February 9, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first pacemaker in the United States specifically designed for use in an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment and approved as MRI-conditional. Medtronic said its Revo MRI SureScan pacing system is available immediately.


Interoperability is key to the meaningful use and sharing of patients’ electronic images and information.

February 8, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Merit Medical Systems initiated a Class I recall for one lot of its Prelude Short Sheath Introducer, because the tips may detach during use.

The company said a detached tip may cause arterial injury, hemorrhaging or other serious events, or may enter into the bloodstream, causing blood clots.

February 8, 2011 – Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed an algorithm to produce animated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of body parts or organs in motion. Volume scans of human bodies have a variety of uses in medical diagnosis and research; however, these scans usually do not show the body in movement.

February 7, 2011 – A new positioning system has been launched that is used in performing off- pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) procedures on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients.

February 7, 2011 – There is a tremendous unmet need for new medical technologies to treat potentially dangerous chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and blood clots, according to a Scientia Advisors review of the vascular device market.

February 7, 2011 – A rare and often underreported form of stroke involving veins instead of arteries is more common than previously thought, according to the American Heart Association's (AHA) first scientific statement on diagnosing and managing cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT).

February 7, 2011 – Final testing for a point-of-care blood analyzer will begin at four hospitals in North America. The QL Care (QLCA) analyzer, by CardioGenics, tests for troponin-I levels, and data will be used to file a 510(k) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

February 4, 2011 – In the largest group of emergency department patients with atrial flutter studied to date, researchers found these patients may be substantially different from those described in the cardiology literature. The results of the study were published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

February 4, 2011 – More heart disease tests do not necessarily add up to a better diagnosis. According to a new practice guideline, a basic risk assessment that accounts for such factors as cholesterol level, blood pressure, age, sex, family history, smoking and diabetes is still the strongest tool a doctor can use in predicting the likelihood of heart disease.

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