Thursday, June 25, 2009
New Xience Abbott Stent Gets EU OK
Abbott has just received the European CE Mark of approval for the firm's Xience Prime Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System.
From the press release:
XIENCE PRIME utilizes the same well-studied drug and proven biocompatible polymer as Abbott's market-leading XIENCE V® Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System. In addition, it offers a novel stent design and a modified delivery system designed for greater flexibility and improved deliverability. XIENCE PRIME uses cobalt chromium technology, which allows for very thin struts while maintaining strength to support the vessel as well as excellent visibility under X-ray during the stent implantation procedure. XIENCE PRIME is based upon the proven design of the MULTI-LINK® family of stents, which is the most widely used stent platform in the world – more than 2 million of Abbott's cobalt chromium stents have been implanted worldwide. Upon launch in Europe, XIENCE PRIME will be available in an expanded size matrix, including XIENCE PRIME SV for small vessels and XIENCE PRIME LL for long lesions.
Press release: Abbott Receives CE Mark for Company's Next-Generation XIENCE PRIME™ Drug Eluting Stent, Advancing Leadership Position
Product page: Xience V...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Piix Wireless Home Cardiac Monitoring to Undergo Randomized Trial
Corventis, a maker of wireless CHF monitoring devices that measure heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, fluid status and activity, and West Wireless Health Institute, a research organization promoting wireless technology use in medicine, have teamed up to conduct multi center clinical trials of the Piix device, a monitoring gadget we have profiled before.
From the press release:
Corventis' remote monitoring wireless system was approved by the FDA in February 2009, which sets up the potential for a multicenter, randomized clinical trial. The trial will be spearheaded by the West Wireless Health Institute and led by Dr. Eric J. Topol, the Institute's chief medical officer. Dr. Topol is also chief academic officer at Scripps Health and holder of the Gary and Mary West Chair of Innovative Medicine.Participation in the pivotal randomized trial with WWHI and Corventis will be offered to the sites supported by the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) National Consortium, which consists of 38 of the most prestigious academic medical centers in the United States. The trial is designed to clinically validate remote wireless monitoring technology in proactively managing heart failure patients and reducing hospital readmissions.
Press release: West Wireless Health Institute Teams with Corventis for its First Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial...
Links: West Wireless Health Institute; Corventis technology...
Flashback: PiiX Monitors for Signs of Decompensated Heart Failure...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Improve Your Ultrasound Skills With New SonoSite iPhone App
SonoSite has released an iPhone application, called SonoAccess™, to help clinicians improve their analytical and performance skills when using ultrasound. With the help of instructional videos and an accompanying image gallery, you can improve on your echo knowledge while on your train ride to work.
Features:
Scanning Technique Videos are designed to provide expert techniques and tips for point-of-care ultrasound applications.Video Case Studies provide an in-depth look into specific cases that you may encounter in your practice.
Clinical Image Gallery is designed to give you a look at expert ultrasound images for anatomy recognition and as a quick comparative reference for you to compare your results to.
Quick-Start Guides are abbreviated user manuals designed to give new SonoSite users a digital roadmap of their system's controls and features to help navigate the user interface.
The Reimbursement Guides are designed to provide general coverage and payment information for diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures so you have accurate coding and billing information.
The SonoAccess News Feed keeps you up-to-date on the latest SonoSite news.
Watch video here demonstrating the app...
Product page: SonoAccess™ Ultrasound iPhone App
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Medtronic's New MRI Compatible Pacemaker Gets CE Mark
Medtronic just received European approval for the firm's Advisa DR MRI™ SureScan™ Pacing System, an implantable pacemaker that has demonstrated safety when worn while undergoing MRI scans. The Advisa has not received FDA approval and therefore is not yet available in the US.
The Advisa MRI SureScan pacing system is the most advanced pacing system from Medtronic and combines for the first time MRI SureScan with key features from Medtronic pacemakers and defibrillator systems: exclusives such as MVP® (Managed Ventricular Pacing), OptiVol® Fluid Status Monitoring, and Ventricular and Atrial Capture Management (VCM and ACM). MVP reduces right ventricular pacing by 99 percent2. In SAVE PACe, a previous trial of pacemaker patients published in The New England Journal of Medicine, use of Medtronic MVP or Search AV+ modes was proven to dramatically reduce unnecessary right ventricular pacing. This reduction was shown to reduce the development of persistent atrial fibrillation. Further, the 2008 ACC/AHA/HRS Device-Based Therapy Guidelines indicate there may be deleterious effects from even modest levels of ventricular pacing associated with alternative programming modes.VCM and ACM are intended to automatically adjust impulses for optimal stimulation of the heart’s chambers. The device also offers enhanced diagnostics to help assist physicians in the diagnosis of irregular heart rhythms, particularly atrial tachyarrhythmia (AT) / AF. Additionally, upon commercial release, the Advisa MRI SureScan pacing system will be available for remote follow-up via the Medtronic CareLink® Network.
Press release: Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Second-Generation MRI Pacemaker...
Flashbacks: Positive Results for Medtronic's MRI-Safe Pacemaker; Developing the Next Generation of DBS Devices; Medtronic Starts Study of MRI Compatible Pacemaker; Is It Now Safe to Send a Patient With a Pacemaker for an MRI Scan?
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Voice Activated SonoSite Ultrasound System Keeps Hands Free to Perform Procedures
SonoSite just released their SonoRemote for controlling the company's M-Turbo and S Series ultrasounds during interventional procedures like joint injections or central line placements. In addition to traditional style buttons, the remote control features voice recognition and can be programmed to understand commands in any language. So now you can hold the probe in one hand and the syringe in the other, and not have to fiddle with reaching over to the unit to take snapshots or change parameters.
Voice or touch activated
Programmable to your voice and language
Adjust system controls from a radius of 10 meters
No need to break the sterile field
Drop-tested to 3 feet
Works with M-Turbo® and S Series™
Press release: SonoSite Begins Customer Shipments Of Ultrasound Remote Control
Product page: SonoRemote
Flashbacks: M-Turbo™: New Portable Ultrasound from SonoSite ; SonoSite S-ICU™ Ultrasound Tool; S-Nerve™ from SonoSite; The SonoSite® MicroMaxx™; Titan
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cappella's Sideguard Stent Gets Infusion of Capital
Things are suddenly looking brighter for Cappella Medical Devices Ltd. (Galway, Ireland), a developer of next generation bifurcated coronary stents. The company is reporting that it has just received a significant amount of Series C investment to help advance the company's Sideguard® Generation Coronary Bifurcation Stent, a two piece device designed for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) at ostial and bifurcation lesions.
