Physio-Control has acquired Swedish-based Jolife AB, the developer and manufacturer the automated Lucas Chest Compression System. Prior to the acquisition, Physio-Control had been the exclusive distribution partner for the Lucas device since 2004. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

March 8, 2011 – The expansion of a cloud computing system has been announced at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna. TeraRecon is opening a European datacenter for its iNtuition Cloud. This European node will be automatically selected when users access their iNtuition Cloud account from a location closer, in network terms, to the new datacenter, ensuring optimal performance.

March 8, 2011 – A third-generation bare-metal stent system has received the CE Mark in Europe. Boston Scientific’s Omega platinum chromium coronary stent system is intended to provide interventional cardiologists with improved acute performance in treating patients with coronary artery disease.

March 7, 2011 – Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has granted an exclusive license to Santaris Pharma A/S for intellectual property related to the regulation of microRNA for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.

March 7, 2011 – A new digital intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter has been cleared in Japan. The Eagle Eye Platinum digital IVUS catheter, from Volcano, was introduced at the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Live Demonstration Course in Kurashiki.

March 7, 2011 – Last week Medtronic Inc. cancelled its five contracts with Novation LLC, one of the largest U.S. group purchasing organizations (GPOs), which previously represented $2 billion. The contracts included reduced price, large group purchases of cardiovascular and orthopedic devices.

March 4, 2011 - Occlutech GmbH received a favorable court ruling in Stockholm, Sweden in the ongoing patent litigation case with AGA Medical-St. Jude Medical.