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Flexible Stenting Solutions adds to portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Stent developer Flexible Stenting Solutions (FSS) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for an improved version of its FlexStent biliary self-expanding stent delivery system.
December 21, 2010
Medtronic gets OK for Endurant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Endurant abdominal aortic aneurysm stent graft system.
December 20, 2010
Former Medtronic CEO Wallin dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Winston Wallin, former chairman and CEO of interventional technology firm Medtronic, died December 20 at the age of 84.
December 20, 2010
Hawkins to retire from Medtronic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
William Hawkins, chairman and CEO of interventional technology firm Medtronic, will retire from both positions at the end of the company's current fiscal year on April 29, 2011.
December 19, 2010
InfraReDx touts LipiScan study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx is touting the results of a case report that describes the association of stent thrombosis with lipid-core plaque as detected by the company's LipiScan coronary imaging system.
December 7, 2010
Microsulis reports first U.S. treatments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Endometrial ablation technology developer Microsulis Medical said that the first U.S. patient has been treated using its Accu2i percutaneous microwave tissue ablation system.
December 5, 2010
CTA reveals African-Americans have more unstable plaque
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - Using CT angiography (CTA), researchers have found that African-American patients have more noncalcified plaque in their coronary arteries than Caucasian patients. The study results were reported at the RSNA annual meeting being held this week in Chicago.
November 30, 2010
DNA damage reduced at 320-slice coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Low-dose coronary CT angiography (CTA) delivered far less DNA damage than conventional coronary angiography, researchers from Berlin reported on Monday at the RSNA meeting's cardiac imaging sessions.
November 28, 2010
CIVCO unveils new products at RSNA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions is introducing its long transducer covers and disposable needle guidance system this year at the RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 28, 2010
CAD boosts new readers in diagnosing stenosis on CCTA
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Computer-aided detection (CAD) software can improve the diagnosis of stenosis on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), although the level of performance gain varies by level of reader experience, according to research presented Sunday at the 2010 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 27, 2010
N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy
By Charlene Laino
High-dose N-acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy in high-risk patients undergoing coronary or vascular angiographic procedures, researchers reported at a late-breaking clinical trials presentation at the American Heart Association meeting in Chicago last week.
November 21, 2010
SIR names Holzer executive director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has named Susan Sedory Holzer as its new executive director, effective January 3, 2011.
November 18, 2010
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