November 10, 2009 – FDA and Edwards Lifesciences notified healthcare professionals this week about the class 1 FDA recall of CardioVations EndoClamp Aortic Catheter, due to the potential that the balloon catheters may spontaneously rupture during surgery.

November 10, 2009 – The latest data from seven studies focused on the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were presented in the late-breaking trials session of the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) 2009 annual meeting, which took place on Oct. 19 to 23 in Las Vegas. COBEST

November 10, 2009 – Covidien said yesterday it will voluntarily contraindicate the use of its Optimark gadoversetamide injection, a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures involving patients with severe renal impairment.

November 10, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the Toshiba Assurance Refurbishment Program to provide customers the ability to purchase previously owned, completely refurbished Toshiba systems.

November 9, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. today announced the launch of its COGNIS cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and the TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in Japan.

November 9, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. said Friday it reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) related to product advisories issued by its Guidant subsidiary in 2005. The alleged conduct and product sales occurred prior to Boston Scientific’s 2006 acquisition of Guidant.

November 4, 2009 – CardioNet Inc. said this week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has not established a national pricing reimbursement rate for mobile cardiovascular telemetry (CPT Code 93229) in the Medicare final rule for the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2010.