I. REPORT FOCUS

A. INTRODUCTION BRADYCARDIA

SENSOR EXPERTISE WILL URGE DEVELOPMENT IN PACEMAKER MARKET

PROGRESS OF RATE-RESPONSIVE PACEMAKERS WITH SEVERAL SENSORS -

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

TACHYCARDIA

CARDIOPULMONARY (CPB)

A DEVICE IDENTIFIES PATIENTS RISK

B. TYPES OF CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES

CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS

A. IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD)

B. EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATING DEVICES (EDD) ‘OR’ AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED)

SEMI-AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS

WEARABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS

A. IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKERS CARDIAC PACEMAKER BATTERIES STYLES

I. SINGLE-CHAMBER PACEMAKERS

II. DUAL-CHAMBER PACEMAKERS

B. EXTERNAL PACEMAKERS CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) DEVICES

A. CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION PACEMAKERS (CRT-P)

B. CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEFIBRILLATOR (CRT-D) SURGICAL ABLATION

SURGICAL ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

A. CARDIAC ABLATION INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES

CORONARY STENTING

A. DRUG ELUTING STENTS (DES)

B. BARE METAL STENTS (BMS)

C. ABSORBABLE STENTS BACKGROUND

PTCA BALLOON OR ANGIOPLASTY

WHAT IS PTCA OR ANGIOPLASTY?

CARDIAC CATHETERS

A. ANGIOGRAPHY CATHETERS LIMITATIONS OF CATHETER ANGIOGRAPHY

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETERS

CORONARY GUIDEWIRES

ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICES

PERIPHERAL DEVICES

CARDIAC MONITORS AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES

MONITORS DISPLAYING ALL CARDIAC EVENTS

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY DEVICES (ECG)

A. RESTING ECG

B. STRESS ECG OR EXERCISE ECG EVENT MONITORS

CARDIAC STIMULATING DEVICES

REMOTE CARDIAC MONITORS

REMOTE MONITORING FOR IMPLANTED DEVICES AND ITS EFFECT ON

HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

BENEFITS

ABOUT THE SYSTEMS

TELEMONITORING IN CARDIAC DEVICE THERAPY

DEMOGRAPHICS DRIVE INCREASED FREQUENCY OF CARDIAC DEVICE

USAGE

ADVENT OF REMOTE TELEMONITORING

FULLY AUTOMATED MONITORING PICKS UP ASYMPTOMATIC EVENTS

EVEN THE BEST MONITORING SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD ARE NOT

FOOLPROOF

SPECIAL ALERTS WILL QUICKLY NOTIFY PHYSICIAN OF DEVICE, PATIENT

PROBLEMS

EARLY DETECTION OF SERIOUS LEAD FAILURES

HOLTER MONITORS

OTHER DEVICES

TRANSTELEPHONIC ECG

CARDIAC TELEMONITORING DEVICE

COMPLETELY AUTOMATED TELEMONITORING SYSTEMS

HEART RATE MONITORS

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES

DIAGNOSIS

EPIDEMIOLOGY

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STENTS

AORTIC STENT GRAFT

STENT GRAFTS (AORTIC ANEURYSMS)

PTA BALLOON CATHETERS

PTA BALLOON CATHETER FOR HIGH PRESSURE DILATION PROCEDURES

INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTERS

IVC FILTER BRANDS

GREENFIELD FILTER

A. RETRIEVABLE FILTERS

B. PERMANENT IVC FILTERS EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES (EPD)

A. BALLOON OCCLUSION DEVICES

B. CATHETER OCCLUSION DEVICES

C. FILTER DEVICES SYNTHETIC SURGICAL GRAFTS

VASCULAR GRAFTING

ARTHERECTOMY DEVICES

AV ACCESS THROMBECTOMY DEVICES

IDEAL THROMBECTOMY DEVICES

MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY DEVICES FOR TREATING ACUTE

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE

ADVANTAGES:

DISADVANTAGES:

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) DEVICES

DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP)

EP ABLATION CATHETERS

CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES

ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVES

MECHANICAL HEART VALVES

TISSUE HEART VALVES

AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

C. KEY BRANDS OF CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICES MAJOR PROVIDERS OF CARDIAC DEVICES

ABIOMED AB 500

HEART MATE®XVE

HEART MATE II

CENTRIMAG

NOVACOR (LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE)

TANDEM HEART

THORATEC PVAD

THORATEC IVAD

VENTRASSIST

D. A REVIEW ON CARDIAC DISEASES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STATISTICS

MORTALITY FROM MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: UNITED STATES

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE STATISTICS

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) OR CORONARY HEART DISEASE (CHD)

