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February 10, 2009 - Hospitals will be eligible in Medicare’s 2009 fiscal year for up to an additional $53,000 in reimbursement when they implant a CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) compared to subsequently transplanting a donor heart.
February 09, 2009
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Codonics Horizon is three imagers in one – a dry film imager, color imager, and grayscale paper imager. Switching between film, color and paper requires no operator intervention. The all-in-one imager aims to provide high quality images while being affordable.
February 09, 2009
Technology
Integrity Disk Importer is designed to be an easy-to-use solution to read, reconcile and store medical studies from a disc into PACS, or allows DICOM images to be stored directly to Integrity from any network device.
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February 9, 2009 - Biosense Webster Inc. said Friday the FDA granted market clearance for the NaviStar ThermoCool Catheter for the treatment of drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, when used with compatible 3D electroanatomic mapping systems.
February 09, 2009
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February 9, 2009 - Implantation of drug-eluting stents to treat degenerative in aortocoronary saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions is safe, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology (Vol. 103, issue 2, Pages 199-202).
February 09, 2009
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February 9, 2009 – Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms, according to findings published in the online edition of Radiology.
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February 9, 2009 - Emory University cardiologists are testing a modification of angioplasty known as postconditioning, designed to reduce permanent damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack.
February 08, 2009
Technology
February 6, 2009 - Biosense Webster Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, today said the FDA granted market approval to the NaviStar ThermoCool Catheter for the treatment of drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, when used with compatible 3D electroanatomic mapping systems.
February 06, 2009Technology
February 6, 2009 – The FDA has approved St. Jude Medical Inc.’s medical device system that allows a single defibrillation lead connection between a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and the leads that send electrical impulses to the heart to treat the symptoms of heart failure.
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February 6, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today said it completed the acquisition of Ablation Frontiers Inc. for an initial payment of $225 million plus potential additional payments contingent upon achievement of certain clinical milestones.
February 06, 2009
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February 6, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday submitted to the FDA the final modules of the company’s pre-market approval (PMA) applications for both its TAXUS Liberte Atom Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and its TAXUS Liberte Long Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System.
February 06, 2009
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February 6, 2009 - Premier Purchasing Partners yesterday announced new agreements for drug-eluting coronary stents with Abbott Laboratories Inc., Abbott Vascular and Cordis Corp. The 13-month agreements went into effect Jan. 1, 2009 and are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.
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February 5, 2009 - Resuscitation device maker ZOLL Medical Corp. said this week it filed a lawsuit against Alsius Corp. and Alsius Medical Corp. in the Central District of California alleging infringement of its patents for catheter-based induced hypothermia devices.
February 05, 2009
News
February 5, 2009 - BeneChill Inc. this week started the PRINCE (Pre-Resuscitation Intra-Nasal Cooling Effectiveness) study, a randomized study to determine whether intra-nasal cooling using the RhinoChill device during resuscitation increases patient and survival rates, including ischemic events such as cardiac arrest and stroke.
February 05, 2009
News
February 5, 2009 - AGA Medical Corp. last week said following its previous favorable structural heart occluder patent infringement final ruling by the German court of appeals over Occlutech GmbH of Jena, Germany, it has calculated and notified Occlutech of the amount of damages that it will seek from Occlutech based on the court’s ruling.
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