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July 16, 2012 — Cardiosolutions Inc., an early-stage company focused on the development of an innovative percutaneous system to treat patients with moderate to severe mitral valve regurgitation, today announced it has received a minority investment from Sorin Group. Sorin is a global medical device company and develops, manufactures, and markets medical technologies for cardiac surgery and for the treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders.

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July 16, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of Alere Triage products. Identified lots may have significantly decreased precision relative to the package insert, which could result in an increased frequency of false positive or false negative results.

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Feature | Partho P Sengupta, M.D., DM, FASE

Echocardiography is a natural application for telemedicine, as handheld ultrasound devices and cloud-based transmission solutions make it possible to perform a test at a remote location and have consultation, in real time, by an expert thousands of miles away. Telemedicine can eliminate the need for travel, reduce wait time for test results, and is cost effective.

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July 13, 2012 — GE Healthcare and VPDiagnostics Inc. jointly announced today their co-marketing agreement for the VPDiagnostics’ MRI-PlaqueView software for carotid artery atherosclerosis analysis.

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July 13, 2012 — Angioslide Ltd., a provider of embolic capture angioplasty solutions, today announced the successful deployment of a 3x100 mm Proteus device for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD) in below-the-knee (BTK) vasculature at Community Hospital in Munster, Ind.

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Feature | Radial Access

In the United States, radial artery catheterization is performed in the minority of diagnostic angiograms and cardiac stenting procedures despite the benefits it offers to patients in terms of reduced complications and faster mobility after the procedure. However, new data now suggests there might also be a cost savings. Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Washington Medical Center, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, indicates that radial access may also offer a significant cost savings benefit to hospitals. The findings are published online first in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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July 13, 2012 — Royal Philips Electronics announced that it has embarked on a five-year joint research and development (R&D) program with the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, the Vavilov State Optical Institute and the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute.

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An otherwise healthy pregnant woman who suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated, therapeutically cooled and then re-warmed, delivered a healthy, full-term baby 19 weeks later. Researchers published a unique case report online last week in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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July 12, 2012 — BioControl Medical has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin the second phase of INOVATE-HF (Increase Of Vagal Tone in Heart Failure), a global, multi-center, investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study of the company’s CardioFit system for heart failure.

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Feature | Marianne Pop, Pharm.D., BCPS

Over the past decade there have been several advancements in prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ration (INR) point-of-care testing (POCT) devices. This is usually performed at an outpatient Coumadin clinic or at the physician’s office, which can be inconvenient for patients, so there is a growing trend toward patient self-testing (PST) devices.

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July 12, 2012 — Terumo Interventional Systems, a strategic business unit of Terumo Medical Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Terumo Corporation, announced the completion of U.S. patient enrollment in the Occlusive/StenoticPeripheral Artery Revascularization Study (OSPREY) designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Misago self-expanding stent system.

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July 12, 2012 — Cardiac Science Corporation announced it will provide data from its Quinton Q-Tel Rehabilitation Management Systems to the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation's (AACVPR) Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry.

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July 11, 2012 — Ultrasonix Medical Corporation has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its SonixGPS technology for vascular access procedures.

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July 11, 2012 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., a developer, manufacturer and distributor of diagnostic imaging agents, announced the publication of results from the CaRES (Contrast Echocardiography Registry for Safety Surveillance) multicenter safety registry for its ultrasound imaging agent Definity Vial for (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension.

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July 11, 2012 — Biotronik, a manufacturer of innovative medical technology, announced that enrollment is now complete for the much anticipated SPIRIT-ICD study, with 503 patients from 37 sites in 11 countries worldwide registered.

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