June 19, 2007 – Cardica Inc. and Cook Medical today announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop and commercialize a specialized device designed to close the patent foramen ovale (PFO), a relatively common heart defect present in approximately 15 to 20 percent of the general population, which targets patients at risk for stroke or systemic embolism.

June 18, 2007 — Kensey Nash Corporation today announced that it has completed a European Union (EU) study to assess the device success, safety and performance of the ThromCat Thrombectomy Catheter System during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

June 18, 2007 – BioServe today announced that it has been selected by Houston-based Specialized Clinical Center of Research (SCCOR) for a novel study aimed at identifying the genetic cause of thoracic aortic disease, in which the company will provide SCCOR researchers with access to unique sample sets from its Global Repository of over 600,000 human DNA, tissue and serum samples linked to detail

June 18, 2007 - Kardia Health Systems launched Echocardiography Information Management System (EIMS), a web-based workflow-management software for echocardiography labs, at the ASE Scientific Sessions in Seattle June 17.

June 18, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions Ultrasound Division is showcasing its comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment solutions on its ACUSON X300 ultrasound platform at the 18th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), in Seattle, with the purpose of testing patients’ vascular age.
The company’s syngo Arterial Health Package (AHP) for cardiovascular risk assessment provides semi-automated quantification tools for users that help to assess the cardiovascular risk potential of patients using the concept of “vascular age.”

June 15, 2007 — Heart attack patients receive lifesaving care up to an hour sooner after an Indiana hospital implements a novel protocol to rapidly activate their cardiac catheterization lab.

According to a report in the Journal of the American Heart Association, patients who arrived at the cardiac catheterization lab ("cath lab") sooner for artery-opening procedures had less heart damage and shorter hospital stay compared to the traditional protocol.

June 15, 2007 — Johnson & Johnson says U.S. regulators have ended almost three years of sanctions over manufacturing quality that limited the company's ability to sell drug-coated heart stents.

The FDA notified Cordis Corp., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, that it had lifted a warning letter that had been issued in 2004. The letter dealt with quality assurance at seven manufacturing plants.

Jun 15, 2007 - Hansen Medical, Inc. announced that it has shipped its first Sensei Robotic Catheter System, which received 510(k) clearance in May, and Artisan Control Catheters to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where physicians plan to use the device to assist in accessing hard-to-reach anatomy within heart chambers.

June 14, 2007 - GE’s Advantage Workstation (AW) introduces its latest advanced image visualization and analysis tool, AW VolumeShare 2, a platform that delivers 64 bit technology, designed to enable the Advantage Workstation to process large data sets for more accurate diagnosis using thin slice CT data.

The new hardware features two dual core processors to provide an increase in performance. Also, image storage capacity has been doubled.

June 14, 2007 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduced a new advanced software package, SURESubtraction, for Toshiba’s Aquilion CT line designed to reduce CT examination time for patients exhibiting symptoms of neurological disorders by automating and streamlining bone subtraction.

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