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) STATISTICS

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE - STROKE

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE (PVD)

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE (PVD) - EPIDEMIOLOGY

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE (PVD) - SCREENING

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

DIAGNOSIS

HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF)

INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE

FACTS ABOUT CHF

ARTRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF)

ARTRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) - EPIDEMIOLOGY

ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE

INFLAMMATORY HEART DISEASE

HEART ATTACK AND ANGINA STATISTICS

STROKE STATISTICS

E. MALFUNCTIONS IN IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES: PUTTING THE RISK

IN PERSPECTIVE DESPITE LIMITATION, ICD’S SAVE LIVES

FDA REGULATES

EACH RECALL IS DIFFERENT

PUTTING THE RISK IN PERSPECTIVE

NEEDED: A BETTER RISK-ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

II. MARKET ANALYSIS CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

A. CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - SEGMENTATION CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - GLOBAL

CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - BY GEOGRAPHY

CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - BYCOUNTRY

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC MEDIACL DEVICES - BY TYPE

CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - TYPES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES - TYPES

CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT (CRM) DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

SURGICAL ABLATION

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES - TYPES

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

CORONARY STENTS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

PTCA BALLOONS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC CATHETERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETERS (IVUS)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CORONARY GUIDEWIRES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES - TYPES

CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY DEVICES (ECG)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

EVENT MONITORS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC STIMULATING DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

REMOTE CARDIAC MONITORS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

HOLTER MONITORS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES - TYPES

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STENTS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

PTA BALLOON CATHETERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

AORTIC STENT GRAFT

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES (EPD)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

PERIPHERAL GUIDEWIRES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

SYNTHETIC SURGICAL GRAFTS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP)

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) - TYPES

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

EP LABORATORY DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

EP ABLATION CATHETERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES - TYPES

CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES - GEOGRAPHIC REGION

MECHANICAL HEART VALVES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

TISSUE HEART VALVES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

OTHERS CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES

NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - BY TYPES

NORTH AMERICA

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CANADA

EUROPE

UNITED KINGDOM

GERMANY

FRANCE

ITALY

SPAIN

RUSSIA

BELGIUM

REST OF EUROPE

ASIA-PACIFIC

JAPAN

CHINA

INDIA

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH KOREA

AUSTRALIA

REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC

LATIN AMERICA

BRAZIL

ARGENTINA

REST OF LATIN AMERICA

REST OF WORLD

SOUTH AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST

REST OF REST OF WORLD

B. GROWTH RATE ANALYSIS GLOBAL CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES TYPES - GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT (CRM) DEVICES MARKET

GROWTH RATES

CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT (CRM) DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT (CRM) DEVICES TYPES -

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC PACEMAKERS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) MARKET

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL SURGICAL ABLATION MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES TYPES - GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CORONARY STENTS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL PTCA BALLOONS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC CATHETERS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETERS (IVUS) MARKET

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CORONARY GUIDEWIRES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL INTRODUCER SHEATHS (IS) & OTHER INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC

DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES MARKET

GROWTH RATES

CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES TYPES -

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY DEVICES (ECG) MARKET GROWTH

RATES

GLOBAL EVENT MONITORS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC STIMULATING DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL REMOTE CARDIAC MONITORS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL HOLTER MONITORS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES TYPES - GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL PERIPHERAL VASCULAR STENTS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL PTA BALLOON CATHETERS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL AORTIC STENT GRAFT MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTERS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES (EPD) MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL PERIPHERAL GUIDEWIRES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL SYNTHETIC SURGICAL GRAFTS MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) DEVICES TYPES - GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETERS MARKET

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) LABORATORY DEVICES MARKET

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) ABLATION CATHETERS MARKET

GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES MARKET GROWTH RATES

CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES MARKET - TYPES

GLOBAL CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES TYPES - GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL MECHANICAL HEART VALVES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL TISSUE HEART VALVES MARKET GROWTH RATES

GLOBAL TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES MARKET GROWTH RATES

C. INVESTMENT FOCUS

III. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW FREQUENT OCCURRENCES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WITNESS

IMPROVEMENTS

IN MEDICAL DEVICES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS

AN ENCOURAGING JAB FOR TORPID PERIODS

A. A REVIEW ON CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICE TYPES

1. CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES CRM IN EUROPE

CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS

RAPID GROWTH IN DEFIBRILLATOR SALES

CARDIAC PACEMAKER DEVICES

STATISTICS ON PACEMAKERS AND IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES

PRESENTED AT EUROPACE 2009

THE DATA COLLECTION WORK

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT)

