BioTelemetry Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cardiac patient services business of Biomedical Systems Corp. (BMS) for aggregate consideration of $8.65 million at closing.

Sorin Group has purchased Oscor Inc. lead business, including a lead manufacturing facility in the Dominican Republic for a value of approximately $20 million.

New Vinyl Blood Pressure Cuffs from SunTech Medical deliver accurate blood pressure (BP) readings while providing an economical alternative to traditional durable blood pressure cuffs. Designed for short-term use, these easily cleaned cuffs work with automated BP monitors in clinical areas such as hospital emergency rooms and EMS transport where disinfection is critical.

 
atrial fibrillation, LARIAT

Doctors at the Stony Brook Heart Institute Electrophysiology Lab are using a new nonsurgical technique called the Lariat Suture Delivery Device to treat patients with atrial fibrillation who cannot tolerate blood-thinning medication.

ScImage Inc. has partnered with Cedaron Medical Inc. to deliver CardiacCare with ScImage’s enterprise picture archive and communications system (PACS), PICOM365. 

Boston Scientific Corp. received CE marking and launched in Europe the Ingevity family of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible pacing leads. The Ingevity family is a set of leads that can be placed using a 6 French introducer, including passive and active fixation models. Ingevity MRI pacing leads are part of the ImageReady MR-conditional pacemaker system, which includes Vitalio MRI, Formio MRI, Advantio MRI and Ingenio MRI pulse generators. When used with the Latitude NXT patient management system, these devices wirelessly monitor patients for conditions such as atrial arrhythmias.

AccessClosure plans to launch the Mynx Ace Vascular Closure Device at the 2014 American College of Cardiology meeting, March 29-31. It is an upgrade of the company’s Mynx mechanical vascular closure product. It is designed to provide patient comfort and uses an easy-to-use deployment system to seal femoral artery access sites. The device helps reduce time to hemostasis and ambulation in patients who have undergone diagnostic or interventional endovascular procedures.

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