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Feature | Richard R. Rogoski

Efforts to reduce discovery-to-balloon (d-to-b) and door-to-balloon times is sweeping the country as hospitals put in ...

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May 14, 2008 - St. Jude Medical received both FDA 510(k) clearance and European CE Mark approvals of the IsoFlex Optim ...

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The Vivid 7 Dimension is an extraordinary cardiovascular ultrasound system built on a robust platform that empowers ...

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May 14, 2008 - Siemens today said it would extend its strategic alliance with Biosense Webster Inc. by opening up the ...

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Feature | Ellen W. Rothschild, RN, MS

As new drug-eluting stents (DES) receive premarket approval (PMA) from the FDA, despite an abrupt downturn in the market ...

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May 14, 2008 - Cook Medical today launched the EVOLUTION-Shortie Mechanical Dilator Sheath Set, a tool for venous entry ...

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Feature | Nick Obradovich

The healthcare industry has increasingly integrated the use of robots into many areas of medicine. In intensive care units (ICUs) and operating rooms (ORs), doctors are working with robots hand-in-hand— literally.

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May 13, 2008 - Edwards Lifesciences unveiled a new software upgrade that allows greater flexibility to trend and analyze ...

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The FDA cleared GE Healthcare’s new LightSpeed CT750 HD, said to be the world’s first high definition CT scanner that ...

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The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for the AIGISRX CRMD Anti-Bacterial Envelope by Tyrxpharma, a cardiac rhythm medical ...

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May 13, 2008 – Spectranetics’ excimer laser sheath safely and effectively assists removal of pacing and defibrillator leads, according to the study, “Large, Single-catheter, Single-operator Experience with Transvenous Lead Extraction: Outcomes and Changing Indications,” featured in the April issue of HeartRhythm.

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Abbott Vascular’s HI-TORQUE WHISPER guidewire is designed to offer a higher level of support to facilitate device ...

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The Edwards Lifesciences unveiled a new software upgrade that allows greater flexibility to trend and analyze the ...

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May 13, 2008 – Echoserve launched an online portal designed to facilitate the research, purchase and sale of diagnostic ...

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The FDA cleared for marketing a new automated version of diaDexus’ proprietary PLAC Test, an automated immunoassay designed to run on common existing laboratory equipment, including clinical chemistry analyzers from Hitachi, Roche/Hitachi and Olympus, expanding the number of clinical labs and physician offices that are able to offer the PLAC Test.

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