March 11, 2008 - Mindray Medical International Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Datascope Corp.’s patient monitoring business, reportedly making Mindray the third-largest player in the global patient monitoring device industry.

Datascope’s patient monitoring business earned total revenues of $161.3 million in year 2007. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Mindray’s earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis starting in 2009.

Agfa will showcase the latest offering of its in Cardiology Data Management, IMPAX CV, focusing on the noninvasive cardiologist, working to integrate echocardiography, noninvasive Vascular (NIV), nuclear cardiology and ECG information into a complete Web-based physician reporting system.

LifeScan Inc. launched two new products to help hospitals improve execution of tight glycemic control protocols - the OneTouch TGC Advisor and OneTouch DataLink Wireless V2.

March 14, 2008 - Thirteen of the 18 top-ranked U.S. News and World Report hospitals (72.2 percent) use the noninvasive Arctic Sun device from Medivance for induced hypothermia and re-warming patients.

Medivance said this week 16 of the top 20 heart programs (80 percent) and 16 of the top 20 neurology programs cool and re-warm patients with the automated Arctic Sun device.

March 12, 2008 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided not to move forward with its proposed National Coverage Decision (NCD) that would have limited Medicare coverage of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) to only those instances where CTA is used as part of an ongoing clinical study.

Biomedical Systems will be featuring its Data Exchange, a proprietary Internet-based application that has been designed for the acquisition, transfer, review and management of Holter data. The application allows for acquire the digital Holter recording from your facility and transmit to Biomedical Systems� analysis lab, receive completed Holter reports as PDF files within 24 hours of transmitting a recording and allows for Online installation on your existing computer including automatic updates as soon as they are released.

Toshiba's fourth generation contrast-free imaging technique, Time and Space Angiography (TSA) creates images that show dynamic blood flow without using contrast agents.

TSA builds upon pioneering Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse (Time-SLIP) technique and is desirable for patients with compromised circulations and renal flow problems. It features a high temporal resolution and a continually changing inversion pulse time, creating dynamic images showing blood flow in motion.

March 2008

A third round of software enhancements made to the iLab System 1.3, an ultrasound imaging system designed to strengthen physician confidence in the diagnosis and intervention of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and increase workflow efficiency, will be on display at ACC 2008.

The success or failure of coronary intervention starts with a winning combination of guiding catheter and coronary guidewire, which gives the operator the optimal support and stability to accomplish the interventional goals. The Terumo Runthrough NS coronary guidewire has some unique properties, which allows access to a broad range of complex anatomies.

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