December 19, 2012 — The first patient has been enrolled in the Boston Scientific EVOLVE II clinical trial, which is designed to further assess the safety and effectiveness of the Synergy stent system and support U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Japanese regulatory approvals for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary lesions.

BioControl Medical has announced that the pilot clinical study of its CardioFit vagus nerve stimulation system has been recognized as seminal original research in the European Journal of Heart Failure. According to a recent editorial, “the highly cited open-label Phase II study [of the CardioFit] by De Ferrari et al. demonstrated for the first time that chronic vagus nerve stimulation is associated with improvements in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, six min[ute] walk test, left ventricular ejection fraction, and systolic volumes up to 1 year, [setting] the stage for further investigations and clinical trials in this new era of device thearapy.”[1,2]