November 18, 2008 - NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH has chosen and will be shipping Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards for use with a variety of color and grayscale medical LCD displays, including next generation high brightness color medical displays.

November 18, 2008 - Ascent Healthcare Solutions, said yesterday it received the industry's first 510(k) clearance from the FDA to reprocess the LASSO 2515 Variable Circular Mapping Catheter manufactured by Biosense Webster.

With this new clearance, Ascent continues to increase its portfolio of EP catheters to offer EP cath labs the ability to most effectively manage their resources while ensuring that clinicians have access to their preferred device to most effectively diagnose arrhythmias, the company said.

November 18, 2008 - Stereotaxis Inc. this week launched its partnered magnetic irrigated catheter at centers in Europe, after its strong performance in the partner's recently concluded external evaluation.

November 18, 2008 - Cholesterol crystals released in the bloodstream during a cardiac attack or stroke can damage artery linings much further away from the site of the attack, leaving survivors at greater risk than previously thought, say researchers from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2008 - According to a study published in the Nov. 18 issue of the journal Circulation, Medtronic's Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) significantly improves early identification of potential implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead fractures.

November 17, 2008 - Medtronic received European CE Mark for the EnRhythm MRI SureScan Pacemaker System, a pacemaker designed for safe use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems.

November 17, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. debuted two new models of its R Series Code-Ready defibrillator for hospitals Nov. 9-11 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2008 in New Orleans.

November 17, 2008 - Medtronic Inc. said it received CE Mark for the first-ever MR-conditional pacemaker system, the EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacemaker and CapSureFix MRI SureScan pacing leads (Model 5086MRI).

November 17, 2008 - The healthcare business of Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the 100 U.S. hospitals that are setting the nation's benchmarks for cardiovascular care.

The study, �2008 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success,� examined the performance of 970 hospitals by analyzing clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart attacks and for those who received coronary bypass surgery and angioplasties.

A list of the 100 Top Hospitals is provided below.

November 17, 2008 - Sectra and Synthetic MR AB have signed a distribution agreement for Synthetic MR AB's software-based technology in an effort to improve patient flow and analysis of MR examinations.

In accordance with the agreement, Sectra will distribute Synthetic MR's software, SyMRI Suite, as a plug-in in its PACS solution.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now