July 24, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its new cardiac imaging platform, the Discovery CT750 HD FREEdom Edition.

July 23, 2012 — Biotronik announced that the first CRT-D patient has been enrolled in the Biotronik EuroEco Trial — the European Health Economic Trial on Home Monitoring in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy device (CRT-D) patients. The aim of the study is to assess the economic effects of Biotronik Home Monitoring-based remote follow-up management compared to conventional in-clinic or practice follow-ups.

July 23, 2012 — The IT and medical technology company Sectra has acquired the product rights for Intulo, a system that monitors radiation doses, from the Swedish medical IT company Krucom AB. The system enables major time and quality gains in medical care and reduces the risk of patients being exposed to unnecessarily high radiation doses in conjunction with radiology examinations.

 

July 23, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare expands its ultrasound portfolio with the portable Acuson P300 ultrasound system designed for a wide variety of clinical settings. Integrating high-performance hardware and software, the Acuson P300 system offers 13 multifrequency transducers for high clinical versatility. The system also features advanced image optimization technologies to support both routine and specialty application needs.

July 23, 2012 — Medtronic Inc. announced the first patient enrollment in a clinical trial comparing the CoreValve system with surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at intermediate risk to undergo open heart surgery. The Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) trial will evaluate the potential for the minimally invasive system to be considered for less-sick patients who typically are treated with open-heart surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) today.

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