June 18, 2014 — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with collaborators from Rice University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, are developing new terahertz detectors based on carbon nanotubes that could lead to significant improvements in medical imaging, airport passenger screening, food inspection and other applications.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Edwards Sapien XT transcatheter aortic heart valve for the treatment of high-risk and inoperable patients suffering from severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS). This next-generation, lower-profile system, which includes the 29 mm valve size for patients with a large native annulus, will allow for the treatment of more patients. ??
June 17, 2014 — A total of 16 pioneering medical innovations were showcased in front of approximately 4,000 healthcare providers and experts at Premier Inc.'s sixth annual Innovation Celebration, such as the world's first and only intravenous implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD).
June 17, 2014 — AtheroNova Inc. received a Notice of Issuance for an additional compound for cardiovascular treatments. This patent issuance further exemplifies a plan to develop a broad platform of intellectual property involving atheroma stabilization and reduction, lipid modulation and other metabolic diseases.
June 17, 2014 — University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is among the first in the country to offer the BioSense Webster's ThermoCool SmartTouch catheter, the first catheter approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to feature direct contact force technology for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation.
Interventional thought leaders at an American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting shared their predictions about the cutting-edge technologies emerging today that will become commonplace in the cath lab of the future.Â
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