April 16, 2007 — LegalView.com has added a database of up-to-date information about FDA-approved drugs, which includes practice areas on unsafe drugs, recall information for medications such as Zelnorm, Procrit and Pergolide, and informative articles and blogs on medical devices like the Composix hernia mesh patch and Guidant defibrillators.

Agfa HealthCare announces today it has successfully completed the release and implementation of the HeartStation ECG Management system at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center (Brockton, MA, USA). HeartStation ECG Management system is a comprehensive data management solution that automates the processing and storage of electrocardiograms (ECGs). HeartStation provides the hospital’s physicians, technicians, and clinical staff with timely access to secure ECG exams and reports from any point on the enterprise network.

April 13, 2007 — Cytokinetics Inc. announced yesterday the initiation of Phase II clinical trials program evaluating CK-1827452, a novel cardiac myosin activator for the potential treatment of patients with either acutely decompensated or chronic heart failure.

April 13, 2007 — Research from Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University, Dr. Alice Lichtenstein of Tufts University, and the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan confirms findings of the FDA health claim for soy protein and heart disease. Soy protein was shown to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood from 3-14 percent, depending on the starting point for blood cholesterol and the current diet and drug routine of individuals.

April 13, 2007 — Vascular Solutions Inc. announced yesterday that it has completed the U.S. conversion to its groundbreaking new Vari-Lase Bright Tip laser fiber technology for performing endovenous laser therapy.

April 12, 2007 — Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have invented a new imaging technology that may hold the key to not only stopping heart attacks in their tracks but also preventing them from occurring, ANI reported.

April 12, 2007 — Medtronic Inc. has announced the formation of Medtronic CardioVascular, a new, global business combining Medtronic's existing Vascular and Cardiac Surgery businesses.


In the old days of pediatric intensive care at Children's Medical Center of Dayton, parents could be found in the wee hours of the night curled up on two chairs pushed together in order to be close to their critically ill child.

The sheer number of devices involved in the care of critically ill patients can be staggering and includes ventilators, multiple infusion devices, physiologic monitors, point-of-care testing devices, intermittent compression devices, hypo/hyperthermia units and equipment used for management of clinical information — to mention a few.

Only a marketing director for stretchers could draw a parallel between a nurse and an auto mechanic.
“Have you ever watched somebody push a stretcher?” asked Don Payerle from Stryker Medical. “They lean into it — kind of like getting an old Chevy going. Once it rolls, it's not nearly as hard to keep going, but the first steps are where they really have to put their backs into it.”
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