2. CARDIAC MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES THE PROGRESSIVE AND FREQUENT OCCURRENCES OF HEART DISEASES TO

ENCOURAGE

HUGE DEMAND OF DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEMS

INCORPORATION OF SYSTEMS WITH EMR TO BOOST EXTENDED GROWTH

OF MARKET

THE NORTH AMERICAN CARDIAC MONITORING DEVICES MARKET

OVERVIEW

3. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC DEVICES CORONARY STENTS

EVOLUTION OF STENT TECHNOLOGY ATTRACTS HUGE ATTENTION

CARDIAC CATHETERS

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CATHETERS (IVUS)

GO WITH THE FLOW: FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, THAT IS

ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE DEVICES

4. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DEVICES EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES (EPD)

INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTERS

CONCLUSION

PERIPHERAL GUIDEWIRES

AV ACCESS THROMBECTOMY DEVICES

5. CARDIAC PROSTHETIC DEVICES

6. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETERS (EP) GROWTH IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS IN EUROPE

DIAGNOSTIC EP CATHETERS, ABLATION DEVICES SEE STRONG INDUSTRY

GROWTH

EP MAPPING

NEW AF ABLATION DEVICES SEEK APPROVAL

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF)

SWISS CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES: A MARKET REVIEW

MARKET CHALLENGES

B. CARDIAC DEVICES: MORTALITY RISKS V/S AGE DRIVERS IN THE MEDICAL IMPLANT INDUSTRY

SIZE AND WEIGHT

POWER EFFICIENCY

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

RISK MITIGATION AND RELIABILITY

C. CARDIAC DISEASE: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND

ECONOMY

IMPACT OF CVD IN EUROPE

IMPACT ON NEW YORK STATE

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CVD IN NYS

HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HEART DISEASE PREVENTION

IMPACT OF CVD ON ECONOMIC STABILITY

ECONOMIC COST OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

D. INFECTIOUS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN AFRICA AND BEYOND

E. RECENT FDA ACTIONS AND APPROVALS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES

SEGMENT

F. INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES MERGERS/ACQUISITIONS/AGREEMENTS/PATENTS GRANTS/JOINT

VENTURES/ETC……

OPTO CIRCUITS PURCHASES ROUGHLY 76% OF CARDIAC SCIENCE'S

SHARES

AHA SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS SUPPORTS RESUSCITATION SOLUTION

THE EDWARDS LIFE SCIENCES FUND HELPS NOT LESS THAN 150

ASSOCIATIONS IN THIS YEAR

NEW EDWARDS CRITICAL CARE TECHNOLOGIES SUSTAINS

EXPERIMENTAL DECISION-MAKING

ESOPHAGEAL STENT ADVANCES FOR CANCER CARE AND PATIENT

COMFORT

COOK MEDICAL'S A.R.T. PRODUCTS ARE FOREMOST IN TECHNOLOGY

WHEN COMPARED TO LAB STDN.

ENDOLOGIX DECLARES FOREMOST CLINICAL IMPLANT

ATRIUM ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PATIENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE

ICARUS COVERED STENT TRIAL FOR PAD PATIENTS WHO SUFFER ACUTE

OR CHRONIC LEG PAIN

BOSTON BUSINESS TO STRYKER

ENDOLOGIX OBTAINS NELLIX --ESSEX WOODLANDS HEALTH BUSINESS

ENTERPRISES TO INVEST $15 MILLION

HEART PUMP BRINGS BACK OPTIMISM FOR TRANSPLANTED ONES

VICOR TECHNOLOGIES OFFERED US PATENT TO ITS STATE-DEPENDENT

DRUG DEVELOPMENT

CARDIAC SCIENCE ACQUIRED BY OPTO CIRCUITS

ATRIUM RECOGNIZED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE BIO/MEDICAL COUNCIL

SUNSHINE HEART DECLARES IDE APPROVAL FOR C-PLUSE

EUROPEAN APPROVAL FOR TRIVASCULAR'S STENT GRAFT

CRT DENOTATION, FOR HEART PATIENTS, ELABORATED BY FDA

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HEART DEVICES GETS FDA APPROVAL

PROVEN EXCELLENCE GIVES WINNING STRATEGY

MILESTONE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE COMPLETION OF EXCOR

PEDIATRIC IDE TRIAL ENROLMENT

PHILIPS CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS CLINICAL INFORMATICS PORTFOLIO

WITH THE ACQUISITION OF CDP BUSINESS IN ISRAEL

PHILIPS INTRODUCES NEWLY ENHANCED CARDIAC ULTRASOUND SYSTEM

FDA APPROVED POWERFIT AORTIC EXTENSIONS

CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION AND TEWKSBURY TIE-UP

SPECTRANETICS APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION FOR LASER-ASSISTED

