Memorial is pleased to announce the formation of a unique partnership with one of the area’s most well known centers for cardiovascular care – The Heart Institute of East Texas.

BIOTRONIK announced today that the PK Papyrus covered coronary stent system has received CE mark for the treatment of acute coronary artery perforation.

OrbusNeich today announced that new clinical data presented at TCT 2013 show durable outcomes as well as excellent early healing and optimal neointimal suppression out to 24 months following placement of the COMBO Dual Therapy Stent. These results from the EGO-COMBO Study were presented by Stephen W.L. Lee, M.D., of the Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, China, at the annual interventional cardiology conference in San Francisco.

Micell Technologies, Inc. today announced that imaging and clinical results from the DESSOLVE I and DESSOLVE II trials of its MiStent Sirolimus Eluting Absorbable Polymer Coronary Stent System (MiStent SES®) were presented at the 25th Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference held in San Francisco, October 27 – November 1, 2013. The MiStent SES is a thin-strut drug-eluting stent distinguished by a rapidly absorbable coating designed to control drug release, and which was developed to optimize vessel healing in patients with coronary artery disease.

Corindus Vascular Robotics<http://www.corindus.com/>, the leader in precision vascular robotics, will showcase its FDA-approved CorPath System at the upcoming Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 annual meeting, Oct. 27 - Nov. 1 in San Francisco, CA. The CorPath is the first medical device to bring robotic precision and accuracy to coronary angioplasty to help optimize clinical outcomes. Experts from renowned hospitals and healthcare organizations across the country will deliver onsite presentations and answer questions about their clinical experience with robotic-assisted angioplasty and the significant advantages in stent precision and clinical outcomes utilizing the CorPath System.

Biosensors International is celebrating a year of significant achievement with an expanded product portfolio, offering physicians a broader range of treatment options to improve patient outcomes.

BIOTRONIK Japan has announced enrollment of the first patient in the BIOFLOW-IV study, which aims to verify the efficacy and safety of the Orsiro Hybrid Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) from BIOTRONIK. The high quality and efficacy of Orsiro has already been confirmed by three important trials, BIOFLOW-I, -II, and –III, which demonstrated the safety and efficacy of Orsiro.

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardio- and endovascular medical technology, announced a significant milestone today in the development of a new therapy era for patients suffering from coronary artery disease. As part of the clinical study BIOSOLVE-II, Prof. Dr. Michael Haude from the Lukaskrankenhaus, Neuss, Germany, successfully implanted the BIOTRONIK DREAMS (DRug Eluting Absorbable Metal Scaffold) in the first patient.