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October 18, 2007 - Abbott announced that trial results for ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial evaluating the safety and performance of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent platform for the treatment of coronary artery disease, are positive.

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October 18, 2007 - Possis Medical Inc. featured the newest and the most important advancements in its "Complete Solution for Thrombus" at TCT 2007, including the AngioJet Ultra Thrombectomy System, AngioJet Spiroflex and Spiroflex VG catheters and its Fetch Aspiration Catheter.

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October 18, 2007 - Vascular Solution Inc. spotlights its Guardian hemostasis valve and Gopher Support Catheter at TCT ...

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October 18, 2007 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced it will restructure or sell several business units to reduce operating expenses by 13 percent in 2008 in a move designed to enhance short- and long-term shareholder value.

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October 18, 2007 - This year at TCT ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company and leading provider of enterprise-level ...

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During the last several decades, the prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococus Aureus (MRSA) and other ...

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The FDA gave ZOLL Medical Corp., a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, clearance to market and sell the ZOLL AED Pro with See-Thru CPR technology, which is designed to help minimize interruptions in CPR. ZOLL aims to comply with a key recommendation of the American Heart Association’s Guidelines for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

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October 17, 2007 — The first trial to test whether medicated, drug-eluting (dispensing), stents can benefit patients who ...

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Building on the foundation of GE Healthcare’s CT platform, the LightSpeed VCT XT is reportedly capable of capturing ...

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October 17, 2007 – Siemens Medical Solutions today announced that it recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for a 1.5 ...

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The KODAK DIRECTVIEW Classic and Elite Computed Radiography Systems are compact, floor standing, single-cassette CR ...

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October 17, 2007 - Compared to bare metal stents, in patients with acute myocardial infarction, sirolimus-eluting stent ...

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Siemens Medical Solutions received FDA 510(k) clearance for a 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that is reportedly more affordable, allowing providers to upgrade from low-field MRI systems or to add an MRI system for the first time.

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October 17, 2007 — Patients with heart disease who undergo coronary angioplasty have an equivalent risk of death and heart attack as patients who undergo coronary bypass surgery, according to Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.

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The Philips Step and Shoot Cardiac solution has reportedly been shown to save up to 80 percent of the dose in a cardiac exam. As the newest cardiac imaging innovation for the Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner, it provides high quality CT images at low radiation dose. An axial prospective ECG-gated acquisition technique reportedly achieves full heart coverage within a short breath-hold.

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