The stent is composed of the following two components:
-- side branch nitinol self-expanding drug-eluting stent, shaped to conform to the ostium, and to allow continuous drug delivery throughout the ostial zone;
-- main vessel drug-eluting stent, designed to fit inside the vessel and at the same time to readjust the position of Sideguard ostium protection device against the main vessel wall
More from the device info page:
Self-expanding nitinol stent
Provides optimal wall apposition and scaffolding
Conforms to a wide range of angles and anatomies
Opens & protects the side branch, eliminating wire jailing
“No gap” sequential T-stenting approach
No stent foreshortening Unique balloon-catheter delivery system for nitinol stents
Enhanced deliverability & trackability
- Delivered over 0.14” guidewire
- Low-profile <3.1Fr catheter
- Single catheter design avoids wire braiding/wrapping
Precise deployment at the ostium
- Custom split-sheath technology
- Eliminates stent jumping
Video demonstrating the placement of the device:
Press release: Cappella Inc. Secures $17.3 Million Series C Investment...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
St. Jude Medical's Cool Point Irrigation Pump Gets US OK
The FDA has just approved St. Jude Medical's new Cool Point™ Irrigation Pump for use with SJM's open-irrigated ablation catheters for radiofrequency (RF) ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation.
Designed to enhance physicians’ ability to perform successful atrial ablations, the new Cool Point irrigation pump was developed specifically for use with the company’s IBI-1500T9-CP cardiac ablation generator and family of Therapy™ Cool Path™ irrigated catheters.In addition to the intuitive setup and operation, the Cool Point Irrigation Pump provides monitoring and safety features, which are designed to give physicians more control over therapy delivery. This interface enables physicians to monitor the total volume of irrigation solution delivered through an easy-to-read display.
The pump’s proprietary tubing includes an in-line occlusion detector, which monitors flow pressure between the pump and the catheter tip, providing an alert if flow pressure increases substantially relative to the flow rate (an indication that irrigation ports on the catheter tip may be blocked and the tip cooling may not be effective). In addition, the pump has redundant bubble detectors, each designed to detect bubbles as small as two microliters. Bubbles in the bloodstream may lead to embolism or stroke.
Press release: St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval of the Cool Point Irrigation Pump...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
EU Issues OK for Minimally Invasive Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator
Cameron Health out of San Clemente, California has seen its Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD®) System trialed in hospitals around the world, the results of which netted the company approval for the device across the European Union. Unlike traditional AICDs, Cameron's device does not require pacer-defibrillator leads to be placed in the heart, and therefore may overcome the various problems related to lead implantation and retention.
Conventional ICD’s require placement of at least one lead in or on the heart. Most frequently, these leads, constructed of thin insulated wires, are threaded through a vein and then placed inside the heart. These conventional transvenous leads allow for sensing of the heart’s rhythm and delivery of a life saving electric shock when a harmful arrhythmia is detected. The surgical placement and residence of these transvenous leads within the patient’s heart are associated with a significant proportion of the complications related to this well established and highly effective therapy. In contrast, the Cameron Health S-ICD System resides just under the skin, potentially avoiding many of the complications associated with the conventional implant procedure and long term performance. The S-ICD System is also designed for ease of placement and removal while shortening the surgical procedure time. The S-ICD System is the first totally subcutaneous implantable defibrillator used to treat SCA. Market launch is scheduled to commence this summer in select geographies as Cameron Health ramps production.
Here's a link to the presentation given at this year's Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Scientific Session: Clinical Evaluation of the Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD®) System...
Link: Cameron Health homepage...
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Friday, June 12, 2009
St. Jude Medical Introduces New ICD-Leads Connector
St. Jude Medical is introducing a new connector system, called SJ4, designed to minimize the number of connections between cardiac leads and the company's AICDs. For now the new connector will be used only in Current® Plus AICD model, but our guess is that if accepted by surgeons, cardiologists and radiologists, the connector might be making its way into other company devices.
The SJ4 connector system features a single connection between the device and the defibrillation lead, and a single set screw (used to tighten and secure the lead to the device). Previous defibrillator lead designs required three separate connections and four set screws. The reduced number of lead connections also lessens the risk of lead-to-can abrasion, a known complication that can occur in patients who have an implantable device."With only a single connection and one set screw, the SJ4 connector has the potential to improve the implant procedure, may reduce the lead volume under the ICD in the chest wall and may improve patient comfort," said Cleveland Clinic's Bruce Wilkoff, M.D., who is on the company's physician lead review board and has sponsored research with St. Jude Medical, Inc. Dr. Wilkoff implanted the first Current Plus ICD with SJ4 connector on June 4, 2009. "This design is intended to reduce the risk of incorrect connections of the lead to the ICD and reduce procedure time."
The St. Jude Medical SJ4 connector system is designed to meet the draft IS-4 standard as set forth by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) but will not be labeled as such until the standard is finalized, which is expected later this year. St. Jude Medical began launch of the SJ4 connector system after ISO-directed interchangeability testing among multiple manufacturers was completed. This testing was deemed an important step in ensuring that these new leads, which currently meet the drafted IS-4 standard, would be compatible with future implanted devices.
"Simplifying the lead connection process is one of many design features we have incorporated as part of our commitment to making procedures safer for patients and more efficient for physicians, from implant through follow-up," said Eric S. Fain, M.D., president of the St. Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. "This aligns with our strategy of reducing lead risks and increasing reliability, which includes technology designed to reduce lead-to-can abrasion and sensing of far-field ventricular signals in the atrium."
The Current Plus ICD was approved by the FDA in April 2009, along with the company's Promote(R) Plus cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), which are compatible with the Durata(R) SJ4 defibrillation lead. As with previously announced leads in the Durata lead family, the Durata lead with SJ4 connector features a soft silicone tip and Optim(R) insulation, a hybrid insulation material that provides increased abrasion-resistance and durability, along with the flexibility and handling characteristics that facilitate device implantation.
Press release: St. Jude Medical Announces Initial Implant of First-to-Market Connector System in the U.S.
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Emboshield NAV6 Embolic Protection System Released by Abbott
Abbott Laboratories has just released a new embolism protection system in its popular line of Emboshield NAV™ devices, all designed to be used in various stenting procedures.. The Emboshield NAV6™ is indicated "for use as a guide wire and embolic protection system to contain and remove embolic material (thrombus / debris) while performing angioplasty and stenting procedures in carotid arteries."
Abbott today announced the launch of the sixth-generation Emboshield NAV6™ Embolic Protection System for use in carotid artery stenting procedures. Carotid artery stenting provides a minimally invasive treatment alternative to conventional open carotid artery surgery for patients who are at high risk for surgery. Embolic protection systems are used during the stenting procedure to prevent particles of dislodged plaque from flowing to the brain, potentially causing an ischemic stroke. The Emboshield NAV6 is now available in the United States and Europe.Abbott’s proprietary BareWire™ technology allows for wire movement independent of the Emboshield NAV6 filter, giving physicians an increased level of control during carotid stenting procedures.
Safety and efficacy endpoints for the Emboshield NAV6 were met in Abbott’s PROTECT clinical trial, which was designed to examine carotid artery stenting with Abbott’s Emboshield systems in patients at high risk for carotid endarterectomy (surgery). In addition to demonstrating continued improvements in outcomes for carotid stent procedures, the PROTECT study data showed a low 1.8 percent composite rate of All Stroke and Death at 30 days in 220 patients. This rate is well within American Heart Association (AHA) 30-day All Stroke and Death rate guidelines for carotid endarterectomy of 6 percent for symptomatic and 3 percent for asymptomatic patients with carotid artery disease.
