June 23, 2009 - Kensey Nash Corp. today said the ThromCat XT Thrombectomy Catheter System was granted CE marking approval, allowing for the sale of the product throughout the European Economic Area (EEA).

June 22, 2009 - Medical Corp. said last week the ambulance service RAV Gooi en Vechtstreek, in Hilversum, the Netherlands, is the first EMS organization to equip its ambulances with a new system that allows rescuers to defibrillate a heart without the need to stop chest compressions.

June 22, 2009 – Englewood Hospital Home Health and Hospice Services said it entered into a business relationship with Cardiocom to provide advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic illnesses.

June 22, 2009 – BIOTRONIK GmbH today announced CE mark approval and first implantations of the new Evia cardiac pacemaker series, which features the only pacemaker with wireless, remote/home monitoring capabilities.

June 22, 2009 – Biosense Webster Inc. is showcasing the CARTO 3 System, an advanced three-dimensional imaging technology for use by electrophysiologists in treating cardiac arrhythmias this week at EUROPACE, the official Congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association.

June 22, 2009 –Jolife AB launched its second generation automated LUCAS Chest Compression System for use in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of cardiac arrest patients in Europe and Canada.

June 22, 2009 – Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) have an ongoing risk of sudden incapacitation that might cause harm to others while driving a car, so driving restrictions are imposed making these recommendations an important guideline for patients.

June 22, 2009 – Surgeons from Arizona Heart Institute performed the first procedure in the U.S. Anaconda Phase II Study using the Vascutek Anaconda Stent Graft System, an investigational, minimally invasive treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

June 19, 2009 - Increased utilization of advanced medical imaging, such as CT and MRI, between 1991 and 2004 improved life expectancy rates by a significant factor, actually greater than the increases in mortality caused by obesity over the same timeframe, according to a recent study conducted by Columbia University professor Frank Lichtenberg, Ph.D.

June 19, 2009 – Medtronic Inc. today said it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark for the company's second-generation pacemaker designed, tested, approved for use as labeled with MRI machines, the Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system.

The Advisa MRI SureScan pacing system currently is not available for sale in the U.S.

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