June 3, 2011 – At the Society of Imaging Informatics Management (SIIM) meeting, Novarad introduced NovaCardio, a fully integrated cardiac picture archiving and communications system (CPACS) image and information management system. It offers fast and efficient clinical workflow, powerful features and is accessible anywhere viewing and reporting.

June 3, 2011 -- Maquet Cardiovascular announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its CardioRoot aortic graft in the United States. A one-piece design, aortic root graft, CardioRoot will be used by vascular and cardiovascular surgeons to surgically repair or replace diseased and damaged aortae. CardioRoot is now commercially available in the United States.

May 31, 2011 – Boston Scientific Corp. announced it is voluntarily recalling all of its iCross intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) coronary imaging catheters. The company said there have been several occurrences of the catheter tip detaching due to embrittlement of the catheter material.

May 26, 2011 – Cinterion, a cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules company, and TZ Medical, a manufacturer of critical-care medical products, announced Aera-CT, a lightweight and cost effective mHealth heart arrhythmia monitoring device (a Holter monitor). Equipped with the Cinterion MC75i module, the Aera-CT is expected to be commercially available in North America in Q3, 2011, followed by rolling launches throughout the world.

May 25, 2011 – Boston Scientific Corp. today announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its 2.25 mm Promus everolimus-eluting coronary stent system for use in vessels as small as 2.25 mm in diameter. The company plans to immediately launch the product in the United States.