Preventice Inc. will showcase its breakthrough mobile health solutions for remote patient monitoring, patient education and patient engagement technologies at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting, March 9-11, 2013 in San Francisco.

OrbusNeich announced that OrbusNeich Medical GmbH has commenced patent infringement actions in Germany and The Netherlands against Boston Scientific Corp. and its distribution affiliates in those countries. The complaint alleges Boston Scientific infringed two European patents covering certain novel stent designs.

Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine’s Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of blood clot removal devices that show promise in successfully revascularizing stroke patients, including those with large vessel blockages. The Solitaire Flow Restoration Device and the Trevo device, approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2012 to treat stroke caused by the sudden obstruction of a brain blood vessel (acute ischemic stroke) showed improved results over a previous standard and first generation clot-removal device in clinical trials.
Engager TAVI valve

Medtronic Inc. announced European CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its Engager Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) System with transapical delivery catheter. The system is indicated to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) today launched Medical Device Tax Watch, a website dedicated to raising awareness of efforts of some medical device manufacturers to pass the costs of the medical device excise tax (MDET) to American hospitals, healthcare providers and patients. The new site will be a resource for hospitals and a tool for monitoring the device marketplace, and can be found at www.devicetaxwatch.com.

Corindus Vascular Robotics will showcase its U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared CorPath 200 Vascular Robotic-Assisted System at the American College of Cardiology 2013 meeting, March 9-11.

Strain imaging for echo is increasingly being recommended to assist in assessing cancer patients at risk for heart disease. Strain Imaging can provide valuable information when monitoring patients for cardiotoxicity resulting from therapies used to treat cancer.

 
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