September 25, 2007 - The Sorin Group, a European cardiovascular company, announced today that it has received FDA clearance for marketing its MEMO 3D Semirigid Annuloplasty Ring in the U.S., targeting patients receiving mitral valve repair as therapy for mitral valve disease.

Annuloplasty rings are indicated for repair of the mitral valve and are designed to remodel the anatomical shape of the mitral annulus, preventing further dilatation and minimizing the risk of late repair failures.

September 24, 2007 - Stentys announced that its drug-eluting bifurcated stent for treatment of blocked coronary artery bifurcations was implanted in a patient, marking the first human implantation of the stent.

The implant was completed in reportedly routine interventional time, and the patient was released from the ICU within hours of the implantation of the Stentys bifurcated stent and was discharged from the hospital shortly after the procedure.

September 21, 2007-The CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent reduced by more than half the rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) compared to the Taxus Stent in small coronary vessels, according to data appearing this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

September 20, 2007 - Cook Medical and Cardica Inc. announced that they have expanded their original agreement regarding the development of vascular closure devices, in which Cook Medical will pay Cardica up to $750,000 for the development of an additional product for the closure device product line.

September 19, 2007 - MedicalCV Inc. announced that the first closed-chest, beating heart cardiac ablation using the SOLAR Surgical Ablation System was performed, marking a growing trend in minimally invasive surgical ablation.