August 21, 2008 – The first U.S. patient implanted with the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) was discharged home 15 days after receiving the device, Terumo Heart Inc. announced today.

The 62-year-old male patient left the University of Michigan Health System on August 14. Suffering from heart failure for nearly 20 years, he is the first U.S. patient to receive a ventricular assist system that utilizes advanced magnetic levitation (Mag-Lev), a new, innovative type of technology.

August 21, 2008 - CardioECG 3.2, introduced by LUMEDX Corp. and Epiphany Cardiography Products, is a multimodality, multivendor, pure-Web software for cardiac rhythm data management.

By delivering clinical data from over 60 different devices and over 30 vendors across 10 different modalities such as cardiograph, Holter, stress, patient monitoring, PFT, and defibrillator, CardioECG is said to streamline data management, support best-of-breed clinical environments and significantly reduce total cost of ownership.

August 20, 2008 - Diagnostic testing conducted at or near the site of the patient, known as patient-side point-of-care testing, enables doctors to make decisions on patients presenting in the emergency department with chest pain up to 20 minutes faster than those whose lab tests are evaluated by a standard lab, according to a study appearing this month in the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine.

August 20, 2008 - Royal Philips Electronics said today it will lead a new European Union-funded research project called “euHeart”, which is aimed at improving the diagnosis, therapy planning and treatment of cardiovascular disease - one of the biggest causes of mortality in the western world.

August 20, 2008 — FiatLux Imaging Inc. — a high-tech company founded by former Microsoft software veterans — said the FDA cleared the release of its medical imaging application, the FiatLux Visualize, that capitalizes on advanced video game technology reportedly to create high-quality 3D and 2D image reformations from CT and MRI scans at a fraction of the cost of current medical imaging technology.

Bracco's Isovue (iopamidol injection) X-ray/CT contrast is reportedly a safe and effective nonionic contrast agent, which is well established with U.S. clinical experience since 1986. Worldwide, more than 250 million doses of iopamidol have been administered, the company said.

August 19, 2008 – St. Jude Medical Inc. said today it received European CE Mark approval and FDA clearance for the Epicor LP Cardiac Ablation System, a second generation technology that uses HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) to surgically ablate cardiac tissue to disrupt abnormal electrical impulses in the heart.

August 19, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging Inc. today released its FiatLux Visualize medical imaging application that capitalizes on advanced video game technology to create 2D/3D images from CT and MRI scans at a fraction of the cost of current medical imaging technology.

The company received Federal FDA 510k clearance for its FiatLux Visualize last week.

August 19, 2008 - Portable power systems maker Micro Power today said it manufactured a custom lithium battery pack specifically for the Physio-Control LIFEPAK 1000 automated external defibrillator (AED) recently installed aboard the International Space Station.

August 18, 2008 - Atritech Inc. today said it filed its pre-market approval application (PMA) with the FDA for its WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Technology, which contains the results of the PROTECT AF Clinical Trial which began enrollment in early 2005.

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