August 8, 2017 — Radical changes to our healthcare system accounting for the unique needs of women, including minority populations, are needed to ensure women receive the same high-quality care as men, according to a review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

AUM Cardiovascular announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for CADence, a non-invasive acoustic and electrocardiogram (ECG) device designed to help physicians detect physiological and pathological heart murmurs.

Virtual Phantoms Inc. announced the release of VirtualDoseIR, a tool for assessing organ dose from interventional radiology (IR) procedures. Like its VirtualDose CT product for computed tomography, VirtualDoseIR combines a family of anatomically realistic human phantoms, advanced Monte Carlo simulations, and an easy-to-use web interface to provide realistic calculations of dose to a diverse patient population.

Xavier University has launched the Xavier Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI), a pioneering effort to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence to improve healthcare. The Center’s first major initiative will be the AI Summit on Aug. 24-25 on Xavier’s campus in Cincinnati. Xavier will lead representatives from the medical device and pharmaceutical industries and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to further develop artificial intelligence to promote and protect patient health.

CardioFocus Inc. announced that its HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System is being featured in three new major clinical studies currently underway. Collectively, up to 1,000 AF patients will be enrolled in these studies.

In petri dishes in her campus laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Alice Lee is developing colonies of cardiac cells, formed into chambers, that pump and contract like a human heart. Derived from stem cells, these primitive organs will help her achieve a research milestone: to observe in microscopic, real-time detail how the heart repairs itself after injury.

To better prepare its ultrasound students to compete and thrive in the evolving healthcare environment, Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) partnered with Mindray North America to update department and education capabilities with 25 new Mindray DC-8 Exp high-performance ultrasound systems.

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