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October 20, 2008 – Radi Medical Systems displayed its new wireless PressureWire Aeris to measure fractional flow reserve (FFR) last week during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2008 in Washington, D.C.

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At TCT 2008, Datascope Corp. highlighted its Sensation 7 Fr. inter-aortic balloon catheter and the CS300 IABP with IntelliSense, which combine fiber-optic speed with automatic in vivo calibration for faster time to therapy, faster signal acquisition, and faster adaptation to rate and rhythm changes.

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The Ostial Pro Stent Positioning System is designed to facilitate precise stent implantation in coronary and renal aorto-ostial lesions, eliminating the guesswork when deploying a stent at the “true” ostium of the vessel.

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October 20, 2008 - Concentric Medical Inc. today launched the Merci Distal Access Catheter, or DAC, which provides ...

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FlowCardia Inc., a medical device company developing a portfolio of endovascular devices for the treatment of coronary and peripheral chronic total occlusions (CTOs), highlighted its CROSSER 14P, CROSSER 14S and CROSSER 18 CTO Recanalization Catheters at TCT 2008.

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October 17, 2008 - The Medicines Company’s Angiomax (bivalirudin) significantly reduced cardiac-related death, improved ...

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October 16, 2008 - Lumen Biomedical Inc. said that Principal Investigator Subbarao V. Myla, M.D., presented the results ...

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October 17, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. announced results at TCT from an analysis of the HORIZONS-AMI trial showing a ...

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October 17, 2008 - Berlin Heart Inc. said yesterday that its EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) has ...

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October 17, 2008 - Elixir Medical Corp. today announced results from three multicenter first-in-man studies of Novolimus ...

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October 16, 2008 - The one-year follow-up of the FAME study (FFR vs. angiography for multivessel evaluation) was presented at TCT 2008 and confirms the beneficial clinical and economic impact of FFR when used routinely to guide treatments of multi-vessel disease.

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The GE Innova cardiovascular X-ray system will soon be aided by the new Innova Dose, Innova 3D and Innova with Stent Technologies features. GE’s Innova Dose package aims to deliver superb image quality and custom dose management.

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October 16, 2008 - At TCT 2008, Volcano Corp. launched its new PrimeWire Pressure Guide Wire, and the s5-FFR Option for its existing installed base of s5 and s5i imaging consoles in the U.S.

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The FDA has given GE Healthcare clearance to market the Vivid i with Intracardiac echo (ICE), a system designed to provide high performance ultrasound in a space saving design.

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October 15, 2008 – At TCT 2008, Boston Scientific Corp. announced 12-month left main and three-vessel disease subset ...

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