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  1. Mentioned In 44 Articles

  2. Location, Location—Innovation: Companies in key U.S. regions continue to dominate medtech innovation, but the names on their patents often come with overseas addresses.

    Medical Device Link (Nov 21 2008) Explore Article

    ...en one thinks of important medical device innovators, large multinational companies such as Abbott, Boston Scientific, GE Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and Siemens all come to mind. But identifying the reg... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   GlucoLight   Boston Scientific   Cordis

  3. Medtronic Announces Plans to Release Data on Broad Portfolio of Cardiovascular Innovations at TCT 20

    PR-USA.net (Oct 12 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    ...es as principal investigator of ENDEAVOR IV, a head-to-head comparison of Medtronic’s Endeavor and Boston Scientific’s Taxus drug-eluting coronary stents. Dr. Leon’s presentation will be followed by a presentation ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Giulio Guagliumi   Boston Scientific   Cardiovascular Research Foundation

  4. Optical scanning and imaging system and method

    PatFT » Page 1 of 1 (Aug 19 2008) Patents Explore Article

    An optical scanning and imaging system and related method for scanning and imaging an object is disclosed. The scanning and imaging system does not use mechanically moving components to achieve lateral scanning of an object. Instead, the system includes a deflecting prism comprised of a material having an index of refraction that varies with changes in an applied electromagnetic field and that remains substantially constant with changes in wavelength of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific

  5. Coherence Tomography Following Paclitaxel Eluting Stent Implantation in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease (OCTAXUS)

    Home - ClinicalTrials.gov (Jun 24 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    A prospective Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) study on the completeness of strut coverage and vessel wall response, at different time points (3-6-9 Months), following TAXUS Liberte stent implantation (staged procedures) in patients with multi vessel native coronary artery lesions. Major concerns were addressed to the delayed healing process of drug-eluting stents in off-label indications. To date no studies have detailed the in-vivo completeness of DES coverage at different time points. ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific   Case Western Reserve University   Giulio Guagliumi

  6. Optical Coherence Tomography for Drug Eluting Stent Safety (ODESSA)

    Home - ClinicalTrials.gov (Jun 8 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    Increasing lesion complexity in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) has warranted the use of overlapping drug-eluting stents. Whether the substantial impairment of arterial healing observed at sites of overlap in preclinical pathologic studies persists in patients undergoing PCI is unknown. Consecutive patients with long lesions in native coronary vessels requiring stents in overlap are prospectively randomized to receive multiple sirolimus-,paclitaxel polymer-or zotarolimus eluting stents (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Case Western Reserve University   Boston Scientific   LightLab Imaging

  7. Systems and Methods for Dynamic Optical Imaging

    PatFT » Page 1 of 1 (May 20 2008) Cardiology , Endoscopy , Patents Explore Article

    A medical system includes a catheter having an elongated tubular member and an inner core slideably received within the elongated member. The inner core includes an imager on a distal end and is coupled with a control system and an imaging system. The inner core is configured to scan the interior of a lumen by radially rotating around a center axis and axially translating along the center axis while within ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific

  8. Abbott Heart Stent Better at Keeping Coronary Arteries Open and ...

    ptca.org (May 14 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    ...8 meeting in Barcelona -- and the results showed Abbott's second generation stent to be superior to Boston Scientific's market-leading TAXUS paclitaxel-eluting stent in several important criteria. * Major Adverse Card... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Gregg W. Stone   Boston Scientific

  9. Best Practices in Medical Technologies & Life Sciences Recognized with Frost & Sullivan Awards

    businesswire.com (Mar 17 2008) Explore Article

    ...Bioptigen Inc. -- 2007 North American Optical Coherence Tomography Excellence in Research Award Boston Scientific -- 2008 North American Neurostimulation Market Share Advancement Award -AND- 2008 United States Cor... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bioptigen   Boston Scientific   Siemens

  10. OCT market to top $800 million by 2012

    Laser Focus World (Jan 29 2008) Funding Explore Article

    ...y the dominant imaging modality in this field-is a $400 million market shared by two major players: Boston Scientific and Volcano (San Diego, CA). Recognizing the potential of OCT to offer imagery far superior to IVUS... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   LightLab Imaging   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Scott Huennekens

  11. Coronary Stent with Ultrathin Coat Shows Promise in Initial ...

    Medical News (Jan 22 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    ...financial disclosures to declare. Dr. Quesada disclosed possible conflicts of interest with Abbott, Boston Scientific, Cordis, Gore, NMT Medical, and AGA Medical corporation. Primary source: International Symposium on... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific   Cordis   Corrado Tamburino

  12. Innovation: patent applications review

    Medical Physics (Jan 18 2008) Explore Article

    ...e * IBM, Mayo target imaging innovation * Elekta goes shopping * More news articles Related Links * Boston Scientific * University of California * Carl Zeiss Meditec * General Electric Company * Siemens Medical Soluti... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Carl Zeiss Meditec   Boston Scientific   Siemens

  13. Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions Preclude Strut Apposition Despite High Pressure Balloon Dilatation and Rotational Atherectomy

    jstage.jst.go.jp (Dec 27 2007) Cardiology Explore Article

    ...ng 3.0and 3.5-mm non-compliant balloons up to 20 atm. A paclitaxel-eluting stent (Taxus Liberte™, Boston Scientific, Natick, MA, USA) was implanted (4.0 ×16 mm, 16 atm) in Circulation Journal Vol.72, January 2008 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   LightLab Imaging   Jun Tanigawa   Carlo Di Mario

  14. Systems and methods for transforming video images using fast visual interpolation

    PatFT » Page 1 of 1 (Aug 7 2007) Patents Explore Article

    In an image gathering and display system, data is interpolated by gathering non-interpolated input data and formatting that data such that a user of the data can interpolate the data without requiring the image gathering and display system to perform the interpolation. A series of weighted randomly selected non-interpolated input data values are displayed to the user as a stream of non-interpolated output values, such that the user interpolates the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific

  15. Optical coherence tomography after cutting balloon angioplasty

    Heart (Jun 18 2007) Cardiology Explore Article

    ...was admitted for chest pain. A coronary angiogram showed diffuse in-stent restenosis of an Express (Boston Scientific Corporation and Medinol Ltd) 2.75 x 15 mm stent which had been implanted in the left anterior desce... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   LightLab Imaging   Lightlab ImageWire   Lightlab Imaging Console

  16. Electronically scanned coherence tomography with frequency modulated signals

    PatFT » Page 1 of 1 (Feb 20 2007) Patents Explore Article

    An improved Optical Coherence Domain Reflectometry (OCDR) system is provided. One embodiment of this OCDR system outputs a detector signal carrying image depth information on multiple modulation frequencies, where each modulation frequency corresponds to a different image depth. The image depth information from the detector signal may be resolved by tuning to the desired modulation frequency. Another system for imaging body tissue uses multiple frequency modulators such that the light ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Boston Scientific

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