Congresses and Meetings

Stereotactic Radiosurgery techniques are at the forefront of events at this week’s AANS meeting. Varian Medical Systems Inc is demonstrating its wares in what is becoming the gold standard treatment option in specific brain and spinal tumors.

Custom Spine’s foray into MIS spinal surgery is kicked off this week with the news that its newly FDA cleared Securis cannulated pedicle screw system is on show at AANS Miami.

Annual Neurosurgery must-attend event, the AANS annual scientific meeting is taking place in Miami this weekend. Complex spinal solutions company is showcasing its product portfolio at the show.

Elsevier Business Intelligence is holding its IN³ Medical Device 360° INvestment and Partnering event in London on April 25 and 26 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre.

The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland welcomes Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists Society (ACTA) to join its annual meeting and Cardiothoracic forum in Manchester later this month.

Heavy hitters attending Europe’s premier Trauma, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy congress next month.

Heart Rhythm 2012 is looking into view. Wonder if they’ll mention ICD leads.

Crux’s Vena Cava Filter is looking like a winner with good investigator feedback and clinical results as reported at last week’s Society of Interventional Radiology meeting in San Francisco.

Unrestrained euphoria as Cook Medical shows off its latest biopsy needles at interventional radiology meeting.

Ansell launches it’s newly acquired portfolio of healthcare safety gizmos. We’re liking the orange towel.

View from the Med: Week 13 is a good read… as ever.

Vasostitch looks like a clever device for accessing and then closing tissue during femoral or transapical insertion of therapeutic devices. The company pitched up at this year’s ACC, so we look forward to hearing their feedback after the event.

Stent company Stentys reckons its self-expanding product addresses a problem raised in acute myocardial application of existing designs.

Two studies presented at ACC 2012 suggest that Medtronic’s Symplicity System for renal denervation shows safe, sustained and significant blood pressure reduction in treatment-resistant hypertension patients.

ACC sees presentation of data from study in severe aortic stenosis patients treated with Edwards Sapien TAVR option. Results are reassuringly equivalent to open heart surgery, suggesting this may be an additional option in patients not suitable for major surgery.

A study, presented at the ACC meeting in Chicago, shows that low BMI patients are at higher risk of complications during or shortly after ICD implantation.