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.

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.

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 1, 2007 - Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Siemens K.K. Japan have agreed to change the ownership interest both companies hold in their joint venture Mochida Siemens Medical Systems Co. Ltd., due to the fact that the collaboration has steadily expanded its business in the diagnostic ultrasound market in Japan, especially in the obstetrics and gynecology market where it holds a significant market share.

October 1, 2007 - Cardiatis SA announced today that physicians performed the first reportedly successful treatment of a popliteal aneurysm patient with the Cardiatis FluidSmart 3D Multilayer Braided Stent, an investigational device in the European Union, which is a next generation technology for endovascular aneurysm repair.

October 1, 2007 - BioMerieux, a developer of in vitro diagnostics, announced the launch of VIDAS NT-proBNP, a CE-approved test that helps the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure, developed by the company following a licensing agreement signed with Roche Diagnostics.

October 1, 2007 - CardioDynamics announced it has received market clearance from the FDA for new ICG clinical parameters and electronic medical record (EMR) interface capability for its BioZ Dx System, which the company hopes will contribute to earlier and more cost-effective evaluation of heart failure.

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