July 9, 2007 - Medtronic Inc. announced the commercial launch of its latest cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator, the Concerto CRT-D, and its latest implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, the Virtuoso ICD, which are the first of their kind in the Japanese market.
The CRT-D devices are equipped with the functions of an ICD, while also providing cardiac resychronization therapy for patients suffering from heart failure. The Concerto and Virtuoso are the first devices in Japan with wireless functionality, designed to reduce follow-up and procedure times.

July 6, 2007 - CardioTech International Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Gish Biomedical Inc. subsidiary in a stock transaction to Medos Medizintechnik AG (Medos) for nearly $7.5 million in a move that will allow CardioTech to invest the proceeds in its growth initiatives.

July 5, 2007 – Covidien Ltd., formerly known as Tyco Healthcare, recently spun off from Tyco International, began trading on July 2 at the New York and Bermuda Stock Exchanges, marking its debut as an independent diversified healthcare products company.

July 5, 2007 – The FDA has cleared Spectranetics Corp. to market its TURBO-Booster product for the treatment of arterial stenoses and occlusions in the leg, a peripheral laser catheter that functions as a guiding catheter facilitating directed ablation of blockages in the main arteries at or above the knee.

July 3, 2007 - Vascular Solutions Inc. announced that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for the Gopher support catheter, a catheter designed to assist in the passage of interventional devices through arterial lesions by utilizing a rotational force.
The Gopher catheter is designed designed to meet specific needs of physicians performing interventional percutaneous procedures in coronary and peripheral arteries, such as facilitating the passing of an angioplasty balloon in challenging coronary interventions.