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August 23, 2011 — PLC Systems Inc. said the final results from the REMEDIAL II investigator-sponsored clinical trial have been published online in Circulation, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. It will appear in the September 2011 issue of the publication. REMEDIAL II is an Italian trial of the company’s RenalGuard device.

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August 23, 2011 — nContact Inc. has received CE Mark approval for the EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation Device with VisiTrax for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF). The EPi-Sense features epicardial sensing electrodes designed to allow both electrophysiologists (EP) and cardiothoracic surgeons to map and navigate the epicardium and locate areas for linear epicardial ablation.

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August 23, 2011— UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, announced the sale of more than 10 of its wide beam reconstruction (WBR) software solutions to nuclear pharmaceutical supplier PCI for placement at customer medical facilities throughout Arizona. PCI is a member of United Pharmacy Partners Inc. (UPPI), a nuclear pharmacy network consortium that recently signed a multi-year distribution agreement for the leasing and/or non-exclusive sales of UltraSPECT’s cardiac and bone imaging applications in the United States.

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August 23, 2011 — Cardium Therapeutics received the final $1.1 million payment from Royal Philips Electronics in connection with Philips' acquisition of Innercool Therapies from Cardium. The purchase gives Philips Healthcare a therapeutic hypothermia product line for use in heart attack, sudden cardiac arrest and neuro trauma patients

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August 19, 2011 - Neovasc Inc. accomplished $4.7 million in financing to complete the COSIRA clinical trial for the Neovasc Reducer to treat refractory angina. The company will also advance the Tiara project to develop a transcatheter device to treat the mitral valve regurgitation.

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August 19, 2011 - Endologix Inc. said a ruling this week will likely aid its defense in a stent graft patent litigation case filed by Cook Medical.

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August 19, 2011 — NeoStem Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company, reported progress toward commencement of a Phase II clinical trial for AMR-001 for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. The stem cell product is from Amorcyte Inc., a NeoStem subsidiary.

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August 18, 2011 — The antiplatelet agent prasugrel (trade name Effient), in combination with aspirin, was associated with 26 percent relative risk reduction in cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke. The results were from a sub-analysis of patients from the TRITON-TIMI 38 study. This was compared to treatment with clopidogrel (trade name Plavix - 8.3 percent vs. 11 percent, respectively, p<0.0001). This corresponds to a 2.7 percent absolute risk reduction for patients treated with prasugrel.

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August 18, 2011 – At the 39th Annual AHRA Meeting and Exposition, Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced the commercial availability of Synapse Mobility, a zero-footprint application that enables access to Fujifilm's suite of Synapse products from hand-held mobile devices, as well as Macintosh- or Windows-based PCs. Using the Web browser of their choice, radiologists and referring physicians can now have on-the-go access to the images and information stored in Synapse PACS and Synapse RIS, increasing accessibility to patient information and improving workflow.

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August 18, 2011 - A new KLAS report, "Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) 2011-New Technologies in Focus," measures the innovative pairing of nuclear medicine scan technologies and reviews of the top three vendors in the market space: GE Healthcare, Philips and Siemens.

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August 17, 2011 – THA Group, a free standing in-home health company serving coastal Georgia and South Carolina, announced that it will be partnering with Cardiocom to expand its chronic telehealth program providing advanced home telehealth technology to patients with chronic conditions. Cardiocom is a developer, manufacturer and clinical service provider of telehealth solutions.

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August 17, 2011 – Veterinarians at the Phoenix Zoo welcomed the help of the associate chief of cardiovascular surgery at St. Joseph's Heart and Lung Institute of Phoenix, Brian deGuzman, M.D., to perform a delicate surgery on the oldest mandrill in the United States.

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August 17, 2011 – At the 2011 American Hospital Radiology Administrators conference (AHRA), Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced its entry into the portable ultrasound market with the commercial availability of the Fazone CB. Designed to meet the needs of the point-of-care and mobile healthcare environments, the Fazone CB is a compact and lightweight unit that produces high-quality images quickly and easily for on-the-go clinicians.

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August 17, 2011 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced the election of James K. Min, M.D., FSCCT, as its new president and John R. Lesser, M.D., FSCCT, as president-elect of the organization. Jeffrey J. Carr, M.D., FSCCT, is the vice president and Ricardo C. Cury, M.D. is joining the executive committee as treasurer. The announcement was made official at the sixth annual scientific meeting, recently held in Denver, Colo.

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August 17, 2011 — A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered how a gene known as SIRT3 contributes to a suite of health problems, offering new insight into how to combat these potentially fatal conditions.

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