August 21, 2015 — CompView Medical announced the release of the NuCART, a turn-key, all-in-one mobile boom system with integrated visualization. The 7-foot-plus booms extend its displays into ergonomically comfortable viewing areas for medical information systems (MIS) requiring fluoro, picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), video, ultrasound and robotics.

August 21, 2015 — Loyola University Medical Center is the first and only hospital in Illinois to offer a new, noninvasive technology to test for coronary artery disease.

The technology employs noninvasive CT scans to calculate how much blood is flowing through diseased coronary arteries that have narrowed due to a buildup of plaque. The patient does not need to undergo an invasive angiogram that involves threading a catheter to the heart.

BioSig Technologies announced it has signed a sponsored research agreement with the regents of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct preclinical evaluation of BioSig's Pure EP System in a ventricular tachycardia (VT) model.

National Policy & Science Summit on Women's Cardiovascular Health

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease announced that it will host the first National Policy & Science Summit on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Oct. 26-27, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

Boston Scientific Corp. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Innova Vascular Self-Expanding Stent System, an advanced treatment option for patients with narrowing or blockages in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) or proximal popliteal artery (PPA).

Lombard Medical Inc. a medical device company focused on endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), announced the acquisition of Silicon Valley-based Altura Medical.

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