October 3, 2011 – Cardiac Dimensions Inc. announced it received European CE mark approval for a newly enhanced version of its Carillon Mitral Contour System, a therapy for treating heart failure patients suffering from functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). Receipt of the CE mark enables Cardiac Dimensions to initiate a commercial launch of the enhanced device in Europe, which will begin in 2012.

October 3, 2011 – Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the University of Michigan, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School have developed a new tool that can more accurately determine risk of death in patients who have suffered a heart attack. Results of the study could prove life saving for the millions of Americans who suffer heart attacks every year.

September 30, 2011 — Boston Scientific Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found in favor of the company in a 1998 stent patent infringement suit involving Johnson & Johnson.

September 30, 2011 – Cambridge Heart Inc. announced its HearTwave II System was cleared for sale by the Mexican regulatory authorities. In August 2010, the company executed an exclusive distribution agreement with Mayerick S.A. de S.V. to distribute the system, including the company’s microvolt t-wave alternans (MTWA) software and micro-V alternans sensors. This addition represents the company’s first distribution agreement in Latin America.