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St. Jude Medical, Inc. has reported sales and net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Compared with the equivalent period a year ago net sales of $1.410 billion represented a decrease of 2 percent, declines in Cardiac Rhythm Management sales being somewhat offset by increases in Atrial Fibrillation and Neuromodulation revenues.

Steris Corporation is to acquire United States Endoscopy Group, Inc. and in so doing significantly expand its presence in the gastrointestinal(GI) procedural market with a franchise of proprietary, single-use consumable medical devices.

In a press release issued today via Globe Newswire, Mako Surgical Corp. has announced that Steven J. Nunes has tendered his resignation as MAKO’s Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing effective July 17, 2012.

Kimberly-Clark Health Care has announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its KIMGUARD ONE-STEP portfolio with one-year maintenance of package integrity for KC300 to KC600 for Pre-vacuum Steam and Ethylene Oxide.

View From The Med Week 28 is our roundup of events from the past seven days. We never cease to be amazed by the amount of new technology we see each week.

Critical care monitoring expert Sphere Medical Holding plc, and cardiovascular devices company Sorin Group, have jointly announced today that Sorin Group has placed an order with Sphere Medical for cardiopulmonary bypass monitors and microanalyser consumables (CPB) for delivery in Q4 2012.

UK competent authority the MHRA has issued a Medical Device Alert pertaining to Baxter’s Flogard and Colleague infusion pumps, one lot of which may have been incorrectly assembled.

Surgical Innovations Group plc, and CareFusion Inc. have agreed an eight year exclusive US distribution agreement for SI’s clever PretzelFlex® laparoscopic retractor.

Israeli airway management specialist ETView Medical Ltd. has announced that the company has received CE Mark clearance for its VivaSight™-DL product family. VivaSight™-DL comprises a dual lumen airway ventilation tube with an integrated, continuous high-resolution video airway imaging system permitting airway control and lung isolation during certain surgical procedures.

More clinical evidence, presented last week, supports GI Dynamics’ case that its EndoBarrier® gastrointestinal lining device represents an effective therapeutic option in overweight and mildly obese type II diabetic patients.

A coating of selenium nanoparticles significantly reduces the growth of Staphylococcus aureus on polycarbonate, a material common in implanted devices such as catheters and endotracheal tubes, engineers at Brown University report in a new study.

Covidien’s V-Loc™ knotless suture has now been combined with its endoscopic suturing devices with claimed significant time saving for surgeons.

Boston Scientific has appointed ex-J&J Ortho man Warren Wang as Vice President and Managing Director of its operations in China. Mr. Wang is responsible for leading the company’s team in China and executing the development strategy in the Chinese market.

FDA has provided useful information on the recently approved Promus Element™ Plus drug eluting stent family of products from Bostons Scientific.

News, views, opinions, events from another week keeping a close eye on medical device technology.

J&J’s Cordis division is worried that one lot of its Fire Star Rx Balloon Catheters runs the risk of deflating too slowly or worse, not at all. The recall is limited to certain Far Eastern countries.