LEAD EXTRACTION

MEDRAD® INTEGO™ CLEARED BY FDA

GE HEALTHCARE EYES $1BN SALES FROM SOUTH ASIA IN 5YRS

ARRHYTHMIA RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY ACQUIRES RMDDX

THE TOP TEN PRODUCTS ARE MADE AT US

RADIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND SURGERY NOW RECEIVES NOVEL MOBILE

DIGITAL SYSTEM

NOVOZYMES SIGNS ALBUCULT SUPPLY AGREEMENT FOR USE IN MEDICAL

DEVICES

IDEV TECHNOLOGIES’S ACCORD WITH TRIREME MEDICAL’S

BIOTRONIK SE AND CO. KG “EARNED” THE CARDIOSTIM INNOVATION

AWARD

CE MARK FOR CORMATRIX ECM FOR CARDIAC TISSUE REPAIR

PROMRI PACING SYSTEM PORTFOLIO RELEASED BY BIOTRONIK

FDA CLEARANCE FOR ATRICUREATRICLIP SYSTEM

CONDITIONAL FDA APPROVAL FOR HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST

SYSTEM

FDA CLEARANCE FOR CRYOLIFECRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HEART

VALVE

ATRIUM HONORED BY PREMIER HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE FOR EXCEEDING

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

BD CRITICAL CARE SYSTEMS TO BE ACQUIRED BY ARGON MEDICAL

DEVICES

SORIN GROUP TAKES OVER GISH BIOMEDICAL

INTERVENTIONAL CONFIGURATION TO ASSIST IN STROKE ASSESSMENT

BY PHILIPS

NEW HYBRID ECG CORE LAB FOR PHASE I CLINICS INTRODUCED BY

CELERION

COVIDIEN SIGNS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE EV3

TRYTON POSITIVE DATA PRESENTED IN SYMPOSIUM AT EUROPCR

LIGHTLAB ACCEPTANCE OF C7-XR OCT IMAGING SYSTEM IN EUROPCR

CARDIAQ VALVE TECHNOLOGIES ("CVT") VIVO TRANSCATHETER TO

DISCLOSE DATA DURING "EUROPCR”

PLC MEDICAL SYSTEMS (PLC) TO DEMONSTRATE RENALGUARD(R) AT

EUROPCR

CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES FROM MEDTRONIC AT EUROPCR

ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT) TO PRESENT DATA ON CARDIOLOGY AT

EUROPCR

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION (BSX) ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR

EUROPCR

TERUMO ASSESSESE MISAGO SELF-EXPANDING STENT SYSTEM IN JAPAN

AND THE US

FIRST ADVANCED SYSTEM FOR SIMULATION OF LASER ASSISTED LEAD

EXTRACTIONS LAUNCHED BY SPECTRANETICS

ELDERLY PATIENTS ON HIGHER RISK AFTER IMPLANTATION OF CARDIAC

DEVICES

HEARTWARE, CLAIM’S TO SAVE LIFE OF 13 YRS OLD, BRITISH BOY

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECOMMENCES CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS

USCOM, GOT APPROVAL FROM CANADIAN REGULATORY

TELEFLEX MEDICAL BRINGS IN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE

TOPSPIN TO OBTAIN BARNEV

MONEBO TECHNOLOGIES UNITES THE CARDIAC SAFETY RESEARCH

ASSOCIATION

SYSTOE SET IN MOTION BY APC

DEVELOPMENT OF SURGICAL ROBOT FOR CARDICA’S C-PORT(R) FLEX-A(R)

ANASTOMOSIS SYSTEM

SUPERIOR PATIENT CARE BY CERTEGRA

BIOSENSE CARTO® 3 SYSTEM

ATRICURE ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN APPROVAL FOR ITS ATRICLIP(TM)

SYSTEM

EACTS SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

BD IS "GREAT PLACES TO WORK"

AORTECH RECEIVED PATENT FOR POLYMER HEART VALVE IN U.S

AORTECH LEAPS INTO CARDIAC PACING AND NEUROSTIMULATION

COMPONENTS MARKET

AORTECH DECLARES THE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ELAST-EON FOR

VASCULAR STENT

LARGE-SCALE CLINICAL TRIAL LAUNCHED BY MEDTRONIC TO

UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICE-BASED

MONITORING TECHNOLOGY ON HEART FAILURE PATIENT CARE

REMOTE MONITORING SOLUTION BY SORION GROUP

FDA APPROVAL FOR NEW FEATURES IN REMOTE PATIENT CARE FOR

IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES

CARDIAC ABLATION THERAPY TRIGGERS OFF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

