August 23, 2011 — A new study shows heart attack patients are now being treated an average of 32 minutes faster than five years ago. This provides evidence a national campaign's success to treat heart attacks within 90 minutes in order to reduce heart damage and costs associated with treatment. This is according to David Holmes, M.D., FACC, president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

August 23, 2011 — PLC Systems Inc. said the final results from the REMEDIAL II investigator-sponsored clinical trial have been published online in Circulation, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. It will appear in the September 2011 issue of the publication. REMEDIAL II is an Italian trial of the company’s RenalGuard device.

August 23, 2011 — nContact Inc. has received CE Mark approval for the EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation Device with VisiTrax for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF). The EPi-Sense features epicardial sensing electrodes designed to allow both electrophysiologists (EP) and cardiothoracic surgeons to map and navigate the epicardium and locate areas for linear epicardial ablation.

August 23, 2011— UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, announced the sale of more than 10 of its wide beam reconstruction (WBR) software solutions to nuclear pharmaceutical supplier PCI for placement at customer medical facilities throughout Arizona. PCI is a member of United Pharmacy Partners Inc. (UPPI), a nuclear pharmacy network consortium that recently signed a multi-year distribution agreement for the leasing and/or non-exclusive sales of UltraSPECT’s cardiac and bone imaging applications in the United States.

August 23, 2011 — Cardium Therapeutics received the final $1.1 million payment from Royal Philips Electronics in connection with Philips' acquisition of Innercool Therapies from Cardium. The purchase gives Philips Healthcare a therapeutic hypothermia product line for use in heart attack, sudden cardiac arrest and neuro trauma patients

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