May 14, 2012 — Stereotaxis Inc. released to the European market the V-Sono intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) manipulator module for the Vdrive Remote Navigation System.

May 14, 2012 – Endosense said there has been strong interest and significant advancement in the move toward making contact-force sensing a standard-of-care in catheter ablation procedures. Participating at the Heart Rhythm (HRS) 2012 meeting last week in Boston, the company noted a wealth of new clinical abstracts and a new HRS/EHRA/ECAS consensus statement as key validation points supporting the value of the sensory parameter in cardiac ablation.

May 14, 2012 ? Boston Scientific Corp. announced extended warranties of up to 10 years, depending on the model, for its Energen and Incepta implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). The company said the new warranty program is the longest available in the industry and provides physicians, patients and payers across Europe warranties up to five years longer than other currently-marketed cardiac devices. Following are the devices and their warranties. 

Sorin Group announced at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) annual scientific sessions, the publication of the CLEAR study results in Europace (May 1, 2012, doi:10.1093/europace/eus059). The study demonstrates the clinical benefit of the SonR sensor based cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) optimization system in heart failure (HF) patients.

May 14, 2012 -- Two types of stent systems are both effective in treating patients who have severe forms of peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to results of the MOBILITY trial presented today as a late-breaking clinical trial at the SCAI 2012 Scientific Sessions.

May 14, 2012 – A retrospective analysis of data from the OMNI Registry, a large-scale, longitudinal registry of nearly 3,000 device patients, revealed that primary prevention non-evidence-based (NEB) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) recipients had similar therapeutic benefits and outcomes as evidence-based (EB) ICD recipients.

May 14, 2012 — Boston Scientific announced results from the ASA Plavix (ASAP) Study, which studied the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure device. The data showed a reduction in the risk of ischemic stroke by 75 percent in patients with atrial fibrillation who have a contraindication to oral anticoagulants such as warfarin. 

May 14, 2012  -- Heart attack patients in North Carolina who were rushed directly to hospitals equipped to do percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) received treatment significantly faster than patients first taken to hospitals unequipped to perform PCI and then later transferred for treatment, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research 2012 Scientific Sessions.

The new irrigated ablation catheter combines Biosense Webster’s latest porous tip technology with the accurate visualization of the Carto3 3-D mapping and ablation system. This enhanced technology is designed to reduce fluoroscopy exposure to physicians, lab staff and patients alike, enhance visualization of the ablation catheters orientation and improve procedural efficiency.

 

May 14, 2012 - LifeWatch, a cardiac monitoring service provider, has launched a strategic alliance with Perminova, a developer of Web-based information systems for cardiology centers, to expand interoperability between medical monitoring devices and information technology in cardiac electrophysiology.

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