S., according to Millennium Research Group's (MRG)...
Jan. 25, 2007 — Abiomed, Inc. has announced the development of a pediatric circulatory support technology. Currently in pre-clinical studies, Abiomed has developed a catheter-based heart pump,...
Jan. 25, 2007 — Research emerging this week from a Harvard researcher claims there is no evidence that statins prevent heart disease in women. In addition, data suggest that men over 69 with only...
Jan. 25, 2007 — ev3 Inc. has announced FDA approval of the PROTÉGÉ RX Carotid Stent, which, when used in conjunction with ev3’s SpideRX Embolic Protection Device, is indicated for the treatment of...
Jan. 23, 2007 — Carotid stent maker ev3 will sponsor an evening symposium at the International Symposium of Endovascular Therapy Monday, Jan. 29 at the Westin Diplomat Regency, Hollywood, FL....
Jan. 23, 2007 — A comprehensive, large-scale computer simulation of cholesterol regulation, atherogenesis, and cardiovascular risk has been created by Entelos Inc, a life sciences company that...
Jan. 23, 2007 — Vascular Solutions announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to begin marketing its new 023 version of the Twin-Pass dual access catheter, and the company says it...
Jan. 23, 2007 — The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for FlowCardia’s CROSSER 14 CTO Recannalization System, an endovascular catheter designed to help place standard guide wires beyond chronic...
Jan. 19, 2007 — The University of Pennsylvania Health System and Life Line Screening, the nation's largest provider of mobile preventive health screenings, are collaborating to identify and...
Jan. 19, 2007 — A new introducer sheath designed specifically for superficial access procedures has been introduced by Terumo Interventional Systems, a strategic business unit of medical device...
