Cardium Therapeutics and its operating unit, InnerCool Therapies, have released its new CoolBlue surface temperature modulation system for temperature modulation therapy in cardiac arrest patients.

July 17, 2007 – LDS Hospital will become certified to implant the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t), the first and still only FDA approved temporary total artificial heart in the world.
Cardiothoracic surgeon Stephen Clayson, M.D., and his heart transplant team from LDS Hospital in Utah, are at at University Medical Center in Tucson, receiving the first phase of certification training to implant the TAH-t. The remaining three phases of TAH-t certification training take place at the hospital being certified.

July 17, 2007 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced the implantation of its TAXUS Petal Bifurcation Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System (TAXUS Petal Stent) in a patient in New Zealand, marking the beginning of the TAXUS PETAL I First Human Use (FHU) Trial, evaluating the safety of a dedicated bifurcation paclitaxel-eluting stent platform for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

July 17, 2007 - Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) announced today that medical images can be viewed on Apple’s new iPhone.

July 17, 2007 - Medtronic Inc. announced launch of Reveal XT, an Insertable Cardiac Monitor that features long-term and continuous monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), in the European market as it recently received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark.

July 17, 2007 - Cordis Corp. announced the introduction in the European market of the Fire Star Rx (Rapid Exchange) PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) Dilatation Catheter, which, according to the manufacturer, provides the lowest pre-dilatation balloon profile in the market.

July 17, 2007 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today announced that it received regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and reimbursement approval for its first CRT-D systems to be marketed in Japan.

July 17, 2007 – Premier, a U.S. healthcare group purchasing organization, announced that it has extended its agreement with Medrad Inc. to provide vascular injection systems and related disposables used in CT, MR and cardiovascular (CV) imaging for an two additional years, in order to provide Premier’s 1,700 hospital members and more than 46,500 other healthcare sites with continued access through 2011 the line of vascular injection systems.

July 17, 2007 - TeachIVUS is a Web-based simulation teaching tool used by cardiovascular health professionals to provide ongoing education in this ever-changing field.

July 17, 2007 - Cordis Corp. announced the introduction in the European market of the Fire Star Rx (Rapid Exchange) PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) Dilatation Catheter, which, according to the manufacturer, provides the lowest pre-dilatation balloon profile in the market.

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