Here's an animation demonstrating the placement of the system and how the thrombus filter provides safety:
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
BridgePoint Aims to Treat ChronicTotal Occlusions in Coronaries
BridgePoint Medical, out of Plymouth, MN, has developed innovative new catheters designed to cross chronic total coronary occlusions in native arteries, and reopen myocardial blood flow through vessels that everyone has given up on. Currently undergoing clinical trials, the CrossBoss™ CTO Catheter and the Stingray™ CTO Re-Entry System are yet to receive FDA approval.
More from BridgePoint about the devices:
Stingray:
The Stingray™ CTO Re-Entry System has two components: The Stingray™ CTO Orienting Balloon Catheter and The Stingray™ CTO Re-Entry Guidewire
Familiar coronary balloon catheter and guidewire designs are enhanced with custom features for CTO crossing without changing routine practice
Flat shape of the Stingray™ CTO Orienting Balloon Catheter is intended to orient one exit port automatically toward the vessel true lumen upon low pressure inflation (4atm)
The Stingray™ CTO Re-Entry Guidewire's distal probe is designed for exit port selection and re-entry into the vessel true lumen
CrossBoss™ CTO CatheterBi-directional rotation of the proximal torque device with the FAST SPIN Technique is designed to aid in advancement of the CrossBoss™ CTO Catheter
A 3.0F atraumatic rounded tip is designed for passage through the CTO
The device is intended to cross directly through the CTO or bypass the obstruction via a subintimal path
Device info page: Stingray™ CTO Re-Entry System
Video below the fold showing off the devices in greater detail:
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World's Smallest TEE Probe Goes Multiplane
Philips is releasing a new multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer that the company touts to be the world's smallest. Developed to make cardiac imaging better in pediatric population, the probe could also be of benefit to adults with esophageal strictures and other obstructive defects. The S8-3t microTEE transducer is part of Philips' iE33 echo system offerings, and is being presented this week at the 20th annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C.
Due to the larger size of previously available pediatric TEE transducers, small babies have been impossible to image during critical cardiac catheterization or surgical procedures. As a result, high-risk procedures have been done routinely on these tiny patients without transesophageal echocardiography images available to the interventionalist or surgeon."The microTEE probe is a major advance in our ability to provide intra-operative cardiac imaging in newborn babies and infants,” said Dr. Girish Shirali, M.D., director of pediatric echocardiography at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Children’s Hospital. “We are delighted with the image quality, and the miniaturization of the probe has already proven invaluable to our pediatric interventionalists in high-risk cath lab procedures. Finally, our smallest and sickest patients can be imaged intra-operatively just like everyone else.”
Building on Philips’ existing 2D technology, the microTEE transducer is roughly one-third the size of previous pediatric TEE transducers, allowing physicians to ‘turn on the lights’ for the first time for their tinier patients and providing the images they need during interventional procedures. Available globally in summer 2009, the new microTEE is also entering trials for adult patients requiring TEE imaging but who have difficulty tolerating standard TEE probes.
Press release: Philips announces world's smallest multiplane transesophageal transducer
Product page: iE33 Echocardiography System
Bottom image: This ventricular septal defect on a 5.4 kg infant is viewed side-by-side in 2D and color flow Doppler modes available on the Philips microTEE transducer.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
FDA OK's Boston Sci's Small Coronary Drug Eluting Stent
Boston Scientific has received FDA approval for the smallest drug eluting stent currently available, indicated for coronary vessels ≥ 2.25mm. The company plans to launch the TAXUS® Express²® Atom™ device to the US market in June.
More about the stent from Boston Sci:
Data from numerous clinical studies have shown that an estimated 10 percent of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions have small vessels (<2.5 mm). Until recently, many physicians were inclined to implant bare-metal stents in these patients since they were the only approved stenting option for small vessels. Last year's launch of the TAXUS Express Atom Stent offered an alternative treatment choice for patients with small vessels who will now have the additional option of the TAXUS Liberte Atom Stent.The TAXUS Liberte Stent features design improvements over the Company's first-generation TAXUS Express Stent, including thinner struts to allow better stent deliverability and conformability, as well as uniform stent geometry for consistent lesion coverage and drug distribution.
Press release: FDA Approves Boston Scientific's Next-Generation TAXUS® Liberte® Atom™ Stent System
Product page: TAXUS® Express²® Atom™ Paclitaxel-eluting Coronary Stent System
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ViRob, a Cavities Crawler
At the upcoming ILSI-Biomed Israel 2009 conference (June 15-17 in Tel Aviv), researchers from the Medical Robotics Laboratory at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) will be showing off a microrobot called ViRob, that has only a 1millimeter diameter and can crawl through vessels and cavities, when controlled by an external magnetic field. The big idea behind the ViRob device is that it can be used to deliver pharmaceutical payloads to precise locations or pull a microcatheter through tortuous terrain.
Here's what organizers of ILSI-Biomed Israel 2009 conference tell Medgadget:
Researchers are currently examining the possibility of using ViRob as a treatment for lung cancer—the world’s deadliest cancer. ViRob could assist in targeted drug delivery to lung tumors as well as take samples from different areas within the body. In addition, a number of these micro robots could simultaneously treat a variety of metastases. Researchers also plan to install additional equipment on the robot, including cameras, miniature tongs and other miniature equipment.ViRob measures 1 millimeter in diameter and 14 mm in its entirety was developed in the lab of Prof. Shoham in the Medical Robotics Laboratory at the Israel Institute of Technology. The robot moves using an external electromagnetic ignition system, stimulated by an electromagnetic field with frequency and volume that do not agitate the body, enabling it to maneuver in different spaces and surfaces within diverse viscous fluids. The vibration created by the magnetic field propels the robot forward, as the tiny arms protruding from a central body grip the vessel wall. A basic prototype of the ViRob, which can move as fast as 9 mm per second, has been developed thusfar.
Link: ILSI-Biomed Israel 2009...
White paper from Technion...
A few videos below the fold demonstrating the ViRob:
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Medtronic's CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement System Performs Well in Trial
Medtronic today presented findings from a European trial testing the effectiveness of the CoreValve ReValving system, a percutaneous aortic stenosis repair device, in a subclavian approach for people who were at risk if the femoral approach would have been used. Medtronic has acquired the Irvine, California based CoreValve, Inc. in March of this year, and is now moving full steam ahead to implement this nitinol-based stent device for clinical settings.
The data reported procedural success of 100 percent; 24-hour survival of 100 percent; and 30-day survival of 89 percent. The available 30-day analysis also demonstrated clinical improvement in heart failure symptoms with 76 percent of the patients gaining at least a one-stage NYHA class and one-third improving by at least two stages.
Medtronic’s market-leading CoreValve system was designed to allow the implant of a replacement heart valve in patients with aortic stenosis who are at high or prohibitive surgical risk. The system enables a catheter-based implant via a peripheral blood vessel, traditionally the femoral artery. A significant subset of patients, however, have compromised peripheral arteries, which prevents the use of the femoral approach. Uniquely, the delivery system of the CoreValve device is small enough to allow an alternative approach via the subclavian artery beneath the collar bone.
The data presented today at the PCR interventional cardiology meeting in Barcelona reported on data from 74 patients for whom subclavian access was used within the CoreValve Extended Evaluation Registry, an observational study which closed in January 2009. The average age of the patients was 81.4. Moreover, the average Logistic EuroSCORE (a measure which predicts risk of procedural mortality based upon patient status) was notably high at 28.4%.
