April 24, 2007 — Abiomed Inc. has announced completion of the enrollment of 20 patients in its pilot clinical trial of the Impella 2.5 Circulatory Support System. The trial will be completed after the company has concluded all necessary post-enrollment patient monitoring.

April 23, 2007 — CardioNet Inc., a provider of wireless mobile cardiac outpatient monitoring solutions, in partnership with Cardiac Telecom, a cardiac outpatient telemetry monitoring company, has announced today the formation of the Arrhythmia Detection and Alarm Consortium (ADAAC).

April 23, 2007 — The FDA’s Medical Device Dispute Resolution Panel decided late last week to recommend against approval of Cardima’s REVELATION Tx Microcatheter System, a device designed to treat atrial fibrillation. In a written release Friday, the company said the panel had commented favorably on the need for this type of device but believed that efficacy data was not sufficiently clear and supportive for approval.

April 20, 2007 — Leading local health organizations in the State of Nevada partnered today along with Cardiac Science Corp., makers of advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, to announce the formation of Nevada Project Heartbeat, the first statewide Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program in the U.S.

April 20, 2007 — Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, have created a robotic device that can be inserted onto a heart using minimally invasive surgery to deliver medical treatment. Resembling a robotic caterpillar, the 20-millimeter-long HeartLander can crawl across the surface of a beating heart, delivering drugs or attaching medical devices.