August 25, 2008 - Starion Instruments said a study recently presented at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) found Starion’s Tissue Ligating Shears provides a safe and effective solution for endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery and saphenous vein.

August 25, 2008 – Results published in the August issue of the peer-reviewed journal Vascular Medicine, support Vermillion Inc.’s peripheral artery disease (PAD) diagnostic program, the molecular diagnostics company said.
The study was led by John Cooke, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine at Stanford University and involved researchers at Stanford, Mt. Sinai Medical Center (New York) and Vermillion.

August 25, 2008 - Concerns over problems with MRIs often not being properly cleaned and leading to the spread of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during radiological scans is addressed in a recently released paper titled "Preventing Infection in MRI: Best Practices for Infection Control in and Around MRI Suites."

Neovasc (formerly Angiometrx) is the developer of the Metricath System, an arterial and in-stent measurement device that assists physicians with optimal stent size selection and helps confirm optimal stent expansion during the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease.

Accumetrics develops and manufactures the VerifyNow System, a comprehensive system for the assessment of platelet function.

VerifyNow provides doctors with an easy to use, automated, rapid and accurate way to monitor platelet function to optimize the effectiveness of antiplatelet therapies. Accumetrics markets VerifyNow tests for aspirin, Plavix and GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors.

August 2008

The Mynx VCS vascular closure system (VCD) by AccessClosure designed to seal a puncture site in the femoral artery and stop the bleeding after a cardiac catheterization procedure.

The Mynx VCS uses a balloon catheter and a standard procedural sheath to deliver an extravascular, hydrogel sealant used to seal the puncture site. Following the cardiac catheterization procedure, the Mynx VCS balloon catheter is inserted through the introducer sheath into the femoral artery to temporarily stop bleeding at the puncture site.

August 22, 2008 - The 23rd Annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound: Atherosclerosis Imaging and Interventions/Bubble Course will explore applications of contrast ultrasound Sept. 18-19 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.

August 22, 2008 - SonoSite Inc. said today it began customer shipments of its first major expansion of capabilities for the S Series ultrasound tools, with upgrades including four transducers covering a wide range of clinical applications to the S Series product line and enabling playback of the SonoSite Education Key program training modules.

August 22, 2008 – The 21st annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo Sept. 9-11, 2008 at Navy Pier in Chicago brings together the entire team who designs, plans, constructs and manages healthcare facilities.

HFSE focuses on how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients and their families and the delivery of healthcare. Ideas, practices, products and solutions will be exchanged, explored and discovered at HFSE that improve current healthcare facilities and plan the facilities of tomorrow.

August 22, 2008 – The FDA informed healthcare professionals today that the agency is investigating a report from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) trial of a possible association between the use of Vytorin and a potentially increased incidence of cancer.

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