Cardiovascular Device Update articles from July 2006

Cardiovascular Device Update archives from July 2006

Expanding role for vascular intervention is seen in Europe.
July 1, 2006... Expanding role for vascular intervention is seen in Europe By MICHAEL SIMONSEN, PhD CDU Contributing Editor PARIS -- The European market for devices used in vascular diagnosis and intervention is the second-largest worldwide after...

Risk analysis role in ICD implantation decision is debated.(implantable cardiac defribrillator)
July 1, 2006... Risk analysis role in ICD implantation decision is debated By MARK McCARTY CDU Washington Editor BOSTON -- The FDA said in a September 2005 report on implantable cardiac defribrillator (ICD) and pacemaker malfunctions that the...

International report.(new devices for treatment)
July 1, 2006... International report St. Jude cleared to sell EnSite system in Japan A CDU Staff Report St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) said it has received regulatory and reimbursement approvals from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor...

Acquisitions.(Integrated Medical Solutions)(NorthWest Children's Heart Care)
July 1, 2006... Acquisitions * The Bracco Group (Milan, Italy) and Integrated Medical Solutions (Alexandria, Virginia) reported the formation of a new company, Integrated Cardiac Solutions (ICS), focused, the companies said, on providing services that...

Business Developments.(new devices for treatment)(external counterpulsation )
July 1, 2006... Business Developments Aggressive warning wasn't sent by Guidant With its multibillion-dollar purchase of Guidant (Indianapolis) earlier this spring, Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) fully realized that it was taking on a heavy...

Agreements.
July 1, 2006... Agreements * Arrhythmia Research Technology (ART; Fitchburg, Massachusetts) reported entering into a research agreement with the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) to participate in a National Institutes for Health-funded...

Market Updates.
July 1, 2006... Market Updates Atherosclerosis study called 'revolutionary' Using positron emission tomography (PET), the medical isotope 15O-water and cold pressor tests, Japanese researchers reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's (SNM;...

Personnel File.(appointments of medical equipment industry)
July 1, 2006... Personnel File * Cardiogenesis (Foothills Ranch, California), a developer of surgical products and accessories used in angina-relieving procedures, named William Ab-bott senior vice president, CFO, secretary and treasurer. Abbott is a...

Product Pipeline.
July 1, 2006... Product Pipeline Implant-free migraine tech is eyed by Cierra While much of the focus thus far in evaluating the connection between refractory migraines and patent foramen ovales (PFOs) has been concentrated on a few companies --...