Cardiovascular Device Update articles from January 2005

Cardiovascular Device Update archives from January 2005

Advances in diagnostics, imaging technologies for cardio disease.
January 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS -- Early identification of individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, has become increasingly important within the past decade as advances in therapy,...

Angioplasty/stenting, keyhole bypass are combined in a 'first'.(AHA 2004)
January 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS -- Cream and sugar, Martin and Lewis, coughs and colds are well-known pairings. An innovative combination--coronary stenting teamed with additional partners--was reported on in a poster session during November's annual scientific...

CorCap reshapes the failing heart as more energetic 'football'.
January 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS -- Roughly speaking, the healthy heart is shaped something like a football. Beset by congestive heart failure, the heart begins to dilate, expanding and reshaping to take on a spherical "basketball" look, according to Douglas Mann,...

Bristol-Myers Imaging, Thermocore collaborate.(Report from Europe)
January 1, 2005... Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging (North Billerica, Massachusetts) and Thermocore Medical Ltd. (Guildford, UK) reported in late November that they have entered into a global development and commercialization agreement for Thermocore's...

'High-risk' categories reimbursed.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) said in late-November that the French government has added new categories of "high-risk" patients to the reimbursement approval criteria for the company's Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary...

Medtronic sees DES okay in near term.(Report from Europe)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Medtronic Vascular (Santa Rosa, California) said in late-November that it has filed the last of its paperwork seeking CE marking of its Endeavor drug-eluting stent (DES). It added that it had been informed by European regulators that its...

SynX gets European patent for stroke test.(Report from Europe)
January 1, 2005... Nanogen (San Diego) said its SynX (Toronto) subsidiary has been issued European Patent No. 1155325, "Method for Diagnosing and Distinguishing Stroke," by the European Patent Office. The patent relates to a diagnostic kit and method of...

CardioTech International (Wilmington, Massachusetts) reported the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire CarTika Medical (Plymouth, Minnesota) a private medical device contract manufacturer, for an undisclosed purchase price.(Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... CardioTech International (Wilmington, Massachusetts) reported the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire CarTika Medical (Plymouth, Minnesota) a private medical device contract manufacturer, for an undisclosed purchase price. CardioTech...

Merge Technologies (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), doing businesses as Merge eFilm, a global healthcare software and services company, and AccuImage Diagnostics (South San Francisco, California).(Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Merge Technologies (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), doing businesses as Merge eFilm, a global healthcare software and services company, and AccuImage Diagnostics (South San Francisco, California), a developer of software for advanced visualization,...

Merit Medical Systems (South Jordan, Utah), a manufacturer of disposable products used primarily in cardiology and radiology procedures, said it has signed an asset purchase agreement with privately held MedSource Packaging Concepts (Richmond, Virginia), a custom packager that serves the needs of hospitals and other healthcare providers.(Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Merit Medical Systems (South Jordan, Utah), a manufacturer of disposable products used primarily in cardiology and radiology procedures, said it has signed an asset purchase agreement with privately held MedSource Packaging Concepts (Richmond,...

Real-Time Radiography (RTR; Pleasanton, California) has completed its merger with Exxim Computing (also Pleasanton).(Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Real-Time Radiography (RTR; Pleasanton, California) has completed its merger with Exxim Computing (also Pleasanton). The combined company will continue to conduct a portion of its research and development activities in Israel. The surviving...

W. L. Gore & Associates (Flagstaff, Arizona) said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of ArteriA Medical Science (San Francisco), a privately held manufacturer of the Parodi Anti-Emboli System (PAES and PAES II) and other related devices.(Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... W. L. Gore & Associates (Flagstaff, Arizona) said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of ArteriA Medical Science (San Francisco), a privately held manufacturer of the Parodi Anti-Emboli System (PAES and PAES II) and other related...

Judge sets settlement talks in stent dispute.(Business Developments)
January 1, 2005... A federal court last month laid the groundwork for a trial concerning claims by Medinol (Tel Aviv, Israel) that its former partner, Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts), secretly established a factory in Ireland to manufacture Medinol...

CABG Medical, Conor in late-2004 IPOs.(Business Developments)
January 1, 2005... CABG Medical (Minneapolis), a cardiovascular technology firm focused on the treatment of coronary heart disease via improvements to conventional heart bypass surgery, last month raised net $27.8 million through an initial public offering (IPO)...