Press release: Medtronic's CoreValve Shows Subclavian Access Success in Patients Contraindicated for Femoral Approach
Product page: CoreValve ReValving...
Animation below the fold demonstrating the implantation of the CoreValve:
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The Signos, Self Contained Handheld Ultrasound Gains FDA Approval
While we have reported on mobile handheld ultrasounds for phones, for those of you that have not joined the iPhone/Smartphone revolution, you are now in luck. 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the Signos device, a handheld self-contained portable ultrasound imager with a probe. The system might come in handy as a quick initial diagnostic modality for intraabdominal processes, such as ectopics, AAAs, for carotid scans in ER in patients with ongoing TIA, as well as an assistive device for central line placements. For now, the system seems to be missing a Doppler for flow studies.
The Signos weighs half of a pound and is the size of most smartphones. It will be available with both a 3.5MHz or a 7.5MHz transducer that can be swapped. The company promotes this device for fast paced and active medical environments such as emergency departments and rural medical clinics.
Portable and Affordable: The Signos device is the size of a PDA, weighs less than one pound and features superb image resolution. The Signos is the world's smallest and most affordable ultrasound system available today.Signos Is Ready When You Need It: With a sleep time of up to 14 days and the ability to power up in less than 1 second from sleep mode, the Signos brings ultrasound to your triage diagnostic care whenever and wherever you need it allowing you to visualize acute pathology on the spot.
Increase Clinical Utility with Added Versatility and Applications: Increase the number of procedures and applications you can perform with either a 3.5MHz or a 7.5MHz transducer. Signostics makes switching from 3.5MHz to 7.5MHz frequencies simple with our easy to use screw on/off transducers.
See More, Do More with MotionScape and SectorView Technology: Signos uses MotionScape and SectorView technology to facilitate a wide range of high resolution clinical applications, including ultrasound guidance for needle placement, AAA exams, FAST exams, bladder volumes and more.
Image Collection: Using the included microSD card you can save up to 20,000 images on the Signos device. With the free SigViewer Software you can quickly and easily upload data and images to your computer for reports, archiving, printing or email.
Signostics Medical has not disclosed a price point or time line for for the Signos release as of yet, but their video support for the device indicates that this is something that is very close to being ready for commercialization.
Press release: Signostics Receives FDA Clearance for World's Smallest Ultrasound Product...
Product page: The Signos device...; Product brochure (.pdf)...
Signostics Medical: Signos
Flashback : Mobile Clinical Imaging On a Smart Phone
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Positive Results for Medtronic's MRI-Safe Pacemaker
A clinical study evaluating the performance of Medtronic's EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacemaker has shown that the device is not subject to interference from magnetic resonance imaging. As the only pacemaker approved for MRI in the EU, the news may give the FDA enough guidance to also approve it as the first of its kind in the US.
Results showed that Medtronic's investigational EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system still performs as intended during and after an MRI when used according to the product's labeling. The data showed no MRI-related complications, and no arrhythmias, or asystole (absence of electrical activity in the heart) during MRI scans.This prospective, randomized, controlled trial involved 464 individuals successfully implanted at 41 centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Middle East. After successful implant of pacemaker and leads, 258 patients were randomized to MRI and 206 to no MRI (control). All patients were evaluated before and after the scan, and one week and one month after MRI scan/control visit. There was no difference in performance between the MRI group and the control group.
Press release: Medtronic Demonstrates Positive Results on First Pacemaker Designed for Use with MRI
Flashback: Medtronic Starts Study of MRI Compatible Pacemaker
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Digital Subtraction Angiography on a Single Image
Analyzing angiography sequences typically requires viewing a series of black and white images and noticing the differences the contrast medium created as it passed through the obstructions in the vessels. To help with visualization and to improve diagnosis, Siemens is releasing a new digital subtraction angiography (DSA) software, the syngo iFlow, that automates the process to produce a color image highlighting the path of the contrast medium.
From a Siemens press statement:
The syngo iFlow application, for example, can be used to enhance pre-procedural and post-procedural imaging of patients under treatment for leg stenosis. Flow deviations and the increased utilization of collaterals can more easily be detected prior to intervention, since anomalies more readily attract the physician's attention due to their specific colors. Following the intervention, the success of a balloon dilatation or stent implantation of a stenosis is readily visible due to the improved flow.In order to obtain a color image, syngo iFlow takes the time to maximum opacification of each individual pixel, starting with the injection and subsequently visualizing the distribution of the contrast medium through the vessels. These time measurements are then represented by a color allowing visualization of the complete vessel tree in one image.
Press release: Siemens sets a new standard in subtraction angiography
Product brochure: syngo iFlow (PDF)
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Two Wireless Telemetry Cardiac Pacers Get EU OK
St. Jude Medical is releasing two new cardiac pacemakers to the European market having received the CE Mark of bureaucratic approval. Both models feature wireless communication to deliver telemetry data from implant to a monitoring center.
From the press release:
The remote monitoring capabilities facilitated by the Accent RF and Anthem RF device product line will permit automated follow-up, and daily device safety checks with no patient action required. In addition to giving physicians fast access to device performance data, the wireless monitoring system will also allow physicians to compile a more complete patient record by easily transferring cardiac device data into electronic health records (EHRs).To better assist physicians in accurately diagnosing and managing patients with fast rates in the heart’s upper chambers (atria), the devices will also include a new AT/AF Alert feature. This feature is designed to notify physicians when a rapid atrial rate (atrial tachycardia/atrial fibrillation [AT/AF]) exceeds a programmed value or occurs over an extended time period. The devices also can be programmed to notify the patient of AT/AF episodes, as well as device- and lead-related issues, through a two-tone audible alert. In addition, the patient’s clinic can be informed through the home monitoring system. These features will allow the physician to more proactively manage patients’ atrial arrhythmias, such as AF, with appropriate medication or ablation.
In addition, the Anthem RF CRT-P and Accent RF pacemaker include advanced automatic features that help to promote patient safety and efficiency for the clinician. The devices can be programmed to automatically monitor and adjust the level of electrical energy needed for stimulating the patient’s heart, in the chambers where therapy is delivered; this includes up to three chambers for cardiac resynchronization therapy. The devices do this by measuring the heart’s reaction to electrical stimulation from the device and confirming that the heart is responding to the stimulation. This AutoCapture™ Pacing System feature provides the dual benefit of added safety for the patient and increased efficiency for physicians, as vital threshold tests are performed automatically and results are available to the physician for review on-demand during follow-up via a simple device interrogation. The launch of the Accent RF and Anthem RF devices marks the first time that these automatic test results can be accessed remotely or wirelessly in a clinic for a complete pacemaker family, including a CRT-P, and single- and dual-chamber models.
The devices are also equipped with the St. Jude Medical QuickOpt® Timing Cycle Optimization feature. QuickOpt Timing Cycle Optimization can recommend the optimal A-V (atrial-ventricular) and/or V-V (ventricular-ventricular) timing values, depending upon device model, to use in programming the devices. Optimized timing can increase the efficiency of the heart’s ability to pump blood to the body. Traditional echocardiography (echo), while considered the gold standard for optimizing devices, is expensive and time-consuming. QuickOpt Timing Cycle Optimization produces results clinically proven to be comparable with those of echo, in 90 seconds instead of the 30 to 120 minutes required for a typical echo.