INVESTIGATION

VOYAGER ™ NC CORONARY BALLOON CATHETER

AORTECH EXPANDS LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH ST. JUDE MEDICAL

AGA MEDICAL WAS APPROVED AMPLATZER® DUCT OCCLUDER (ADO)

USCOM AND SAPCELABS HEALTHCARE TO DEAL WITH ULTRASONIC

CARDIAC OUTPUT MONITORS

A COMPLETE CORONARY DIAGNOSTIC CATHETERS BY TERUMO

INTERVENTIONAL

QUICKOPT TIMING CYCLE OPTIMIZATION FOR CARDIAC

RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEFIBRILLATORS (CRT-D)

EUROPEAN APPROVAL TO ST. JUDE FOR POTENTIAL CARDIAC PROBLEMS

QUICK-CROSS EXTREME BY SPECTRANETICS

FDA CLEARANCE TO SPECTRANETICS CROSS-PILOT PRODUCT

SPRINTER® ANGIOPLASTY CATHETHERS BY MEDTRONIC

COMMENDATION OF NAVISTAR THERMOCOOL® CATHETER FOR ATRIAL

FIBRILLATION

ACQUISITION OF CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC. BY MEDTRONIC

LAUNCHING VICTORY FAMILY OF PACEMAKERS BY ST. JUDE MEDICAL

ST. JUDE DECLARES ANGIOSEAL EVOLUTION VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE

IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

AND OTHER ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS

STEREOTAXIS, INC. DECLARES TO SET UP MAGNETIC IRRIGATED

CATHETER

S-FAST VASCULAR ACCESS FOR SAFER EMERGENT PROCEDURES BY

SONOSITE

NEW MEDICAL DEVICE BY MEDTRONIC FOR AORTIC ANEURYSMS

P3T ™ CARDIAC CT INJECTION SOFTWARE

NAVISTAR® THERMOCOOL® CATHETER FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BY

FDA

FDA 510(K) SANCTION FOR LIFEPAK® 20E DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR

AUTOPULSE® NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC SUPPORT PUMP FROM ZOLL

MEDICAL CORPORATION

BARD OBTAINED FDA APPROVAL OR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FLAIR(TM)

ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT

FETCHING OF POWER INJECTION CAPABILITY OF CONTRAST MEDIA TO

SPECTRUM® ANTIMICROBIAL CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER LINE

FDA 510(K) SANCTION FOR LIFEPAK® 20E DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR

CORONARY STENTS AND BALLOON CATHETERS BY MEDTRONIC

DIVISION OF NEW CARDIOVASCULAR PRODUCTS

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC’S GOT APPROVAL FOR CAROTID ARTERY STENT

FDA COMMENDATION OF INTUITRAK

FDA COMMENDATION OF POWERLINK XL SYSTEM

DECLARATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SET UP OF ADVANCE® 18LP PTA

BALLOON DILATATION CATHETER

MOBIL-O-GRAPH TO THE U.K. HOSPITAL MARKET

BOSTON SCEINTIFIC AND GE HEALTHCARE JOIN FORCES ON

CARDIOVASCUALR IMAGING

ABIOMED TO DISPLAY IMPELLA(R) 2.5 AT TCT 2008

BIOPHAN ELIMINATES DILUTIVE FINANCING - FREES COMPANY TO

PARTNER TECHNOLOGIES, SEEK NEW ACQUISITIONS

COMPUMED CONTRACT WITH ANY LAB TEST NOW®

SOFTWARE FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS - LEAD

INTEGRITY ALERT™ (LIA)

REVALVING® SYSTEM FOR PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE

REPLACEMENT

FDA COMMENDATION FOR PERIMOUNT MAGNA MITRAL HEART VALVE

COMMENDATION FOR CYPHER SELECT® PLUS

AORTECH MADE OUT PATENT FOR “PHV”, POLYMER HEART VALVE, IN

EUROPE

DURAHEARTTM LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM

NEW HANDLED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM BY PHILIPS WHICH OFFERS

PREMIUM IMAGE QUALITY IN A PORTABLE SYSTEM

AVALON LABORATORIES, LLC. 1ST HUMAN USE OF CARDIAC CANNULAE

FIRST INSERTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR IN JAPAN BY MEDTRONIC

MINIATURE WIRELESS SENSING SOLUTIONS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL

MARKETS

PHYSICIANS, CLINICIANS AND TECHNICIANS ARE ALL SET TO USE THE

UPDATED ONLINE ECG TOOL BY CARIDAC SCIENCE

CARDIOTECH TO “EXPORT”, GOT THE “FDA” APPROVAL

CARDIOTECH RECEIVES FDA APPROVAL FOR EXPORT OF SECOND GRAFT

SIZE FOR CARDIOPASS

EXTRA-AORTIC POST MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP (PMCF) ON PATIENTS

FDA APPROVAL CLEARS THE WAY FOR BOSTON SCIENTIFIC’S PROMUS

EVEROLIMUS - ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

ATS MEDICAL’S OPEN PIVOT AP360, MECHANICAL HEART DEVICE,

SANCTIONED BY THE

TANDEM HEART SYSTEM: PROMOSING DEVICE OF CARDIACASSIST, INC

EXCEEDS 1300 PROCEDURES

ATRIUM MEDICAL’S “FIRST - IN-MAN” (FAM), DRUG ELUTING CLINICAL

TRIAL USING CINATRA™ VOCLOSPORIN COATED CORONARY STENT

SIEMEN’S ACUSON SC2000: THE REVOLUTION IN ECOCARDIOGRAPHY

SIEMENS' NEW ULTRASOUND TRANSFORMS THE PROTOTYPE OF

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

ABIOMED RECEIVES 510(K) CLEARANCE FROM FDA FOR IMPELLA 2.5

DEVICE

IMPELLA 2.5 ABIOMED’S PROMISING DEVICE FOR HEART TREATMENT

ABBOTT SUBMITS APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF XIENCE™ V

EVEROLIMUS ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM IN JAPAN

ABIOMED OBTAINED 510(K) APPROVAL FROM FDA FOR IMPELLA 2.5 TOOL

CARDIOTECH FORMS NEW SUBSIDIARY

COMMENDATION FROM FDA FOR COOK MEDICAL

SIEMEN’S EFFORT TO MAKE ACUSON ACUNAV TECHNOLOGY, A

STANDARD OF CARE IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL

CARDIOLOGY

BIOPHAN ACQUIRES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO OF NANOSET,

LLC

FIRST IMPLANTATION OF AORTIC-MITRAL ALLOGRAFT HEART VALVE

FDA APPROVES BOSTON SCIENTIFIC’S NEW FAMILY OF ADVANCED

PACEMAKERS

LAUNCHING OF NEW PERIPHERAL ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETERS

AUTOPULSE NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC SUPPORT PUMP AND LIFEVEST

FULLY AUTOMATIC WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR

A DEVICE TO REMOVE NON-FUNCTIONAL AND INFECTED CARDIAC LEADS

BY SPECTRANETICS

SORIN GROUP AND GREATBATCH DECLARED A COLLABORATIVE

AGREEMENT ON MRI TECHNOLOGY

NEW VISION 3D WIRELESS IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES WAS GIVEN

FDA APPROVAL

STARLOSE® SE VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM

ABBOTT LAUNCHES NEXT-GENERATION STARCLOSE® SE VASCULAR

CLOSURE SYSTEM

ABIOCORE (R): A LIFE SAVER, PATIENT FRIENDLY DEVICE BY ABIOMED

BIOPHAN APPROVES OF MYOTECH DEVELOPMENT

MYOTECH DEVELOPMENT’S NEXT STAGE SANCTIONED BY BIOPHAN

EXPANSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO WITH TWO NEW

PATENTS OF BIOPHAN

FIRST NORTH AMERICAN COMMERCIAL IMPLANT OF THE ATS 3F AORTIC

BIOPROSTHESIS, BY ATS MEDICAL, INC.

HEARTMATE II® A BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANTATION

ABIOMED RECEIVES EUROPEAN CE MARK APPROVAL FOR AB5000(R)

PORTABLE CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DRIVER

IMPLANTATION OF SYNERGRAFT(R) PROCESSED HUMAN PULMONARY

HEART VALVE

DICOM ECG BY MORTARA INSTRUMENT AND SCIMAGE

ATRICURE’S FIRST CASE PERFORMED USING COOLRAIL™ PEN IN

COMBINATION WITH ORLAB™ SYSTEM

FIRST HUMAN IMPLANTS OF NEXT-GENERATION TRANSCATHETER HEART

VALVE

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HAVE NEW DEVICES FOR HEART FAILURE AND

SUDDEN CARIDIAC DEATH TREATEMENT

NEW SAFE-CROSS® VESSEL WALL DETECTION TECHNOLOGY

MITRACLIP SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH MITRAL

REGURGITATION (MR)

FDA’S COMMENDATION TO ADD TRANSAPICAL DELIVERY SYSTEM TO U.S.

