March 5, 2014 — Esaote has launched CrystaLine, a significant evolution of its ultrasound technology that delivers new levels of accuracy, quality, versatility and value. Esaote will showcase the new technology at the 2014 annual meeting of the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, March 6-10.

March 4, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out a Class 1 recall notice regarding various convenience kits containing Acme Monaco Guidewire .035x150 3 MMJ TCFC, item number 88241.

Agfa HealthCare teamed with Dell to integrate Agfa’s ICIS platform with Dell Drive Plus to offer medical image management within an Epic or other electronic health record (EHR). Highlighted in conjunction with the HIMSS 2014 annual conference, the collaboration is part of Agfa HealthCare’s and Dell’s focus to streamline customer workflows by providing easily integrated enhancements for the EHR, including seamless access to medical images within a patient’s electronic health record.

March 3, 2014 — Biotronik announced the release of its Passeo-18 Lux drug-releasing balloon (DRB) in all countries accepting CE mark, following recent approval.

March 3, 2014 — OrbusNeich announced that patient enrollment has initiated in Japan in the pivotal clinical trial of the Combo dual-therapy stent, employing a single Japan-U.S. protocol conducted as a global clinical trial “proof-of-concept” under the framework of the joint Japan-U.S. Harmonization-By-Doing [HBD] initiative.