February 9, 2012 — DSM announced a successful collaboration with medical manufacturer EPflex Feinwerktechnik GmbH to launch a new set of guidewires with ComfortCoat hydrophilic coating, a proprietary DSM technology.

A 3-D view does more than make for exciting movies in a theater; it can also improve the care of animals. The Chicago Zoological Society’s (CZS) Brookfield Zoo is the first North American zoo to use revolutionary 3-D imaging technology with on-site digital radiology and computed tomography (CT) equipment in its state-of-the-art animal hospital. The new technology allows the Society’s veterinarians to enhance two-dimensional CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds with 3-D models that will enable them to better treat zoo animals.

February 6, 2012 — A medical technology company commercializing the world's first and only self-apposing stent to treat acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced today that the APPOSITION III clinical study successfully enrolled 1,000 patients suffering from a severe heart attack and that the final results of the examination 30 days after treatment will be presented during the upcoming EuroPCR international cardiology congress.

February 6, 2012 — GE Healthcare recently announced a long-term agreement with Biosense Webster Inc. in which the companies will co-distribute their leading electrophysiology (EP) systems.

February 3, 2012 — Colibri Heart Valve received an notification it received patents for a new transcatheter heart valve from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

February 2, 2012 — Abiomed Inc. announced that initial clinical data from the safety study for Symphony was presented by Renzo Cecere, M.D., FRCSC, FACS, associate professor of surgery at McGill University, during the late-breaking clinical trials session at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 2012 meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

February 2, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and representatives from the medical device industry have reached an agreement in principle on proposed recommendations for the third reauthorization of a medical device user fee program.

February 2, 2011 – Biotronik has successfully completed its final interoperability testing process for Biotronik Home Monitoring, an Internet-based system for patient and implantable cardiac device information.