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.

Medrad released the PRE Pressure-Rated Extension Set, a disposable tube set that attaches the patient catheter and the power injector tubing that is rated for CT power injection and specifically approved for Medrad CT contrast injection systems.

Cordis Corp. announced the introduction in the U.S. market of the FIRE STAR Rx PTCA Dilatation Catheter and the DURA STAR Rx PTCA Dilatation Catheter, as the company builds its portfolio of products and services to support interventional cardiologists and cath lab teams.

Siemens Medical Solutions has launched its new pocket ultrasound system, the ACUSON P10, which is a little larger than a common PDA, intended for complementary initial diagnostic care and triage.

Agfa HealthCare demonstrated at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2007 its new IMPAX Cardiovascular (CV) Suite, a system that integrates multilingual, multimodality image and reporting capabilities and provides access to a consolidated view of all cross-modality cardiology and radiology images within a single review station.

November 9, 2007 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. recently introduced its Infinix VF-i/SP X-ray system, a universal cardiovascular system designed to accommodate diagnostic and interventional procedures.

November 7, 2007 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. announced the launch of a new study, faCTor64, the Screening For Asymptomatic Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Among High-Risk Diabetic Patients Using CT Angiography, designed to assess an asymptomatic diabetic population at higher risk for CHD using cardiac CT angiography.

The faCTor64 study will use Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-slice CT system to capture obstructive and non-obstructive, or sub-clinical, coronary heart disease data to determine the best way to treat diabetic patients.

November 7, 2007 - The application of clinical practice modifications combined with advanced electronic technologies can improve the care of patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), according to poster data presented at Scientific Sessions 2007, the annual congress of the American Heart Association.

November 7, 2007 - Patients’ own stem cells injected into their hearts after treatment for an ST elevation heart attack improved their hearts’ improved pumping ability, researchers reported during a late-breaking special session on stem cell research at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007.

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