Additionally, the Accent RF pacemaker features the St. Jude Medical Ventricular Intrinsic Preference (VIP®) algorithm, with which the device monitors the heart beat-by-beat and provides pacing only when necessary. Allowing the patient’s natural heart rhythm to work on its own when possible has been shown to benefit overall heart health.
Press release: St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Accent RF and Anthem RF Pacemakers Equipped With Wireless Technology
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» SJM Releases New EnSite Cardiac Mapping System (May 14, 2009)
» BrainLab's Digital Lightbox Getting an Upgrade (May 13, 2009)
» NASA Super Plastic in Medtronic CRT (May 7, 2009)
» Merlin.net Going Live in Europe (April 28, 2009)
» Advanced Audio Processing Leads to Smart Digital Stethoscopes (April 28, 2009)
» Two Pericardium Covered Stents Get HUD Designation (April 27, 2009)
» FDA OK'es Impella 5.0 and Impella LD Circulatory Assist Devices (April 27, 2009)
» PiiX Monitors for Signs of Decompensated Heart Failure (April 22, 2009)
» First Clinical Trial Implantatation of C-Pulse Heart Assist System (April 22, 2009)
» EU Green Lights SJM's Newest ICDs (April 22, 2009)
» SpacePilot PRO Is a Long Way from the Hospital (April 20, 2009)
» STARFlex Septal Repair Implant Gets US Green Light for VSDs (April 14, 2009)
» INRatio2 Coagulation Monitor Gets Medical Design Prize (April 9, 2009)
» Provent Nose Plugs Win Medical Design Award (April 9, 2009)
» Medtronic Improves Its Driver Bare-Metal Stent System (April 7, 2009)
» RADI and GE Healthcare Collaboration Delivers First Wireless FFR Monitoring (March 31, 2009)
» BIOTRONIK Cardiac Monitoring Going Worldwide (March 31, 2009)
» Still Watching the Watchman (March 30, 2009)
» New Smoother Imaging Catheter from Boston Scientific (March 25, 2009)
» St. Jude's Merlin.net System Gets an Update (March 17, 2009)
» Abbott's Bioabsorbable Stent Earns High Marks in Clinical Trial (March 16, 2009)
» MAC 800 Portable ECG System With SMS Keyboard (March 13, 2009)
» Impella 2.5 Heart Pump Performs Well in a Feasibility Trial (March 12, 2009)
» AngelMed Guardian System Aims to Predict Heart Attacks (March 11, 2009)
» Abbott Releases New Coronary Artery Dilatation Catheter (March 10, 2009)
» CorNova's Angioplasty Balloons to Feature Fiber Optic Analysis (March 6, 2009)
» MRI May Replace X-Rays for Catheterizations (March 3, 2009)
» BIOTRONIK's PRO-Kinetic Stent Going On Sale (March 3, 2009)
» Sleuth AT Transoma's New Implantable Wireless ECG Monitor Gets US OK (February 13, 2009)
» EU OK's New Magnetic Irrigated Gold Tip Catheter for AFib Ablation (February 12, 2009)
» Medtronic's Reveal XT Subcutaneous Heart Monitor Now Available in the US (February 11, 2009)
» Touch Based Ultrasound System Gets European OK (February 10, 2009)
» 3-D Ultrasound to Help Diagnose Stroke Type (February 9, 2009)
» THERMOCOOL Irrigated Tip Catheter and Integrated Ablation System Gets US OK (February 9, 2009)
» New Technology Reduces Risks After Cardiac Stenting Procedures (January 26, 2009)
» A New Driver System for CardioWest Artificial Heart (January 22, 2009)
» Bleeding Hearts Imaged for First Time (January 21, 2009)
» High Tech Partnership to Advance Cardiac EP Studies (January 15, 2009)
» Atlas II ICDs Green Lighted in Japan (January 14, 2009)
» Bigger Than Life: Virtual Physiological Heart (January 13, 2009)
» BioControl Medical Gets CE Mark for CardioFit System for CHF (January 7, 2009)
» HYPER-IMS, a Tiny Implantable Wireless Pressure Monitor (January 5, 2009)
» Amimon's High Definition Wireless Video Goes Clinical (January 5, 2009)
» New Technology Promises Compact High-Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound (December 22, 2008)
» RHEOS Device for Blood Pressure Control Undergoing New Trial (December 22, 2008)
» Rcadia COR Analyzer Wants Computer to Study Your Coronaries (December 16, 2008)
» WAND Vascular Introducer Gets FDA OK (December 10, 2008)
» AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug Gets European OK (December 4, 2008)
» Continuous ST Monitoring with AnalyST ICD (December 4, 2008)
» Zonare Shows Off Proprietary Ultrasound Technology (December 3, 2008)
» New Visualization Tool for Cardiac MR Data (December 2, 2008)
» OFDI Scanner Takes a Good Intra Arterial Look (November 25, 2008)
» Somatom Definition Flash: All Around Dual Nature CT (November 24, 2008)
» TruSystem 7500: New OR Table from TRUMPF (November 21, 2008)
» Philips Introduces 16 Lead (Women-Friendly) EKG (November 21, 2008)
» US Launch: Endeavor Sprint Drug Eluting Stent on Rapid Exchange (November 17, 2008)
» In the Works: Heart Powered Implanted Pacemaker (November 11, 2008)
» New Stress Test from Cardiac Science: Quinton Q-Stress 4.0 (October 23, 2008)
» New Angio-Seal Evolution Goes to Market (October 17, 2008)
» Boston Sci Adds Another Player to Rapidly Growing Stent Market (October 15, 2008)
» Abbott Reports Positive Data from Study of Its Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent (October 14, 2008)
» Go Confidently Endovascular with PROcedure Rehearsal Studio (October 8, 2008)
» LIFEPACK 20e, Now With a Bigger Battery (October 8, 2008)
» Tryton Side Branch Stent Launches in Europe (October 6, 2008)
» AneuGraft Stent from ITGI Medical Wins Approval in Europe (October 3, 2008)
» Want to Get CATANIA Coronary Stent? Go to Europe! (October 2, 2008)
» EU Green Lights BIOTRONIK's Monitoring System (October 1, 2008)
» HeartWorks 3D Computer Generated Transesophageal Echo Simulator (September 30, 2008)
» Micro Drug Eluting Coronary Stent Gets FDA OK (September 29, 2008)
» LOGIQ E9: The Next Plane in Ultrasonography (September 16, 2008)
» Fully Automatic Analysis of Cardiac Function on MRIs from Siemens (September 15, 2008)
» St. Jude's Confirm Implantable Cardiac Monitor Wins FDA Approval (September 12, 2008)
» Heart Guard Promises Early Warning System for Cardiac Patients (September 11, 2008)
» Medtronic Introduced New Alert Software for Monitoring of Intracardiac Leads (September 9, 2008)
