October 1, 2009 – Spectranetics Corp. yesterday said it filed a 510(k) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking clearance for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) in the legs with its commercially available peripheral atherectomy laser products.

September 30, 2009 – PLC Systems Inc. demonstrated its RenalGuard System to help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and presented data from its MYTHOS Clinical Trial at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 symposium last week in San Francisco.

September 30, 2009 – Invatec this week at the European CIRSE 2009 conference launched its latest self-expanding peripheral stent system, Maris Plus, which has a “lesion-specific” design with larger sizes to meet the clinical requirements of the iliac region.

September 30, 2009 – New clinical data released at TCT 2009 last week showed strong and sustained efficacy and safety of the Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent from Medtronic Inc. in long-term patient follow-up.

September 30, 2009 - A new study published in the Society for Vascular Surgery's October 2009 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery reports that the elderly have better operative outcomes when endovascular repair, rather than open surgery, is used to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

September 30, 2009 – A simple, noninvasive test appears to be an effective screening tool for identifying patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death.

bbott's XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent achieved superiority in the key safety and efficacy measures compared to the TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent at one year in SPIRIT IV Trial.

September 29, 2009 – Among the biggest news to come out of TCT 2009 last week was the late-breaking data from the SPIRIT IV trial, which showed Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent achieved superiority in the key safety and efficacy measures compared to the TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent at one year, which will likely guarantee XIENCE’s continued domination of t

September 30, 2009 – MAQUET Cardiovascular said Johannes Bonatti, M.D., professor of surgery and director of coronary surgery and advanced coronary interventions at the University of Maryland Heart Center in Baltimore, recently completed the world's first use of the MAQUET Minimized Extra-Corporeal Circulation (MECC) system during a successful robotic and fully endoscopic heart surgery.

September 30, 2009 – Positron Corp. predicts a significant rise in demand for cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut in SPECT reimbursement of 46 percent and an increase in PET reimbursement of 22 percent, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

September 29, 2009 – Cordis Corp. and Boston Scientific announced late today they reached an agreement to resolve several pending lawsuits over intellectual property related to drug-eluting stent and balloon deliver system technologies.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now