December 15, 2008 - Terumo Corp. and its subsidiary, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp., announced they have entered into an agreement to settle all outstanding litigation with Maquet Cardiovascular LLC.

The companies have a number of lawsuits pending in which each claims the other has infringed its patents. The litigations all involve methods and devices used in endoscopic vessel harvesting. All pending disputes between the companies will be immediately dismissed. In addition, the companies have agreed to cross license certain patents.

December 15, 2008 - In regions of the country where cardiologists perform high numbers of cardiac catheterizations to diagnose heart problems, patients may be receiving percutaneous cardiac interventions (PCI) more than they need or want, according to a study published online last week in the journal Circulation.

December 15, 2008 - Two additional hospitals in the U.S. opened patient enrollment for CardioVascular BioTherapuetics Inc.’s ACORD Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of severe coronary heart disease.
The sites are Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation in Minneapolis MN, and Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, AL.
Mercy Hospital Fairfield (Ohio) and The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH were first to open for enrollment in early September, and are working in collaboration to screen and treat patients in the trial.

December 12, 2008 – IQ•SPECT is the newest Symbia feature from Siemens Healthcare that reportedly enables a comprehensive cardiac evaluation including perfusion, attenuation correction and calcium scoring in just five minutes.

December 10, 2008 - New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment, according to results of a study conducted at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)-Salem Hospital in Salem, MA, and presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

December 12, 2008 - Cardiac Advancements LLC, a provider of remote cardiac monitoring services and products, and Cardiostaff Corp. have partnered to provide enhance cardiac care across the nation.

Cardiostaff provides physician practices and hospitals with 24/7 patient arrhythmia information for patient diagnosis and arrhythmia therapy management. Services include: 30-Day event monitoring, digital holter monitoring, atrial fibrillation monitoring, pacemaker follow-up and remote telemetry monitoring.

IQ-SPECT is the newest Symbia feature from Siemens Healthcare that reportedly enables a comprehensive cardiac evaluation including perfusion, attenuation correction and calcium scoring in just five minutes.

December 11, 2008 - The Heart Rhythm Society is reiterating its position on the importance of device and lead reliability and safety following the publication of “Learning from Our Mistakes?

December 11, 2008 - Access Scientific Inc. said this week it received FDA clearance for its MicroAccess WAND, which the company said is the world’s first all-in-one safety introducer.

This new medical device enables clinicians to more quickly and safely insert a sheath or catheter into the peripheral vasculature, the company said. The MicroAccess WAND is the first of several planned WAND devices. The devices combine all components of the older, modified Seldinger technique into a unitary device that provides faster, safer, simpler over-wire vascular access.

December 11, 2008 - Agfa Healthcare said this week it signed a contract for the delivery and installation of its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution at the Antwerp University Hospital.

The contract will provide enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department and includes an eight-year service, maintenance and licensing agreement. The Antwerp University Hospital, in Belgium, counts 38 specialized medical services and treats nearly 200,000 patients per year. The hospital has 2,500 employees.

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