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May 24, 2011 — Aptus Endosystems Inc., a medical device company developing advanced technology for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), announced CE mark approval for the Aptus EndoStapling System. The innovative helical staple technology enables independent endograft fixation, and is designed to mimic the hand suturing performed during open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Aortic aneurysms are an enlarged and weakened section of the aorta, which can be lethal if left untreated. Each year, an estimated 100,000 people in Europe and about 200,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with this condition. In EVAR, an alternative to open surgical repair, a metal and fabric endograft is implanted using a catheter-based delivery system to isolate blood flow away from the aneurysm to prevent potential rupture and death.

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May 23, 2011 — Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of product platforms combining state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals, announced that it has received CE Mark for its DESyne Drug Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

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May 24, 2011 – Tryton Medical Inc. announced positive results in three “real world” European registries of the company’s Tryton Side Branch Stent System for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in the side branch at the site of a bifurcation.

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May 23, 2011– A pooled analysis of the global Resolute clinical program presented today during a late-breaking clinical trials session at EuroPCR demonstrated the strong safety record of the Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic Inc., across a wide variety of patient and lesion types.

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May 23, 2011 – An analysis of the benefits to using a fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided intervention strategy found that the technology can improve patient outcomes while saving significant amounts of money. Full results for the U.K., France and Italy and preliminary results in Switzerland and Belgium were announced at a late breaking trial session last week at EuroPCR.

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May 23, 2011 - One-year results from the 278-patient multi-center, prospective, single-arm study conducted at 16 sites in Europe and Israel were presented today at the EuroPCR 2011 Congress in Paris. These results reinforce the outcomes observed with the "Next Generation" Presillon Plus (PioNIR) cobalt chromium bare metal stent systems at 9-month followup, which was the primary endpoint of the PioNIR study.

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May 23, 2011 - OrbusNeich announced that data from multiple clinical trials supporting the safety and efficacy of the Genous Stent in cases where prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is not advisable were featured today during the HEALING Symposium titled "How to assess and treat patients who are not suitable candidates for prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy" at EuroPCR 2011 in Paris.

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May 23, 2011 - A presentation about transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at EuroPCR 2011 confirmed positive outcomes in patients receiving the CoreValve System from Medtronic Inc., across seven international clinical registries. The meta-analysis, undertaken by several leading international interventional cardiologists and presented during a late-breaking trial Hot Line session, summarized European data from 2,156 patients treated with the CoreValve System for severe aortic stenosis.

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May 23, 2011 - Doctors in Germany are among the first to treat ischemic stroke patients outside the United States with the Revive SE, a new self-expanding blood clot retrieval and removal device designed to remove blood clots and restore blood flow to the brain in patients having a stroke.

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May 23, 2011 -- Boston Scientific Corporation announced results from a clinical study evaluating the use of its Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device in patients with atrial fibrillation who have a contraindication to oral anticoagulants such as warfarin. Data were presented at the annual EuroPCR Scientific Program in Paris by Martin Bergmann, M.D., Department of Cardiology at the Asklepios Klinik St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany, and principal Iinvestigator of the study.

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May 20, 2011 -- Medrad Inc., a business of Bayer HealthCare, has announced the launch of the next generation Intego PET Infusion System, which features a new design that is 38 percent smaller, power-driven and includes enhancements to technologist workflow. The new Intego will be on display at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM).

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May 20, 2011 - Boston Scientific Corporation today announced 12-month results from its PLATINUM Small Vessel study, demonstrating excellent safety and effectiveness outcomes for the 2.25mm Promus Element Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Stent System in treating small vessel coronary disease. The study is a global, prospective, single-arm, subtrial of the PLATINUM clinical program. It compares the Promus Element Stent (2.25mm) in 94 patients with small vessels (greater than or equal to 2.25 to less than 2.50 mm reference vessel diameter and less than or equal to 28mm lesion length) to a pre-specified performance goal based on results from patients treated with the Taxus Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent.

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May 20, 2011 - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced that clinicians continued to achieve successful one-year outcomes in high-risk or inoperable patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement during the first two years of commercialization of the Edwards Sapien valve. Data on the more than 2,300 patients enrolled in the post-market European SOURCE Registry since November 2007 were presented in a late-breaking clinical trial session today at EuroPCR 2011.

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May 20, 2011 – e-BioMatrix post-marketing surveillance (PMS) registry information presented at EuroPCR 2011 has confirmed that BioMatrix, Biosensors’ Biolimus A9-eluting stent system with abluminal bioresorbable polymer, is safe over a 12-month period in a “real-world” patient population.

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Stem Cells might be used to restore heart function by replacing the dead heart muscle following myocardial infarctions.
Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | Dave Fornell

For years researchers have experimented with stem cells in attempts to regrow myocardium in patients who suffer permanent tissue damage from myocardial infarction. A handful of companies are pushing forward with clinical trials of their technologies in an effort to show this futuristic concept has promise.

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