June 8, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revised product labeling for Boston Scientific Corp.’s Incepta, Energen, Punctua, Cognis and Teligen implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), to reflect increased longevity projections for these devices. The longevity projections are based on data submitted to the FDA and vary for each device dependent on the model type and settings.

June 8, 2012 — LifeWatch AG, a wireless cardiac monitoring service and home sleep test provider in the United States, announced the launch of the world’s first-of-its-kind healthcare solution smartphone, allowing consumers self-operation of a wide range of highly valuable embedded medical sensors as well as wellness-related applications and cloud-based services. With this new technology LifeWatch will be able to expand outside its core markets, targeting new customer segments, service offerings and geographies. A comprehensive presentation and live demonstration of the solution will be given in Zurich on June 27, 2012.

June 8, 2012 — At this year’s SNM Annual Meeting, June 9-13, Philips Healthcare is highlighting its portfolio of nuclear medicine (NM) applications for IntelliSpace Portal, adding to its existing portfolio of CT, MR and multimodality applications. The full suite of NM applications will now offer comprehensive processing and review capabilities at a level normally reserved exclusively for dedicated NM workstations. The company will also showcase solutions designed to increase diagnostic confidence, enhance patient comfort, augment physician confidence, simplify clinical workflow and reduce lifecycle costs.