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AuntMinnie.com MarketStat #46: Cath lab device budgets for 2006

As of IMV's 2006 Cardiac Cath Census Survey, 21% of the cath labs had device budgets of less than $200K, 23% had $200K-$599K budgets, 13% had $600K-$999K budgets, and 43% had device budgets of $1 million or more.

January 17, 2007

Philips, Biosense Webster collaborate

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, has signed a strategic alliance with cardiac technology developer Biosense Webster of Diamond Bar, CA, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.

January 15, 2007

Conor wins British patent victory

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Conor Medsystems reported that the Court of Appeal in the U.K. unanimously upheld the decision of the High Court of Justice to revoke the U.K. portion of European Patent 0 706 376 B1 to Angiotech Pharmaceuticals.

January 15, 2007

Adenosine stress safe for MR perfusion

By Eric Barnes

MR stress perfusion imaging (MSPI) with adenosine is safe even for daily clinical use, according to researchers from Germany who used it in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Adenosine is an effective stress agent, and major side effects are both rare and reversible, the team reported.

January 15, 2007

Dual-energy CT may assist in coronary plaque identification

By Wayne Forrest

With the help of dual-energy CT technology, researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, have taken the first steps toward distinguishing iron from calcium deposits in coronary arteries, potentially enabling the differentiation of hemorrhagic from calcific plaque.

January 14, 2007

Boston Scientific launches Promus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said that it has initiated international marketing of its Promus everolimus-eluting stent.

January 10, 2007