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NATICK, Mass., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the U.S. market launch of its Z Flex-270(TM) Steerable Sheath. The device is intended for use in a wide range of electrophysiology (EP) procedures to facilitate the introduction and placement of diagnostic and therapeutic catheters within the heart. The Company plans to launch the product immediately in the U.S. "The Z Flex-270 Steerable Sheath provides more than 270 degrees of tip...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Relievant Medsystems, Inc., a privately held medical device company pioneering the therapeutic use of basivertebral nerve ablation for the treatment of chronic axial low back pain, announced today that it has secured $30 million in a Series D equity financing to advance and expand the Company's worldwide clinical development programs. New Enterprise Associates (NEA) led the financing with participation from existing venture...

MORRISVILLE, N.C., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- nContact, Inc., the leading innovator in epicardial ablation devices, today announced that CEO John Funkhouser spoke at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) Cardiovascular Innovations Educational Forum in Chicago, IL, on the future of cardiac ablation under managed care. The theme of the talk was anticipated managed care requirements for the industry, and though the exact form they will take is uncertain, the presentation...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CardioFocus, Inc., developer of the HeartLight® Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), announces its technology is now available in the Netherlands. Physicians at Isala Klinieken in Zwolle were the first in the country to incorporate visually guided ablation into their regular therapeutic practice and have successfully treated several patients. Arif Elvan, MD, who led the first cases,...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 28th Annual Meeting, researchers from Cleveland Clinic report that there is no evidence that the degree of pain relief from intraarticular steroid injections of the sacroiliac joint predicts the outcome of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the lateral branches in patients suffering with low back pain. The study was presented by Jianguo Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of...

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- nContact, Inc., the leading innovator in epicardial ablation devices, today announced that a new preclinical study examines a unique minimally invasive percutaneous approach to accessing the heart that may enable electrophysiologists (EPs) to perform epicardial ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT). The study was published in the February 2012 issue of The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management. In the study,...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CardioFocus, Inc., developer of the HeartLight® Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), announces the first patient has been enrolled and treated in the HeartLight EAS U.S. pivotal trial, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the technology in treating symptomatic AF. The 48-year-old patient, one of the nearly three million Americans with AF,[i] had suffered with paroxysmal...

Adds a 1470nm Laser to its Practice for Advanced Treatment of Varicose Veins Columbia, MD (PRWEB) February 18, 2012 MD Laser Medicine & Surgery has added a 1470nm Laser to the vein restoration arm of its laser medicine and surgery practice. This cutting-edge laser boasts greater laser efficiency for advanced treatment of varicose veins caused by Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI). “The addition of the 1470nm laser to our practice is the latest step in my ongoing commitment to...

Heart specialists at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) have joined a select group in the country offering patients who suffer from the common and potentially deadly heart rhythm disorder ventricular tachycardia (VT) a new, minimally invasive therapy called epicardial VT ablation. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) February 10, 2012 Heart specialists at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) have joined a select group in the country offering patients who suffer from the common and potentially deadly heart...

NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Resonetics announces an important upgrade to their RESOlution line of DUV (193nm) laser ablation systems for LA-ICP-MS analytical instruments: a 6X larger two-volume sample cell, the S-155 by Laurin Technic (Michael Shelley), with 155x105 mm working area. The S-155 improves two-volume sampling technology with 38 mm headroom to minimize condensation of ablated material on the window for decreased element fractionation and increased...