St. Jude Medical ‘s new ILUMIEN OPTIS PCI Optimization System, a tool for assessing the state of coronary arteries before stent placement, has received European approval to begin distribution on the continent. The ILUMIEN platform combines Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) for measuring intra-arterial...
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on Fri, May 17 2013
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Elixir Medical Corporation (Sunnyvale, CA) won the European CE Mark to begin marketing its DESolve Novolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold System. The device dissolves within the vessel in about a year, leaving a properly shaped lumen that no longer requires support. Novolimus, the drug deposited...
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on Thu, May 16 2013
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I have to take exception to a key statement in “The World Market for General Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-ray Equipment – 2013″ report issued by IMS Research, a subsidiary of market research firm IHS. According to this report, growth Read More...
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on Thu, May 16 2013
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Suspected brain injuries can be difficult to diagnose, and expensive CT scanners are the best way to look for edemas and hematomas. But CT scanners are large, expensive, ionizing, and require specialists to operate. Researchers at UC Berkeley have been working on developing a new brain injury detector...
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on Wed, May 15 2013
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