September 1, 2009 - Evaluation of results of a multicenter study indicates that quantitative evaluation of the progression of volume of extracranial carotid vessel walls is feasible with 1.5T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, despite limitations due to patient motion or habitus.

September 1, 2009 – St. Jude Medical Inc. today announced European launch of the next generation version 4.0 of its Merlin.net Patient Care Network (PCN), a secure, Internet-based remote care system for patients with implanted medical devices.

September 1, 2009 - BioClinica Inc., a clinical trial services provider, today announced that it has acquired the CardioNow unit of Agfa HealthCare to offer streamlined electronic transport solutions to facilitate the blinding, sharing, tracking and archiving of medical images for multi-center clinical trials as part of its suite of imaging services.

September 1, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will demonstrate its Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) feature, available on the Infinix-i product line at this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual Scientific Symposium.

September 1, 2009 – CardioDx said last week it successfully completed its multicenter validation study for Corus CAD, the first gene expression test to quantify the likelihood of obstructive(1) coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with stable chest pain.

August 31, 2009 – IDEV Technologies Inc. announced last week the first patient was enrolled in the company's FDA-approved multicenter clinical trial of its self-expanding SUPERA stent for the treatment of biliary and peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

August 24, 2009 – Prescient Medical Inc. said today it received European CE mark clearance to commercialize its vProtect Luminal Shield Stent System. The device is now approved for use in improving coronary artery luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease.