January 12, 2012 – Geoffrey A. Rose, M.D., FASE, FACC, was recently appointed chairperson of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). Headquartered in Ellicott City, Md., the IAC is a national, nonprofit organization in operation to evaluate and accredit medical facilities.

SynCardia Total Artificial Heart patient Jack Miller was able to enjoy Christmas

Jack Miller, 62, is probably the only politician in America who smiles when people call him “heartless.” Four months ago, doctors at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond removed his dying heart and replaced it with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart.

January 12, 2012 – Stereotaxis Inc. (announced the completion of the first 50 clinical procedures using the company's new Niobe ES system to treat patients with a variety of complex cardiac arrhythmias. A majority of the first 50 cases were performed to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia. Positive initial results with the Niobe ES system in Europe demonstrate that the average time for completion of mapping and ablation for the initial AF patients was 69 minutes. The data will be featured at the Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2012 to be held on January 12-14, 2012.


January 12, 2012 – Access to capital, a burdensome and uncertain regulatory environment, and lack of innovation and productivity in research and development are the biggest threats to the biomedical industry's growth over the next five years, according to biomedical company CEOs surveyed by CHI-California Healthcare Institute, BayBio and PwC US.

January 12, 2012 — Simbionix USA Corp. recently announced advanced virtual reality (VR) simulators that can communicate in Chinese, Japanese and Russian, in addition to English.

January 12, 2012 – Masimo announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and full market commercial launch of the Masimo Pronto-7—a palm-sized handheld device designed for quick and easy noninvasive spot-checking of total hemoglobin (SpHb), SpO2, pulse rate, and perfusion index.

January 12, 2012 — A project led by The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) will utilize the latest technological innovations in the field to bring cardiovascular ultrasound to rural India.

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