January 22, 2008 - The acute success rate for procedures using the new magnetic irrigated catheter by Stereotaxis to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation rose to 95 percent at sites that reported performing more than 20 cases, in a study presented at the Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium.

January 22, 2008 - Patients in the Columbus, OH, area are among the first in the U.S. to have been implanted with the Sleuth ECG Monitoring System, a wireless, implantable system for long-term monitoring of ECG (electrocardiogram) data for diagnosing cardiac arrhythmias behind unexplained fainting.

January 22, 2008 � The FDA approved enrollment expansion for a study, the Tailored Treatment of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (TTOP AF), on the safety and efficacy of tailored ablation therapy against traditional pharmaceutical regimens, which will support a pre-market approval (PMA) application to the FDA.

May 2, 2008 - Monitoring system maker Mennen Medical recently said an additional monitor, the VitaLogik 4000 Series, will soon be available for monitoring requirements in neonatology, pediatrics, cardiology, ICU, OR, and ER.

The product is available in two versions. The noninvasive VitaLogik 4000 and the invasive VitaLogik 4500 and has FDA clearance and CE mark.

January 22, 2008 - The International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) issued the first standardized cardiac pacing exam for Japanese allied professionals, which marks the first time the IBHRE exam, designed to test professional competency in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and electrophysiology, will be tailored to the needs of a global health care system outside of the U.S.

January 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare was rated first in Overall Service Performance among vendors for PET and PET/CT service, marking the company’s second consecutive year achieving the award, according to IMV ServiceTrak, an independent third-party research firm.

January 22, 2008 - The FDA cleared St. Jude Medical's EnSite Fusion Registration Module, software designed to help physicians create detailed heart models to facilitate the diagnosis and delivery of therapy for complex abnormal atrial heart rhythms, including Atrial Fibrillation (AF), for use with minimally invasive electrophysiology procedures.

January 22, 2008 – The FDA cleared a fully automated ablation system supporting an open-loop irrigated catheter using remote navigation with the Niobe Magnetic Navigation System, designed by Stereotaxis and the CARTO RMT System by Biosense Webster to improve control and versatility when performing ablations.

January 22, 2008 - A new stent with a nanothin surface application known as Polyzene-F shows promise in opening and healing blocked heart arteries reportedly without the potential risks of thrombosis posed by drug-eluting stents, according to a study being presented at the 20th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET).

January 22, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced CE Mark approval for its COGNIS cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), representing entirely new platforms to treat heart failure and sudden cardiac death.

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