» ACUSON SC2000 Delivers Full Volume Heart Images in a Heartbeat (September 2, 2008)
» FDA Gives Green Light to Genetic Heart Transplant Test (August 27, 2008)
» PRO-Kinetic Stent Shows Positive Results in a Trial (August 27, 2008)
» Digital Lightbox Brings Minority Report to The OR (No Precognition Capabilities) (August 19, 2008)
» NRG Needle: Atrial Transseptal Puncture with RF Energy (August 18, 2008)
» LIFEPAK 1000 AED Goes to Space (August 13, 2008)
» REPLY, World's Smallest Pacemaker OK'ed in USA (August 8, 2008)
» CX50 Portable Ultrasound from Philips Goes On Sale (August 5, 2008)
» AstraZeneca's Traveling Heart Failure Simulator (August 1, 2008)
» ImaCor's Disposable Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe and System Get FDA OK (July 31, 2008)
» St. Jude Introduces Merlin@home Transmitter for Monitoring of Implanted Cardiac Devices (July 25, 2008)
» Appleprobe, An Ultrasound Probe With Sonographer in Mind (July 21, 2008)
» Epocrates Rx Now on iPhone (July 14, 2008)
» Wireless Technology from ST+D (July 8, 2008)
» FDA Approves Abbott's Everolimus Eluting Stent (July 7, 2008)
» Cardiac Electrophysiology Goes Robotic and 3D with CoHesion™ (July 3, 2008)
» G-Wire: Visually Positioned Guidewire for Faster, Safer Procedures (June 30, 2008)
» Over and Under Pericardium Covered Stent from ITGI Medical (June 24, 2008)
» Mobile Rehab Monitoring With a Cell Phone (June 23, 2008)
» Loyola University Hospital Loves Their Magnetically Navigated Heart Catheter System (June 19, 2008)
» Microstent Developed for Rapid Testing of Stenting Technology (June 17, 2008)
» Attain StarFix Lead Approved in US (June 17, 2008)
» Scoreflex Balloon Catheter Gets CE Mark Approval (June 9, 2008)
» Hydroxyapatite Coated VESTASync Cardiac Stents Being Trialed (June 4, 2008)
» Acuity Spiral Lead Given US Approval (June 2, 2008)
» Impella 2.5 Heart Pump Given Green Light in US (June 2, 2008)
» Boston Scientific Receives Approval for Two New Defibrillators (May 22, 2008)
» The Third Install in the US of Aquilion ONE CT from Toshiba (May 21, 2008)
» Demand Is High for Brilliance iCT, a 256-Slice CT from Philips (May 19, 2008)
» St. Jude Receives Approvals for Cardiac Lead Placement Tools (May 19, 2008)
» Study: Riata High-Voltage Leads Show "Performance and Reliability" (May 15, 2008)
» Medtronic 3D Vision Line Gets First FDA Approvals (May 14, 2008)
» Boston Scientific ALTREA Pacemaker EU Approved (May 7, 2008)
» InfraReDx Technology: Near Infrared Diffuse Spectroscopy for Coronary Artery Disease (April 28, 2008)
» VitalJacket: Heart Monitoring Shirt (April 25, 2008)
» Medtronic Defender Embolic Protection Filter Approved in EU (April 18, 2008)
» The Latest on Genetically Created Pacemaker Cells (April 18, 2008)
» Lumax 540 from BIOTRONIK: AICD with Home Monitoring (April 11, 2008)
» Philips HD7 (April 9, 2008)
» DRE Medical Introduces World's Smallest ECG System (April 7, 2008)
» Sparrow, a Smaller, Gentler Stent Goes on Trial (March 31, 2008)
» Debris Aspiration During Heart Attack Improves Cardiac Blood Flow, Chances of Survival (March 31, 2008)
» CardioNet Monitor (March 19, 2008)
» Stentys, Maker of Bifurcated Self-Expanding Coronary Stents, Gets Financed (March 19, 2008)
» Impella Percutaneous VAD to be Studied for Acute MI Patients (March 17, 2008)
» Microporous Hydroxyapatite Coating for Drug-eluting Stents (March 17, 2008)
» ThermoSuit Studied as an Adjunct Treatment for MI (March 12, 2008)
» REPLY, World's Smallest Pacemaker OK'ed in Europe (March 11, 2008)
» Edwards Sapien Transcatheter Aortic Valve Makes Human Debut (March 10, 2008)
» FloWave 1000 Monitor Promises Noninvasive Cardiac Output (March 7, 2008)
» onePAC Prescription Packaging (March 5, 2008)
» Review: Magnetic Navigation in Coronary Interventions (March 3, 2008)
» Medtronic's Coronary Y Stent Goes Invasive (February 28, 2008)
» Fabric-based Electrodes for a More Comfortable ECG Experience (February 27, 2008)
» Metricath Gemini Double Balloon Catheter Showing Promise (February 19, 2008)
» Heart Beat Radar Offers Wire-Free Cardiac Monitoring (February 6, 2008)
» Vicor and US Army Team on New Cardiac Monitor (February 4, 2008)
» Medtronic's Endeavor Drug-Eluting Stent Approved by FDA (February 1, 2008)
» Neovasc Coronary Sinus Reducer: A Novel Stent for Ischemic Heart Disease (February 1, 2008)
» AngioSculpt® Scoring Balloon Catheter Goes to Japan (January 29, 2008)
» Reliant® Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitor Gets FDA OK (January 24, 2008)
» Polyzene-F Nanocoating for Cardiac Stents (January 24, 2008)
» Supercomputer Creates Most Advanced Heart Model (January 21, 2008)
» St. Jude Medical Gets FDA OK for Cardiac Image Integration Software (January 16, 2008)
» Micro ECG For Mobile Monitoring (January 16, 2008)
» Medical Position System (MPS) from MediGuide: GPS for Cath (December 20, 2007)
» Insertable Cardiac Monitors (ICMs) Reveal® DX and Reveal® XT (December 13, 2007)
» Somatom Definition AS: The World's First Adaptive Computed Tomograph (December 6, 2007)
» Acuson P50 Portable Ultrasound System from Siemens (November 28, 2007)
» Xario XG Ultrasound from Toshiba (November 27, 2007)
» AquilionONE CT from Toshiba Cleared by FDA (November 27, 2007)
» Artis zee from Siemens (November 26, 2007)
» Siemens ACUSON S2000 (November 26, 2007)
» PatchPump™: PCA in a Button (November 5, 2007)
» A Wireless ECG Patch (October 31, 2007)
» Toshiba's New Cardiac Cath X-Ray System Debuts in the US (October 25, 2007)
» The MGuard™: Coronary Stent and Embolic Protection Device (October 22, 2007)
» REVA Bioresorbable Polycarbonate Stent (October 19, 2007)
» Sleuth™ Wireless Electrocardiogram Monitoring System (October 18, 2007)
» USCOM Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitor (October 17, 2007)
» AngioSculpt® Scoring Balloon Catheter (October 12, 2007)
» The Myotech Circulatory Support System (CSS) (October 11, 2007)
» IVMRI Catheter, an "Inside-out" MRI, Filed with the FDA (October 9, 2007)
