August 7, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today said it received regulatory approval, in addition to reimbursement approval, from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), for the Durata defibrillation lead, the company’s next-generation high-voltage lead.

August 6, 2008 - The first U.S. implant of Terumo Heart Inc.’s DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) took place on July 30 at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor.

National Co-Principal Investigator for the DuraHeart U.S. Pivotal Trial, Francis Pagani, M.D., Ph.D., performed the surgery. DuraHeart is reportedly the world's first third-generation LVAS combining a centrifugal pump with a magnetically levitated impeller to enter clinical trials in the U.S.

XTENT Inc.'s Custom NX stent system reportedly allows physicians to customize the length and diameter of the stent at the site of the lesion.

OrbusNeich will showcase its Genous Stent at TCT 2008, a stent that was CE Marked in 2005. The company’s data suggests that its R Stent has had better outcomes when compared to drug-eluting stents.

Siemens Medical Solutions will showcase its recently FDA-cleared SOMATOM Definition AS, said to be the first adaptive CT scanner, adapting to each patient’s clinical situation, available in 40-slice, 64-slice and 128-slice configurations.

Sutura Inc. will showcase its new SuperStitch EL, a vascular and cardiovascular suturing device, for sale in the U.S. and Europe. The device has been designed to close the puncture or incision site directly or using the sheath to access the arterial wound.

August 2008

The Radpad Femoral-Entry Angiography Shield for coronary, Radpad Peripheral Drape for peripheral procedures and the Radpad EP Left Subclavian Shield for device implantation procedures are designed to reduce the radiation exposure of interventional cardiologists and electrophysiologists One study showed the use of these protection shirts can reducing exposure by up to 95 percent, according to Worldwide Innovations & Technologies. The company offers a series of drapes, table skirts and wearable protection pads to reduce scatter radiation exposure. 

Vital Images Inc. offers the ViTAL Enterprise Solution, which is designed to provide customers with comprehensive cardiovascular clinical functionality designed to increase efficiency and streamline workflow.

Toshiba’s Infinix VF-i SP with Type S Processor includes a digital processor that will expand on Toshiba’s proprietary Advance Image Processing (AIP) technology. This exclusive Toshiba technology is designed to enhance overall resolution, improve visualization over dark anatomical areas and virtually eliminate image lag.

August 6, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. delivered the first Aplio Artida ultrasound system to Iowa Heart Center in Des Moines.

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