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Finalizing a merger first disclosed in August 2005, medical device reprocessors Alliance Medical (Phoenix) and Vanguard Medical Concepts (Lakeland, Florida) reported that they have become Ascent Healthcare Solutions (AHS), which describes itself as the leading independent third-party reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs).
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The 31st annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR; Fairfax, Virginia) covered new developments in a wide range of areas, consistent with the expanding range of minimally invasive therapies provided by interventional radiologists and the diversity of the technologies employed in the field.
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The idea of patient safety is not a novel concept, but in the years since the publication of the 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM; Washington) that laid the blame for 44,000 to 98,000 hospital deaths each year on deficient medical care, patient safety has taken on an urgency perhaps not seen since Hippocrates issued the imperative "First, do no harm."
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Although sudden cardiac death has been garnering the major headlines - both positive and negative - and has spawned the approximately $4 billion domestic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) industry, atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly gaining recognition in the cardiology world.
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AGA Medical (Golden Valley, Minnesota) reported enrollment of the first patients in its newest clinical trial - PRIMA (Patent foramen ovale closure Reduction In Migraine with Aura) - intended to examine the connections between
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Raising money in a field that has been over-hyped - such as biologics - isn't easy, according to David Ringler, head of corporate communications for Theregen (San Francisco).
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Athersys (Cleveland) reported that the Addvance division of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (Vancouver, British Columbia) has made an investment in the company to support the development of cell-based products for treating cardiovascular disease.
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A new study has found that seeing the build-up of plaque in their own arteries is the incentive patients need to comply with doctor's orders. The study, conducted at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) and
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Gerald Wolf, PhD, MD, joined Advanced Magnetics (Cambridge, Massachusetts) as vice president of imaging. He also is an emeritus professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. Advanced Magnetics develops nano-particle technology.
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Medtronic (Minneapolis) has launched a clinical trial for a new heart failure (HF) device that combines the capabilities of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) with a monitoring technology that continuously records pressure