» LUCAS™ Chest Compression System Offers a New CPR Experience (October 8, 2007)
» M-Turbo™: New Portable Ultrasound from SonoSite (October 2, 2007)
» NetGuard™: Continuous Wireless EKG from Datascope (October 1, 2007)
» St. Jude's Promote™ RF CRT-D and Current™ RF ICD (September 25, 2007)
» Investors Like CardiOp-B System, Hope Cardiologists Will Follow (September 17, 2007)
» In the Works: Ultra-Miniature Surgical Instruments (September 10, 2007)
» HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator Transmits Wireless Data (September 7, 2007)
» CT Vascular Analysis via the Internet (September 4, 2007)
» HeartMate II Shown Effective In Waiting Transplant Candidates (August 30, 2007)
» Melody™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Still Being Tested in the US (August 23, 2007)
» Safety Issues Eat Away at Stent Makers (August 16, 2007)
» Needed Like a Hole in the Heart (August 15, 2007)
» ACLS for LAX (August 8, 2007)
» First Implantation of Circulite's Synergy Mini Blood Pump (August 8, 2007)
» Cancion: The Beat Goes On (August 6, 2007)
» New Trial for CardioFit™ System for CHF (August 1, 2007)
» Reveal® XT Continuously Monitors Atrial Fibrillation (July 12, 2007)
» Stem Cells Show Promise in Angina (June 28, 2007)
» We Heart Blood Vessel Robots (June 27, 2007)
» CareLink Network Goes Live in Europe (June 26, 2007)
» Thinking Outside the Vessel: New Gel to Heal Coronary Arteries (June 26, 2007)
» ACUSON P10: An Ultrasound System That Fits in a Pocket (June 25, 2007)
» The Vivid 7 Dimension (June 21, 2007)
» Watching the Watchman (June 18, 2007)
» A Device to Detect Impending Heart Attacks (June 14, 2007)
» AMP® NT-proBNP Test (June 14, 2007)
» Coronary Disease Deaths Decreasing by the Decade (June 13, 2007)
» ArterioVision™: The CIMT (Carotid Intima-Media Thickness) Test (June 11, 2007)
» Percutaneous VSD Patch Results Presented (May 11, 2007)
» Zephyr™ Pacemakers from St. Jude (May 4, 2007)
» PRIME™ ECG: Sir, Your Heart is on Fire! (April 25, 2007)
» Remote Monitoring Programs Benefit Heart Patients (April 24, 2007)
» The HeartLander, a Bug for the Heart (April 19, 2007)
» Hand Carried Ultrasound works (April 13, 2007)
» Nitric Oxide Releasing Plastics to Help Cardiologists (April 10, 2007)
» ESTELE: Expert System for Tele Echography (April 4, 2007)
» Artificial HDL Helps to Visualize Coronary Plaque (April 4, 2007)
» Wireless Implant To Monitor Hypertension (March 30, 2007)
» The Future of Cardiac Monitoring . . . (March 30, 2007)
» Aquilion beta 256 (March 28, 2007)
» Leadtek Making Sexy ECG Monitors (March 28, 2007)
» CardioSen'C: Portable ECG Transmits Data to Doctors Via Cellphones (March 28, 2007)
» Bioabsorbable Stents: So Far So Good (March 26, 2007)
» iPods Help Medical Students Improve Auscultation Skills (March 26, 2007)
» New Defibrillator Features AF Suppression Technology (March 20, 2007)
» Do You Know Where Your AED Is At? (March 14, 2007)
» Telemedicine Setback: Medtronic's Chronicle Fails (March 2, 2007)
» senSAVE® to Provide Real Time Wearable ECG (March 1, 2007)
» Pilot Study of Genesis® Neurostimulation System in Angina (February 28, 2007)
» DIY ECG: Exciting Hack, or Meaningless Acronym? (February 20, 2007)
» CPR Glove A Potential Lifesaver (February 14, 2007)
» Medtronic Starts Study of MRI Compatible Pacemaker (February 13, 2007)
» The CardioFit™ System for CHF (February 12, 2007)
» LAP Mentor™ and other Sims from Simbionix (February 9, 2007)
» Philips and Stereotaxis: Joystick Precision for Complicated Caths (January 31, 2007)
» Axiom Artis dBA Twin (January 24, 2007)
» The Sensei™ Robotic Catheter System (January 11, 2007)
» The Melody™ Valve Approved in Canada (January 10, 2007)
» Signalife's Real-Time No-Noise 12-lead ECG Vest: Ready for Launch (January 10, 2007)
» Laptops with Integrated ECG to Hit CES '07: Doctors Die a Little (January 5, 2007)
» Quest for Battery-Free Pacemakers (December 27, 2006)
» Valecor™ Coronary Stent (December 27, 2006)
» Shocking News About the Heart (December 22, 2006)
» BPGuardian Measures Blood Presure Wirelessly (December 21, 2006)
» FilterWire EZ™ Embolic Protection System (December 15, 2006)
» "Generation NeXt" Ultrasounds (December 11, 2006)
» Growing Heart Muscle Goes 3D (December 11, 2006)
» Watchman®: Plug Up Heart to Prevent Strokes (November 29, 2006)
» Enlarged Heart? Insects to the Rescue! (November 27, 2006)
» XStrain™ Technology (November 21, 2006)
» Heart Valves Grown From Womb Fluid Cells (November 17, 2006)
» Positive Results from Trial of Rheos Baroreflex Hypertension Therapy (November 16, 2006)
» Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing Shows Promise for Predicting Sudden Cardiac Death (November 16, 2006)
» Stents: The Medgadget Divas (November 15, 2006)
» Vivid e (November 14, 2006)
» Philips X7-2 Transducer (November 14, 2006)
» Stem Cells for Heart Attacks (November 9, 2006)
» Figthing Migraines with a Medgadget? (November 2, 2006)
» Dissolvable Heart Stents (October 25, 2006)
» Innova IVUS Installed (October 23, 2006)
» Drug-Free BP Therapy Catching On (October 13, 2006)
» MHM100 Personal ECG Monitor (October 11, 2006)
» Biotronik's Lumax ICD Defibrillates, Sends SMSs, Emails, Faxes (October 4, 2006)
» Acuson AcuNav 8F (October 2, 2006)
» Mesh Coronary Stent: A Brighter Future? (September 26, 2006)
» Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan™ (September 12, 2006)
» The Dawn of Bioengineering in Treating Irregular Heartbeats (August 29, 2006)
» Medtronic Releases New Pacemakers (August 14, 2006)
» iLab Makes it Easier to View Within Heart and Vessels (July 24, 2006)
» Watch the heart as it rehabs- well, sorta! (July 6, 2006)
» Engineered Heart Cells Conduct Electricity and Hope (June 20, 2006)
» Now, Sequitor: FDA Clears New Steerable Guidewire (June 19, 2006)
» New Material Holds Promise for Vascular Grafts (June 16, 2006)
» Be Still, My Beating Heart (June 15, 2006)
» Discovery VCT Installed (June 13, 2006)
» Mildly Shocking News about Pre-Defibrillation (June 7, 2006)
