October 3, 2007 - Crux Biomedical Inc., a medical device firm, announced it recently completed the first implant in the United States of the Crux IVC Filter, as part of its strategy to deliver an inferior vena cava filter (IVC) that better meets physicians’ needs.

October 3, 2007 - Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center announced that they have developed a technique to use coronary CTA in asymptomatic patients at just only 1/10th of the radiation dose.

The center’s ‘Mini-dose CCTA’ uses x-rays produced during only 1/10th of the cardiac cycle and results in 1/10th of the radiation of a full coronary CT angiogram. The cost is often less than the standard coronary CTA, because it is simpler, quicker and less complex to interpret.

October 2, 2007 – Cardiac Science Corp., a provider of advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, announced today the launch of the Quinton Q-Tel RMS 3.0, which reportedly enhances the Quinton line of cardiac rehabilitation systems to offer connectivity between the rehab department and the hospital’s HIS and EMR system.

October 2, 2007 - 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.

October 2, 2007 - TherOx Inc., a privately held medical device company, will announce at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference in Washington D.C. on October 23, the results from its pivotal trial, AMIHOT II (Acute Myocardial Infarction with Hyperoxemic Oxygen Therapy), designed to introduce a new therapy developed by THEROX called SuperOxygenation Therapy.

October 2, 2007 - Abbott said the FDA has granted waived status under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) for its hand-held i-STAT CHEM8 test cartridge, making it more widely available for use beyond the hospital setting.

October 2, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions launched the world's smallest and first pocket ultrasound system, the ACUSON P10, which is a little larger than a common PDA.
The device weighs 1.6 pounds, and fits easily into a lab coat pocket, the company says. It is intended for complementary initial diagnostic care and triage, particularly in cardiology, emergency care and obstetrics.

October 2, 2007 - Boston Scientific Corp. announced that the Apex Monorail and Over-The-Wire (OTW) PTCA dilatation catheters have received CE Mark approval, signaling the entry in the European market of a new offering designed to improve the management of patients with coronary atherosclerosis undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Both Monorail and OTW catheters are available in two designs to provide European physicians with further options for managing patients with complex atherosclerosis.

October 1, 2007 – GE revealed its works-in-progress hand-held ultrasound prototype at GE Media Day held October 1 at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY, which researchers hope will be used as prevalently as a stethoscope and, may one day replace it.

GE announced that is on the verge of introducing an ultrasound system that doctors will be able to hold in the palm of their hand. The migration to smaller applications has been made possible by increased computation, higher power efficiency and electronic miniaturization.

October 1, 2007 – GE Global Research, the General Electric Company’s centralized research and development organization, and GE Healthcare today announced a three-year collaborative research agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to discover and develop advanced in vitro diagnostic assays that may predict cancer treatment response to targeted therapies.

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