CLINICAL TRIAL OF TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

ABIOMED RECEIVES HDE SUPPLEMENT APPROVAL FOR ABIOCOR(R)

ACCUMULATING MULTIMEDIA ABIOMED OBTAINED HDE SUPPLEMENT OR

EXTRA AUTHORIZATION FOR ABIOCOR(R) ARTIFICIAL OR FAKE HEART

BIOSENSORS OBTAINS THE CE MARK APPROVAL FOR ITS BIOMATRIX

DRUG - ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

ABIOMED ANNOUNCES AB5000(R) PORTABLE CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

DRIVER

PD2I CARDIAC ANALYZER BY VICOR TECHNOLOGIES

IDEV TECHNOLOGIES INC. DECLARES THE 510(K) CLEARANCE FOR THE

NEW SUPERATM

CE MARK FOR VENTRASSIST

PHILIPS - COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SYSTEM USED TO TREAT

SERIOUS HEALTH TERMS

PULSION MEDICAL SYSTEM’S PICCO2 GETS USFD A APPROVAL

PHILIPS TO GET, US BASED RAYTAL CARDIAC SERVICES

AMPLATZER MUSCULAR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT OCCLUDER GETS

USFDA APPROVAL

AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG II GETS USFDA AND CE MARKS.

CLINICAL TRIALS FOR TRIFECTA(TM) ANNOUNCES ST. JUDE MEDICAL

ATRICURE RECEIVES FDA 510(K) CLEARANCE FOR ISOLATOR(TM)

SYNERGY(TM)

MORTARA INSTRUMENT SHIPS ITS FIRST ELI 350 ECG

CARDIOBELT WIRELESS ECG SYSTEM GETS FDA APPROVAL

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION LAUNCHES AUTOPULSE

INTERPRETIVE ECG ALGORITHM NOW AVAILABLE FROM MONEBO

TELEFLEX GETS HOLD OF SPECIALIZED MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS

SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION’S TURBO ELITE PRODUCT LINE

NIHON KOHDEN INTRODUCES TWO NEW ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHS, ECG-

1250K CARDIOFAX S AND ECG-1350K CARDIOFAX M

PULSION’S PICCO2 INTRODUCED

VOLCANO’S S5I SUITE BECOMES COMPATIBLE WITH PHILIPS ALLURA

XPER FD

MEDTRONIC ATTAIN ABILITY™ SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED

TERUMO HEART INC., GETS CE MARK FOR VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM

ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC., ADDS HI-LITE ORANGE™ TINTED

CHLORAPREP TO ALL CENTRAL VENOUS ACCESS KITS

ABIOMED'S IPULSE SUPPORTS EUROPE’S FIRST PATIENT UNDERGOING

HIGH RISK ANGIOPLASTY

NEW INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED

CONSOLE BY ABIOMED WITH FDA 510(K) CLEARANCE

EP MEDSYSTEMS INTRODUCES MAPMATE INTERFACE

SCOTTCARE INTRODUCES SMART CART

LAUNCH OF MILLER’S SMALLEST SENSOR TIP CATHETER

CERNER AND MORTARA INSTRUMENT JOIN HANDS

H3+ HOLTER MONITOR FOR ARRHYTHMIA ASSESSMENT FROM MORTARA

INSTRUMENT INC.

CARDIAC SCIENCE LAUNCHES HEARTCENTRIX

AFFIRM™ TO BE USED IN TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS

ENDOLOGIX’S VISIFLEX™ DELIVERY SYSTEM GETS FDA APPROVAL

SORIN GETS FDA APPROVAL FOR ITS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER

DEFIBRILLATOR

COBRA ADHERE XL LAUNCHED

VIEWFLEX(TM) ULTRASOUND IMAGING CATHETER USED IN

RESYNCHRONIZATION PROCEDURE

EP MEDSYSTEMS LAUNCHES VIEWMATE II THE NEW ULTRASOUND

SYSTEM

ANGIO-SEAL GETS USFDA APPROVAL

KENSEY NASH’S QUICKCAT(TM) EXTRACTION CATHETER APPROVED

G. MARKET TRENDS INNOVATIVE TRENDS IN RECENT MEDICAL DEVICES

INFECTIONS FROM IMPLANTED CARDIAC DEVICES

TYRX REACHES MILESTONE IN AIGISRX IMPLANTATION

HEART TRANSPLANTS SUBSTITUTED BY A PUMP

DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS (AF)

