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SAN DIEGO, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of precision intravascular therapy guidance tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with AngioScore for its AngioSculpt® PTCA Scoring Balloon Catheter for coronary indications in Japan. This is the first of what Volcano believes will be many...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A gleeful smile helped 4-year-old Noah Treida of Indianapolis beat out hundreds of photo entries nationwide to become this year's Balloon Time® "Put A Face On Fun" contest winner. Treida won $1,500 toward his education and participated in a professional photo shoot, where his resulting image will be featured on Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kit packaging for the next year. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...
WARRENDALE, Pa., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MEDRAD Interventional(TM)/Possis® today announced the initiation of a supply agreement with ev3 Inc. (Nasdaq: EVVV). Under terms of the agreement, MEDRAD will make available the Cotavance(TM) peripheral drug-eluting balloon angioplasty catheter with Paccocath® technology for study in combination with ev3's SilverHawk® and TurboHawk(TM) Plaque Excision Systems for use in the DEFINITIVE AR European pilot study for treating lower extremity...
ATLANTA, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vystar® Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VYST), the exclusive creator of Vytex® Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), a patented, all-natural raw material that significantly reduces antigenic proteins found in natural rubber latex, has published its seventh technical paper, titled "Balancing Material Acquisition and Production Costs: Quantifying the True Cost of Aluminum Hydroxide Treated Natural Rubber Latex." (Logo:...
ATLANTA, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vystar® Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VYST), the exclusive creator of Vytex® Natural Rubber Latex (NRL), a patented, all-natural raw material that significantly reduces antigenic proteins found in natural rubber latex, has signed a licensing agreement for Vytex NRL with GrupoAgroindustrialOccidente's "Pica de Hule Natural," located in Guatemala. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100203/CL48049LOGO )...
Bernard Piccard is hoping to raise awareness about the potential for renewable energy by flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world. At the recent World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Piccard told AFP that he wants to "fly day and night to show that, with renewable energies, you can have unlimited duration of flight, no restriction." Piccard held a booth at the summit to promote his venture. Piccard, a 51-year-old Swiss psychiatrist, plans to fly his unique "Solar Impulse" aircraft...
Helium is used in applications ranging from medical devices such as MRIs to surveillance balloons for national security. In the Helium Privatization Act of 1996, Congress directed the government to sell essentially all of the U.S. helium reserves by 2015 to compensate the government for its investment in the helium and its storage.SELLING THE NATION'S HELIUM RESERVE, a new report from the National Research Council, assesses whether selling off the reserve has had any adverse effects on U.S....
NASA Seeks Student Payloads for High-Flying Research BalloonNASA is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send their experiments to the edge of space on a high-flying scientific balloon.The annual NASA project provides near space access for 12 undergraduate and graduate student experiments to be carried by a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The flights typically last 15 to 20 hours and reach an altitude of 23 miles. Experiments may include...
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The magical procession returns to the Big Apple this November as the 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off the holiday season. On Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 9:00am at the sound of Let's Have a Parade, America's favorite holiday spectacular will step off with its signature giant helium balloons, floats of fantasy, marching bands, clowns, celebrity and large performance groups, and the one-and-only Santa Claus. (Photo:...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta® "Mass Happiness," launching October 3-11, is bringing hot air balloonists and tourists from around the globe to Albuquerque, New Mexico (http://www.itsatrip.org). The 38th annual Balloon Fiesta (http://www.balloonfiesta.com) will feature 550 registered hot air and gas balloons and 650 balloon pilots representing 17 countries and 37 states. Every October, during these nine days, more than 800,000...
