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French firm Biospace Med prepares for launch of EOS digital x-ray unit

By Brian Casey

The vast majority of radiography systems currently on the market -- both digital and analog -- are based on a fairly conventional design that hasn't changed much in decades: an x-ray tube at one end and a film-screen cassette or detector at the other. But the new EOS system from French biotech firm Biospace Med represents a radical new design in digital radiography instrumentation that could carve out a niche when it becomes available in mid-2007.

December 24, 2006

Cordis launches lower-leg catheters

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Frontrunner XP chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheter and Outback re-entry catheter for the treatment of blocked lower-leg arteries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

December 11, 2006

Thales launches new Pixium DR detectors

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French x-ray component supplier Thales Electron Devices launched several new digital radiography (DR) detectors from its Trixell DR division at last week's RSNA meeting in Chicago.

December 5, 2006

Zen to sell CHILI PACS

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Engineering and design firm Zen Engineering Network of Jersey City, NJ, has inked a deal with German software developer CHILI to support and distribute that company's PACS software and services in the U.S.

December 5, 2006

ContextVision launches next iteration of GOPView

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has released GOPView XR2, the latest version of the company's image-enhancement software for digital x-ray.

November 16, 2006

Paramed introduces MROpen

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Paramed of Genoa, Italy, has unveiled MROpen, a general-purpose MRI system based on an open U-shaped cryogen-free superconducting magnet.

November 5, 2006

Pie Medical adds 3D visualization

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch imaging vendor Pie Medical Imaging will be introducing its CAAS QCA 3D package as part of the next generation of its CAAS software.

October 15, 2006

Abbott launches Xience V stent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular has begun the international launch of its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system, according to the Redwood City, CA-based company.

October 2, 2006

Cordis introduces Cypher Select Plus

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has launched its third-generation drug-eluting stent, the Cypher Select Plus, in many markets throughout the world, including countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.

September 25, 2006

Once-yearly bone drug reduces fractures

By Reuters Health

ZURICH (Reuters), Sep 18 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).

September 17, 2006

Study urged to assess late thrombosis risk with drug-eluting stents

By Reuters Health

CHICAGO (Reuters), Sep 12 - A leading U.S. cardiologist called on Friday for a sweeping study to evaluate the risks of potentially fatal blood clots related to drug-eluting coronary stents. Late-stent thrombosis risks were the center of debate at a cardiology meeting earlier this week in Barcelona.

September 11, 2006

Sectra posts strong Q1

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish technology developer Sectra reported solid growth in revenues and operating profit in its medical division in the company's fiscal 2006 first quarter (end-July 31).

September 4, 2006

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