April 2, 2009 – Invatec received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market its Amphirion Deep 150 mm Long PTA Balloon and Tapered 210 mm Long PTA Balloon in U.S. The Amphirion Deep Long Balloons join the preexisting Amphirion Deep family of dedicated below the knee (BTK) PTA catheters, which are specifically designed to reach, access and treat arteries below the knee.


As a member of the media, people always ask me what I think the big trends are at the shows I attend. At the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) imaging conference in December the economy was not the big discussion in sessions or in vendor booths, but it seemed to be the only thing I overheard in hundreds of conversations as I walked through the halls.

April 1, 2009 - Vital Images Inc. has become the first and only advanced medical visualization provider to achieve certification for Excellence in Service Operations by the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), said the company.

April 1, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. this week began the international launch of the Driver Sprint RX Coronary Stent System, which received the CE Mark in February and is planned to be commercially available in more than 100 countries worldwide.

April 1, 2009 - Mortara Instrument unveiled its new go wireless technology platform with the introduction of its Wireless Acquisition Module (WAM) for resting ECG and the T12 transmitter for wireless stress exercise testing.

April 1, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. said this week the FDA cleared its AB Portable driver to facilitate intra-facility patient transport, patient mobility for participation in physical and rehabilitation therapies, independent ambulation by the patient, and inter-hospital transport via aircraft or ambulance.

April 1, 2009 – At the 2009 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention this week, ContextVision is set to release the GOPiCE US, reportedly the first real-time volumetric filtering software for ultrasound.

April 1, 2009 - Healthcare provider attitudes toward the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) technology at outpatient facilities and physician practices have changed significantly over the past year, according to a new perception study by market research firm KLAS.

ScImage’s has implemented automatic display normalization on its Web-based gated SPECT viewing capabilities. The solution also has the ability to adjust the window/level of the stress series, the rest series, or both independently.

April 1, 2009 - In a study comparing the ability of various medical techniques to accurately determine the extent of heart disease and stratify patients according to disease severity, researchers found that myocardial perfusion testing with gated single photon emission computed tomography (gated SPECT) was a more accurate predictor of prognosis in chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD)—a painful c

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