Biosensors International Group Ltd. has entered into a licensing agreement with Eurocor GmbH, a group company of Opto Circuits (India) Ltd. for their drug eluting balloon (DEB) technology and related intellectual property (IP) rights in relation to the treatment of both coronary and peripheral artery disease. As a first step in this process, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) arrangement is being implemented, whereby Biosensors will market and sell, under its own brand, DEBs manufactured by Eurocor.

June 19, 2013 — Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world’s most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission tomography (PET), which images miniscule abnormalities in cellular metabolism, can tip off clinicians about cardiac disasters waiting to happen — including sudden death from a heart attack — better than standard angiography, researchers revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2013 Annual Meeting.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of children who have had chemotherapy can detect early changes in their hearts finds research in biomed Central's open access journal Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.

Valtech Cardio Ltd. announced that two patients diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have been treated successfully with its Transfemoral Cardioband Annuloplasty System.

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