» CPR Prompt: An Electronic Life Coach (June 6, 2006)
» Merlin™ Patient Care System (June 1, 2006)
» The Ppups: Plug and Play Ultrasound Probe System (May 25, 2006)
» SymBio™ Coronary Stent With Dual Drug Protection (May 19, 2006)
» Medtronic Concerto™/Virtuoso™ Debut (May 17, 2006)
» The Procedicus Vascular Interventional System Trainer (May 1, 2006)
» The Delphi IVantage™ Infusion Pump (April 27, 2006)
» Lasers to Visualize Unstable Plaques (April 11, 2006)
» Stereotaxis Zaps Atrial Fibrillation All Right (April 3, 2006)
» The Fidelity 100 ECG System (March 30, 2006)
» Vevo 770™ Micro-imaging System (March 21, 2006)
» Angio-Seal: A VIP in Cardiac Cath (March 20, 2006)
» AUDICOR Correlated Audioelectric Cardiography (March 17, 2006)
» PFX™ Closure System (March 17, 2006)
» Guidant Documents Reveal Dysrhythmia (February 28, 2006)
» Murmurs of a Stethoscope Resurgence (February 28, 2006)
» Olympic Short Track Speedskaters Examined by Ultraportable Ultrasounds (February 17, 2006)
» In the Works: Collapsible Heart Valve for Children (February 16, 2006)
» Detecting Cardiac Damage: from 24 hours to 20 seconds (February 14, 2006)
» Optimizer™ III: Cardiac Contractility Modulation Therapy for CHF (January 31, 2006)
» HearTwave® II Microvolt T-Wave Alternans System (January 27, 2006)
» CardiArc: Nuclear Imaging in the ER (January 26, 2006)
» The Hydron Implant Technology (January 20, 2006)
» Guidant Madness! (January 19, 2006)
» Laughter Can Cure (January 19, 2006)
» DIY Electrocardiograph Kit (January 18, 2006)
» Cardiac Arrests on Ice (January 9, 2006)
» Ultrafiltration May Be Practical Alternative to Diuretics (December 9, 2005)
» D-SPECT™ Cardiac Scanner (December 7, 2005)
» Discovery VCT -- The World's First Volumetric PET/CT System (December 1, 2005)
» The Terason t3000™ Ultrasound System (December 1, 2005)
» The SonoSite® MicroMaxx™ (November 29, 2005)
» Somatom Definition: The First Dual Source CT (November 21, 2005)
» Alagebrium to Arteries: Loosen Up (November 21, 2005)
» LocaLisa® System Lowers Radiation Dose in Peds (November 17, 2005)
» Dogs Are Truly Man's Best Friend (November 16, 2005)
» J&J Finally Buys Guidant (November 16, 2005)
» Womens' Hostility Doesn't Hurt Their Hearts (November 16, 2005)
» VO2 Max a Good Predictor of Survival Rate for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (November 15, 2005)
» Five Heart Beats for LightSpeed VCT (November 15, 2005)
» EKGuard (November 11, 2005)
» The EndoSure™ Wireless AAA Pressure Measurement System (November 11, 2005)
» Ultrasound Cath to Combine 3-D Imaging, Ablative Capability (November 8, 2005)
» The Ubiquitous Echo (November 7, 2005)
» HeartPOD™ (November 3, 2005)
» Victory® Pacemakers (October 28, 2005)
» HFQRS-ECG (October 13, 2005)
» Shocking News about Cosmic Rays (October 12, 2005)
» Stent Wars (September 22, 2005)
» Flextome Cutting Balloon gets FDA Approval (September 20, 2005)
» Philips Launches A New Cardiology Ultrasound System (September 15, 2005)
» IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) Catheter (August 31, 2005)
» Lumos DR-T Dual-Chamber ICD with Wireless Home Monitoring (August 30, 2005)
» Sensation Cardiac 64 (August 9, 2005)
» Musings on the Philips HeartStart (July 7, 2005)
» Circulatory System on a Chip (July 5, 2005)
» Simultaneous Hybrid Procedure for CAD (July 5, 2005)
» Benephit for Targeted Renal Drug Delivery (June 28, 2005)
» Guidant Recalls 50,000 Implanted Defibrillators (June 20, 2005)
» The Sunshine Heart C-Pulse (May 23, 2005)
» Ready System allows Mini-Bypass (May 19, 2005)
» Androscope i-stethos Advanced Electronic Stethoscope (May 18, 2005)
» IntelliVue Telemetry System (May 17, 2005)
» HyperQ™ (May 16, 2005)
» Under Construction: 4D Ultrasound System (May 13, 2005)
» VerifyNow™ Aspirin System (May 11, 2005)
» Medtronic CareLink® Programmer - Model 2090 (May 5, 2005)
» AbioCor: It's For a Good Cause (April 25, 2005)
» The SonoSite® MicroMaxx™ (April 20, 2005)
» Underground Medgadgets (April 20, 2005)
» Non-pacing Electric Stimulation for Heart Failure (April 19, 2005)
» The EKG, Untangled (April 12, 2005)
» Brilliance 64-slice CT Scanner by Philips (April 4, 2005)
» Novel Device for High Blood Pressure Implanted (April 1, 2005)
» Optical Coherence Tomography: Positive Results in Clinical Study Reported (March 31, 2005)
» TherOx ® AO System for Hyperbaric Oxygen Delivery (March 25, 2005)
» TriActiv ® Balloon Protected Flush Extraction System (March 22, 2005)
» Pacemaker study sees increase in heart failure rates (March 15, 2005)
» Acuson AcuNav 8F for Intracardiac Ultrasound Exams (March 10, 2005)
» Vasotrac Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor (March 9, 2005)
» GE's LightSpeed VCT System (March 8, 2005)
» Endeavor ™ Drug Eluting Stent: Positive Results Reported (March 7, 2005)
» Biograph 64 PET/CT System (March 4, 2005)
» DynaCT C-arm System (March 4, 2005)
» New ultrasound technique reported (March 3, 2005)
» GuardWire fails in international study (March 2, 2005)
» UltraStethoscope™ (February 21, 2005)
» CardioVision MS-2000: predicting a heart attack in the next 10 years? (February 16, 2005)
» VentrAssist LVAS (February 9, 2005)
» New procedure for children with LQTS (February 3, 2005)
» Philos II DR-T from Biotronik (February 2, 2005)
» INR@Home (January 21, 2005)
» InSync Sentry: defibrillator and CHF monitor (January 17, 2005)
» New Linear ™ 7.5 Fr. Intra-Aortic Balloon (January 11, 2005)
» Signals From Deep Inside (December 28, 2004)
» The LifeVest Conspiracy (December 28, 2004)
» ReadMyHeart ECG (December 17, 2004)
» Personal Health Status Monitor (December 16, 2004)
» BioZ Dx (December 15, 2004)
» Q-Stress® version 3.5 (December 14, 2004)
» Endo-PAT2000 System (December 14, 2004)
» T-Line Tensymeter (December 11, 2004)
» iE33 by Philips (December 11, 2004)
» Vivid i (December 11, 2004)
» Stereotaxis (December 10, 2004)
» Native TEQ Dynamic Technology for ACUSON Sequoia; 8V3 Transducer (December 10, 2004)
» Toshiba Aplio xV (December 10, 2004)
» Titan (December 9, 2004)
