August 13, 2008 - The University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine will host a one-day medical education conference devoted to reducing the death rate of sudden cardiac arrest, in conjunction with the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia Oct. 17-19.

August 13, 2008 - Hospitals today need software fast enough to accommodate high-volume clinical areas like cardiology, surgery and peripheral vascular, while providing flexibility for the unique needs of all departments, and Lumedx said its new scheduling system meets these demands.

August 12, 2008 - Draeger Medical Inc. today announced initial installations of its new Infinity M300 patient-worn monitor, which provides the performance of a full-size patient monitor, packaged in a compact patient-worn telemetry device for adult and pediatric patients.

The device’s new design supports hospitals in their initiatives to mobilize patients as early as possible to accelerate the healing process and provide a consistent level of monitoring care while mobile.

August 12, 2008 - Concentric Medical Inc., a leader in devices for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients, announced today it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with InTouch Health to facilitate the advancement of stroke care in the U.S.

RADI Medical Systems Inc. offers its line of FemoStop Femoral Compression Systems that are now sold with an integrated manometer, along with the FemoStop arch, dome, belt and hemostatic dressing. Formerly, the FemoStop manometer was attached and transferred from patient to patient.

Draeger Medical Inc. offers the Infinity M300 patient-worn monitor, which provides the performance of a full-size patient monitor, packaged in a compact patient-worn telemetry device for adult and pediatric patients.

The device’s new design supports hospitals in their initiatives to mobilize patients as early as possible to accelerate the healing process and provide a consistent level of monitoring care while mobile.

August 12, 2008 - Evolving standards in cardiovascular (CV) care have produced the need for a multimodality image management platform that integrates patient images and related information, according to a recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan, “North American Cardiovascular Image Management Systems (CV-PACS) Markets.”

August 11, 2008 – GE Healthcare today announced its 10,000th InSiteExC remote connection upon delivery and installation of a LOGIQ e ultrasound unit to Shoals Surgical Group in northwest Alabama.

August 11, 2008 - The Sorin Group said last week the FDA approved the REPLY family of dual and single chamber pacemakers, with the world’s smallest dual chamber pacemaker at 8cc’s.

August 11, 2008 - Flexible Stenting Solutions Inc. said today a physician at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand successfully implanted several of its third generation arterial stents for the treatment of peripheral vascular lesions involving the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries.

Patients with lesion lengths up to 100 mm and fully occluded lesions were included in the study.

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