December 28, 2015 — Toshiba announced Dec. 21 it is considering selling off its healthcare division as part of its restructuring plans in the aftermath of its falsified financial reporting scandal from earlier this year. 

In February 2015, Toshiba revealed it had manipulated its financial figures for the past seven years to improve the image of its bottom line following the global economic downturn starting in 2008. In September Toshiba submitted amended financial reports from 2015 back to April 2009 to correct the misinformation on the previous reports. 

December 28, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Boston Scientific has started a Class I recall of its Chariot Guiding Sheath after receiving 14 complaints of the shaft of the device separating. This can cause small pieces to break off the device and enter the patient’s bloodstream. 

Leading cardiologist Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., has developed a free mobile application called “Circle of Health” to empower individuals around the globe to take action to comprehensively assess and enhance their daily overall heart health.

Patients who have had a stroke in the back of the brain are at greater risk of having another within two years if blood flow to the region is diminished, according to results of a multicenter study led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).


Statins are lifesaving medications — they have been shown to greatly reduce heart attack and other related events by more than 30 percent — yet patient compliance is a significant problem.[1] Studies estimate that up to 50 percent of patients with cardiovascular disease stop taking their statin medications as directed.[2]  Many do so because they experience statin induced myopathy, the onset of muscle aches, spasms and pain associated with statin therapy.

Trinity Biotech plc announced submission of its Meritas Point of Care Analyzer and Meritas cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) point-of-care assay for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance.

December 22, 2015 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Zoll LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Models 3000, 3100, and 4000, for the additional indication treating pediatric patients 

December 22, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched a new Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/ACC Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) In-Hospital Mortality Risk App and an extensively overhauled the ACC AnticoagEvaluator App, bolstering its expansive Clinical App Collection. With these new and improved apps, the ACC continues to diversify the clinical content and decision support it offers clinicians in the mobile space.

At the 101st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Siemens displayed new offerings for teamplay, a cloud-based network that helps link hospitals and healthcare experts, enabling them to exchange data and pool their knowledge.

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