June 21, 2012 — Zoll Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced that Oxford County EMS in Ontario, Canada, is the first emergency service in North America to use a new system that allows rescuers to defibrillate a heart without stopping chest compressions for defibrillation.

June 21, 2012 — TriReme Medical Inc. (TMI) announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an expanded matrix of sizes for its Chocolate percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheter.

June 21, 2012 — Surefire Medical Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the Surefire high-flow microcatheter, the next generation of the company's novel infusion technology. The Surefire system is designed to deliver therapy with higher infusion efficiency than conventional microcatheters.

 

Although the requirements for Stage 2 payments for meaningful use are not yet final, there is information to understand the challenges that organizations will face. In Stage 1, organizations could defer about half of the optional requirements; organizations were most likely to defer requirements related to patient engagement and coordinating care.


June 21, 2012 — SunTech Medical, a company specializing in non-invasive blood pressure measurement products and technologies, has been acquired by UK-based Halma plc, a safety, health and environmental technology group.

June 21, 2012 — Plans for a new study involving BioFreedom, the polymer-free drug-coated stent (DCS) from Biosensors, were announced  at EuroPCR by principal investigator Dr. Philip Urban, Hôpital de la Tour, Geneva.  

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