December 31, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. said today Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, IL implemented the company’s AutoPulse Non-Invasive Cardiac Support Pump in the hospital’s intensive care and cardiac care units.

December 30, 2008 - Volcano Corp. will acquire Axsun Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advanced photonic components, as part of Volcano’s strategy to establish its position in invasive imaging.

December 30, 2008 - Merit Medical Systems Inc., a manufacturer of disposable devices used in cardiology and radiology procedures, today announced four developments regarding products and approvals.

December 29, 2008 – When Zemiva, an imaging agent by Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc., is combined with the standard of care for the diagnostic evaluation of the chest pain patient, improved the detection of cardiac ischemia by more than 50 percent greater than the standard of care when compared to the standard of care alone.

December 29, 2008 - Calgary Scientific Inc. plans to release its ResolutionMD Cardiac advanced visualization suite of clinical modules for viewing and analyzing cardiac CT and MR images in early 2009.

December 29, 2008 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said last week it will voluntarily disclose financial relationships with U.S. physicians starting in 2009.

Edwards plans to begin posting on a page on its Web site its financial relationships with physicians who receive $5,000 or more a year in consulting fees, royalties or honoraria from Edwards. The company will begin targeted tracking of this data on Jan. 1 and will publish it annually beginning in the second half of 2009.

December 23, 2008 – The FDA approved for marketing EPIX Pharmaceuticals’ novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), to evaluate aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) in adults with known or suspected peripheral vascular disease.

December 23, 2008 – The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) will hold its annual Mid-Winter Educational Symposium February 5-8 at the Hilton Clearwater in Clearwater, FL.

December 23, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. and MediGuide Inc. today signed a definitive merger agreement where MediGuide will become part of the St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division.

December 23, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said this week it completed the acquisition of Radi Medical Systems AB for $250 million in cash.

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