MedicalCV exits mechanical valve sector.(Business Developments)
January 1, 2005... MedicalCV (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota) has exited the mechanical heart valve and pyrolytic carbon businesses, confirming a pathway that it had hinted at earlier in 2004. Best known for its Omnicarbon 3000 and 4000 heart valves, the company...

Hemosol drops Hemolink effort.(Business Developments)
January 1, 2005... Hemosol (Toronto) in mid-December reported that it is dropping further clinical development of its oxygen therapeutic product, Hemolink, and that it will instead put its "efforts and resources" into development of three therapeutic protein...

Bioheart tech key to muscle cell therapy.(Business Developments)
January 1, 2005... The American Cardiovascular Research Institute (ACRI), in conjunction with St. Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta), last month reported becoming the first center in the Southeastern U.S. to perform a new procedure for the treatment of chronic heart...

Cardiac Science (Irvine, California) said it has expanded its multi-year strategic distribution agreement with GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) under which GE will begin marketing Cardiac Science's line of Powerheart-branded automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and fully-automatic in-hospital defibrillator-monitors (CRMs) to hospitals in the U.S. and Canada.(Agreements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Cardiac Science (Irvine, California) said it has expanded its multi-year strategic distribution agreement with GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) under which GE will begin marketing Cardiac Science's line of Powerheart-branded automated...

Conor Medsystems (Menlo Park, California) entered into an international distribution agreement with St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) for Conor Medsystems' Costar cobalt chromium paclitaxel drug- eluting stent for the treatment of restenosis.(Agreements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Conor Medsystems (Menlo Park, California) entered into an international distribution agreement with St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) for Conor Medsystems' Costar cobalt chromium paclitaxel drug- eluting stent for the treatment of...

VHA.(Agreements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... GE Healthcare has signed a three-year agreement with VHA (Irving, Texas) a cooperative that serves more than 2,200 healthcare organizations nationwide. GE has been selected as one of VHA's suppliers for clinical information systems. The...

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies (Mentor, Ohio), a distributor of medical imaging systems, equipment, radiographic consumable supplies, and service to healthcare providers.(Agreements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... SourceOne Healthcare Technologies (Mentor, Ohio), a distributor of medical imaging systems, equipment, radiographic consumable supplies, and service to healthcare providers, and CompuMed (Manhattan Beach, California), a developer of...

Leon sees DES tech fueling trial 'explosion'.(Market Updates)(Drug-eluting stent)
January 1, 2005... The past three to four years have been marked by stent frenzy. The frenzy has passed. Now comes stent "mania." That is clearly the future prospect for drug-eluting stent (DES) technology and the resultant proliferation of research in this...

US-aided therapy improves effect of tPA.(Market Updates)(Tissue plasminogen activator)
January 1, 2005... According to a study released by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, Maryland), using ultrasound (US) in combination with the drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)...

NIH puts early stop to stroke study.(Market Updates)
January 1, 2005... The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the NIH last month put an early stop to a clinical trial studying whether children with sickle cell anemia at high risk for stroke could at some point after a minimum of 30 months (range...

Catheter and Disposables Technology.(Personnel File)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Jill Knudson has been promoted from director of engineering and operations to general manager of Catheter and Disposables Technology, a subsidiary of CardioTech International (both Wilmington, Massachusetts). She replaces Liann Johnson, who is...

Gentiae Clinical Research.(Personnel File)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Rick Gallisa has been named vice president, sales and marketing, at Gentiae Clinical Research (San Francisco), a provider of centralized cardiac safety monitoring, analysis and global logistical services. He most recently was managing director...

MedCath.(Personnel File)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... MedCath (Charlotte, North Carolina) promoted two of its top executives. Charles Slaton, who had been executive vice president, was named president and retains his post as chief operating officer. He joined MedCath in October 2003. Thomas Hearn...

Spectranetics.(Personnel File)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Mel Backlin has joined Spectranetics (Colorado Springs, Colorado) as director of sales. Backlin most recently was with Possis Medical, serving as Western regional sales manager since 1997. Spectranetics develops single-use medical devices used...

InSync Sentry system a monitoring advance.(Product Pipeline)
January 1, 2005... Until now, the primary system for monitoring fluid buildup, frequently termed "overload," has been extremely simple and less than low-tech--the simple bathroom scale to measure weight gain. Now, Medtronic (Minneapolis) claims a large and...