REMOTE MONITORING OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

EFFECTS OF REMOTE MONITORING OF IMPLANTED DEVICES

OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY WORKING ON

HEART IMPLANTATION

IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR WITH HELPFUL APPROACH

OVER-THE-COUNTER APPARATUS

BOSTON SCIENTIFICS’ IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR

CARDIAC SCIENCE’S NEW CARDIAC TREATMENT

THE ONLY SYNCHRONIZED SURGICAL AND CATHETER BASED ATRIAL

FIBRILLATION

CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION WITH CARDIAC DISEASES HEALING

METHOD

LOCAL MEDICARE’S COVERAGE FOR HYPERTENSION WITH BIOZ(R) ICG

TECHNOLOGY

A NEW STANDARD IN CARDIAC SPECT RECONSTRUCTION

A REVOLUTIONIZED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (EP) FOR CARDIAC

LIDCO PRODUCTS ACCEPTED IN SOUTH KOREA

INVENTION OF BI-DIRECTIONAL CARDIAC CATHETER FOR IRREGULAR

HEART RHYTHMS

BEST AND LATEST SELF-TEACHING HEART SOUNDS

REPLACING VALVE WITHOUT CARDIAC SUPPORT

U.S. FDA GRANTS THE NAVISTAR® THERMOCOOL CATHETER FOR RAPID

HEART BEAT

AN FDA US APPROVED TREATMENT FOR CLOGGED NECK ARTERIES

NEW-FANGLED SPECIALTY CATHETER BY ABBOTT AT THE USA

MEDICAL IMPLANT MARKETS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNICAL

TRENDS

H. INDUSTRY LEADERS MEDTRONIC, INC.

ABBOTT VASCULAR DEVICES

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.

SORIN GROUP USA, INC.

ST. JUDE MEDICAL

TERUMO HEART, INC.

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

3M HEALTHCARE

BECTON, DICKINSON & CO.

F.HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.

GE HEALTHCARE

PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS

SMITH & NEPHEW PLC

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION

INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL

ASIAN HEART INSTITUTE

USCOME LIMITED

VENTRACOR LIMITED

HEARTWARE LTD.

AEROTEL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LTD.

I. CARDIAC MEDICAL DEVICES - A LOOK A HEAD..!!

J. KEY COMPANY PROFILES NORTH AMERICA

MEDTRONIC, INC.

ABBOTT VASCULAR DEVICES

ABIOMED, INC.

ADVANSOURCE BIOMATERIALS CORPORATION

AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION

ATRICURE, INC

ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION

ATS MEDICAL, INC.

BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION

CARDIACASSIST, INC.

CARDICA, INC.

CARDIOMEMS, INC.

COOK GROUP INCORPORATED

CORDIS CORPORATION

CRYOLIFE INC.

MAQUET GMBH & CO. KG

DIGIRAD CORPORATION

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC.

ENDOLOGIX INCORPORATED

ESTECH

GREATBATCH, INC.

IDEV TECHNOLOGIES

ISSYS SENSING SYSTEMS, INC

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

KENSEY NASH CORPORATION

MEDRAD, INC.

MILLAR INSTRUMENTS INC

MONEBO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

MORTARA INSTRUMENT, INC.

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.

SONOSITE, INC.

SORIN GROUP USA, INC.

ST. JUDE MEDICAL

STEREOTAXIS, INC.

TELEFLEX, INC.

TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION

TERUMO HEART, INC.

THORATEC CORPORATION

VICOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

VOLCANO CORPORATION

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

3M HEALTHCARE

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

BECTON, DICKINSON & CO.

NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC.

VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

THERMEDICS, INC.

LEVITRONIX, LLC

C. R. BARD

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS

EUROPE

BERLIN HEART GMBH

BIOTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG.

DRÄGER MEDICAL AG & CO. KG

F.HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD.

SPECTRANETICS INTERNATIONAL B.V.

AORTECH INTERNATIONAL PLC

APC CARDIOVASCULAR LTD

GE HEALTHCARE

LIDCO LTD

PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS

SMITH & NEPHEW PLC

VASCULAR CONCEPTS

ASIA-PACIFIC

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION

FUKUDA DENSHI CO. LTD

SYNCARDIA SYSTEMS, INC.

MICROPORTS MEDICAL

LEPU MEDICAL

BEIJING ANZHEN HOSPITAL

FUDAN UNIVERSITY ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL

INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL

SAHAJANAND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT., LTD.

ASIAN HEART INSTITUTE

NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA

USCOME LIMITED

VENTRACOR LIMITED

HEARTWARE LTD.

BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL

REST OF WORLD

MEDINOL, LTD.

AEROTEL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LTD.

IV. INDUSTRY COMPANY DATABASE

V. APPENDIX

A. RESEARCH FOCUS

B. ABOUT AXIS RESEARCH MIND

C. DISCLAIMER

D. FEEDBACK