Concentric Medical has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance for its Merci L6 Retriever, a device that restores blood flow to ischemic stroke patients. The Merci Retriever is designed to restore blood flow by engaging, capturing and removing blood clots.

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced FDA approval of its first radiofrequency (RF) wireless devices to treat patients with heart failure and with potentially lethal heart arrhythmias.

The FDA gave ZOLL Medical Corp. clearance to market and sell the ZOLL AED Pro with See-Thru CPR technology, which is designed to help minimize interruptions in CPR, as ZOLL aims to comply with one of the key recommendations of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Guidelines for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Signalife launched the sales of its new, FDA-approved, ambulatory 12-lead ECG cardiovascular monitor, the Fidelity 100.

The Fidelity 100 is a patient module that wirelessly transmits the ECG to a data collection device (laptop), which reportedly can store up to 2500 hours of data. During patient evaluation, a physician can mark events of interest. After the ECG procedure, marked events can be quickly evaluated and data can be stored to flash memory for future evaluation, said the company.

CircuLite Inc. reported the launch of the clinical development program for its Synergy Pocket Circulatory Assist Device with the successful implantation of the first patient in a European feasibility trial. Synergy is a miniature implantable blood pump, the size of a AA battery, that can be implanted superficially in a pocket, like a pacemaker.

Datascope Corp. said that it has developed a new patient monitoring system called NetGuard that monitors the electrical activity of the heart (EKG) in order to protect the unmonitored hospital patient population in the event of a life-threatening heart rhythm.

Polymer Technology Systems Inc. (PTS) announced the availability of a new PTS Panels Test Strip to test important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Biodex Medical Systems will feature its new Sound Pro and Surgical C-Arm Table 846 at RSNA 2007.

Aycan Medical Systems, a provider of medical imaging solutions, offers the the aycan workstation OsiriXPRO. The Aycan workstation OsiriXPRO, derived from the open-source project Osirix, is a reportedly cost effective, FDA cleared, image processing software dedicated to DICOM images for navigation and visualization of multislice/multi-dimensional (3D reconstruction) studies.

Sony Electronics will showcase its new IPELA PCS-HG90 high-definition, IP-based visual communication system at RSNA 2007.

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