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Small Bone Innovations, Inc., an orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones & joints, announced that it has sold a total of $108 million of Series D Preferred Stock in a series of private equity financings.

Today, Medtronic, Inc. announces two significant clinical trials related to medical device interventions for stroke.

Acclarent, Inc. today announced the completion of a study evaluating the treatment of patients with Balloon Sinuplasty™ technology in the office setting.

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. announced today that Derma Sciences has begun selling and shipping BIOGUARD™ barrier dressings to customers.

Data presented today at the EUROPACE 2009 congress on the XPECT clinical trial, sponsored by Medtronic, Inc., shows positive results for the Medtronic Reveal® XT Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM).

Sorin Group announced today the commercial market release and first implant of its new generation PARADYM™ DR 8550 dual chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).

Abbott announced that it has received CE Mark for its next-generation XIENCE PRIME™ Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

CorNova Inc. announced that it has received CE mark approval for its Valecor Platinum Coronary Stent System.

A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator versus patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator.

Today, Medtronic, Inc. announces two significant clinical trials related to medical device interventions for stroke.

Alphatec Spine, Inc. today announced that, as of June 1, 2009, over 115 patients in eight European countries have been treated with the OsseoFix™ Spinal Fracture Reduction System, the Company’s innovative product for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, will showcase a number of its most recent innovations in minimally invasive surgery and soft tissue repair at the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery annual meeting on June 21-26, 2009, in Grapevine, Texas.

Medtronic, Inc. today announced it has received CE Mark for the company’s second-generation pacemaker designed, tested, approved for use as labeled with MRI machines, the Advisa DR MRI™ SureScan™ pacing system.

NeuroTherm announces the acquisition of the Micron Catheter from private owners in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on June 17, 2009.

On June 12, the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, performed the 800th implant of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Cool Point™ Irrigation Pump.