June 6, 2011 – AngioDynamics has expanded its VenaCure EVLT System product offering with the global launch of the new VenaCure 1470nm laser to treat varicose veins with greater energy efficiency.

June 6, 2011 - TeraRecon Inc. highlighted Integration and Interconnectivity of the iNtuition enterprise advanced visualization solution to imaging and informatics professionals assembled for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), June 2-5, 2011.

June 6, 2011 - AccessClosure Inc announced an exclusive agreement with Biosensors International for the distribution of the Mynx Vascular Closure Device throughout the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France. The extravascular Mynx device, designed for patient comfort while providing hemostasis without sutures or implants, will be sold as part of Biosensors' interventional cardiology product range.

June 3, 2011 – New long-term data from the DIVERGE study, presented at EuroPCR 2011, showed that the use of the Axxess drug-eluting stent (DES) for the treatment of complex coronary bifurcation lesions resulted in low levels of both major adverse coronary events (MACE) over a three-year period. Axxess is a self-expanding bifurcation stent that releases Biolimus A9 from an abluminal biodegradable polymer coating.

June 3, 2011 - IDEV Technologies announced that data from a long lesion study of 182 patients with significantly diseased superficial femoral arteries and popliteal arteries showed high patency rates and no stent fractures after treatment with the Supera Veritas Peripheral Vascular Stent System. The data were presented at the Vaatdagen 2011 (Vascular Days) Conference based on analysis by Andre Molenaar, M.D., and Peter Haarbrink, M.D., interventional radiologists at Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (CWZ) hospital, a leading teaching and high volume medical center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

June 3, 2011 – At the Society of Imaging Informatics Management (SIIM) meeting, Novarad introduced NovaCardio, a fully integrated cardiac picture archiving and communications system (CPACS) image and information management system. It offers fast and efficient clinical workflow, powerful features and is accessible anywhere viewing and reporting.

June 3, 2011 - Research presented at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Congress and Laboratory Medicine showed that using a lower diagnostic threshold for troponin improves clinical outcomes and patient survival in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes. Troponin is a protein found inside heart cells that is released when they are damaged by ischemia or reduced blood supply.

June 3, 2011 -- Maquet Cardiovascular announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its CardioRoot aortic graft in the United States. A one-piece design, aortic root graft, CardioRoot will be used by vascular and cardiovascular surgeons to surgically repair or replace diseased and damaged aortae. CardioRoot is now commercially available in the United States.

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