June 15, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said it finalized an arrangement with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) to receive the nuclear imaging radiotracer component molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced from low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets in ANSTO’s new OPAL reactor.

June 15, 2009 - Inovio Biomedical Corp. said today it granted an option to a commercial license to develop intravascular catheters using its proprietary electroporation technology to Cardigant Medical Inc. to treat vascular conditions, such as vulnerable plaques.

June 15, 2009 - Mayo Clinic received $48 million in grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a component of the National Institute of Health, and from industry partners for the Catheter Ablation Versus Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation (CABANA) Trial, designed to determine whether catheter ablation is more effective than drug therapy for the treatment of

June 12, 2009 — Welch Allyn recently announced the release of its CardioPerfect Workstation software Version 1.6.2., redesigned to maximize efficiency, expand electronic health record (EHR) compatibility and increase patient compliance.

June 11, 2009 - Cook Medical announced today the completion of patient enrollment in its REFORM clinical trial, designed to evaluate Cook’s advanced Formula Balloon Expandable Stent for the treatment of renal artery stenosis.

June 12, 2009 - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced today that the U.K. High Court of Justice determined Cook Inc.'s U.K. transcatheter valve patent as invalid and not infringed by the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter valve.

June 12, 2009 - NanoScan Imaging LLC today announced the publication of new data demonstrating the use of its investigational, radio-opaque contrast agent (N1177) to visualize vulnerable plaques that can cause heart attack or stroke using advanced, noninvasive and high-resolution computed tomography (CT) techniques.

June 12, 2009 - Abbott today launch its sixth-generation Emboshield NAV6 Embolic Protection System for use in carotid artery stenting procedures.

June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will debut at SNM its c?pax image management and multimodality viewing system.

June 12, 2009 - Covidien will be highlighting at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference in Toronto, June 13-17, its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its kit for the preparation of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi injection and radiosotope development.

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