October 21, 2010 โ€“ Vascular Solutions has acquired the assets related to snare products from Radius Medical Technologies and its subsidiary, Radius Medical, LLC. Vascular Solutions has been selling the Expro Elite and Micro Elite snares in the United States under a distribution agreement since 2008.

October 21, 2010 โ€“ A new tool makes comprehensive service line data easily and immediately available to those who need it most. The Apollo LX Analytics Dashboard, by LUMEDX, pulls data from disparate systems and delivers it in dynamic, intuitive formats to help hospitals monitor and improve performance across the registry, clinical, financial, operational and service excellence sectors.

October 21, 2010 โ€“ Daniel S. Berman, M.D., an innovator of cardiac imaging technology for 30 years, has received the Pioneer in Medicine Award from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, its highest honor.

October 20, 2010 โ€“ At RSNA 2010, Merge will display its latest IT solutions to help meet everyday healthcare challenges.

The Merge Healthcare Kiosk automates front desk workflow by giving patients a unique interface for check-in and bill paying.

October 20, 2010 - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched the first large-scale, multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness of body cooling treatment in infants and children who have had cardiac arrest.

October 20, 2010 โ€“ New study results show that patients undergoing cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation had a 99.5 percent rate of successful implantation with an overall infection rate of 0.48 percent in the first 1.9 months following the procedure. The COMMAND study looked at the FDA-cleared AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope, by TYRX.

October 20, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to help prevent stroke and blood clots in patients with abnormal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation). Pradaxa (generic: dabigatran etexilate), by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, will be available in 75 mg and 150 mg capsules.

October 20, 2010 โ€“ A new type of sterile marker for image-guided surgery has been launchd. The Threaded Spherz, by IZI Medical Products, are compatible with BrainLab systems and help surgeons optimize minimally invasive techniques.

October 19, 2010 โ€“ A new high-definition (HD) technology reduces blur created by respiration during positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) studies. The Siemens HD Chest provides full HD lesion detection and improved standardized uptake value (SUV) quantification.

October 19, 2010 โ€“ Opto Circuits, an Indian company that designs, develops manufactures and markets healthcare equipment and interventional products, will acquire Cardiac Science. Cardiac Science manufactures ECG and stress test systems.

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