2003 American College of Cardiology Exhibitor Preview

Abbott Vascular Visit Abbott Vascular at ACC Booth # 2403 For more information, call (800) 222-6883 or go to www.perclose.com. Amersham Health Visit Amersham Health at ACC Booth # 3048 For more information, call (609) 514-6000 or go to www.amershamhealth.com. Aventis Pharmaceuticals Visit Aventis at ACC Booth # 425 For more information, call (908) 243-6000 or go to www.lovenox.com. Boston Scientific Visit Boston Scientific at ACC Booth # 1439 and 1645 For more information, call (763) 494-1700 or go to www.bsci.com. Camtronics Medical Systems Visit Camtronics at ACC Booth # 2642 Integrating Data Across the Continuum of Cardiovascular Care From the Office to Hospital Services Camtronics will be demonstrating its comprehensive VERICIS® for Cardiology Image and Information Management System at ACC ‘03, booth # 2642. VERICIS is the first information management platform that integrates data across the continuum of cardiovascular care “ from office visits to hospital services. Built on a single platform, VERICIS integrates data from different sites and different sources including: Multiple cardiac imaging modalities “ cath, IVUS, echo, nuclear, CT, CVMR, x-ray Text based sources “ hemodynamics, outpatient records, physician reports Multiple locations “ reading room, surgery, ED, physician offices, clinics… …to create a comprehensive, end-to-end digital record on the patient. This record is available at any time and from virtually anywhere, to authorized system users throughout the healthcare enterprise, no matter the size or distribution of the institution’s affiliated services. Among the highlights at Camtronics ACC ‘03 booth will be: VERICIS CardioWorks “ the first ambulatory EMR system designed from the ground up for cardiology group practices. Cardio-Works meets the cardiology-specific requirements that generic EMRs miss, allowing cardiologists to eliminate paper charts and build complete digital patient records that can be accessed from anywhere. Built in decision support and clinical alerts improve care and compliance with clinical care standards. With more accurate documentation and coding practice revenues can increase, generating a fast return on investment. CardioWorks integrates with the VERICIS Image and Information Management System at the hospital to provide seamless data flow between the office and inpatient environments. VERICIS for Cardiac Cath, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology “ these comprehensive applications provide multi-vendor DICOM study acquisition, multi-modality study review from networked review stations and domain specific knowledge bases for structured physician reporting. Patient data is automatically archived to a departmental tape or DVD jukebox or to an enterprise level storage solution. Images and reports may be securely accessed and viewed from Web clients inside or outside the hospital. Images from other modalities such as CVMR or Cardiac CT and others that reside on a radiology PACS can also be accessed and reviewed from VERICIS Workstations. VERICIS PhysioLog Hemodynamic and Data Management System - PhysioLog integrates functionality for real-time waveform analysis, data collection, inventory management, patient charging, image capture/analysis and procedural reporting into a single, easy-to-use system. A unique touch screen interface makes data collection fast, accurate, and consistent from lab to lab and user to user. Flexible data mining capabilities empower managers to easily generate the statistical reports necessary to drive quality and performance improvements. PhysioLog is tightly integrated with the VERICIS Image and Information Management System to provide a reliable, single vendor solution for the cath lab. It can also be integrated with other leading filmless systems in a standalone configuration. VERICIS EchoIMS “ the industry’s premier offering for pediatric echocardiography resulting from Camtronics’ recent acquisition of VMI Medical Inc. VERICIS EchoIMS combines the full disclosure DICOM image capture and powerful study review capabilities of VERICIS with VMI’s peerless EchoIMS pediatric reporting system to provide the most powerful digital echo solution available for assessing, trending and diagnosing fetal, neonatal and pediatric patients. For more information, call (800) 634-5151 or go to www.camtronics.com. Visit Camtronics at ACC Booth # 2642 Cook Incorporated Visit Cook Incorporated at ACC Booth # 1033 Cook is pleased to be a part of the American College of Cardiology meeting this year. The people at Cook, Inc. are dedicated to all of the fine physicians participating in the field of interventional cardiology. We wish to be of any assistance to you, our physician customers, in making your cases go more smoothly and to help maximize your patient outcomes for optimum health. Cook Incorporated is celebrating its 40th year in the minimally invasive surgery arena. We offer a broad line of products including stents, vena cava filters, embolization products, wire guides, catheters, guiding catheters, introducer sheaths, and access needles to meet the challenges physicians experience every day. Here is a sample of some of the products offered by Cook Incorporated: Micropuncture® Introducer Sets. The 21-gage needle reduces access site and vessel trauma while minimizing blood loss. The outer catheter of coaxial catheter pair facilitates introduction of a .035 inch or .038 inch diameter wire guide. The flexible FEP sheath polymer enhances dilator to sheath transition while providing great flexibility for procedural use. Micropuncture® Introducer Sets come in a vast array of available sizes and configurations which assures the right product will be available to match the needs of each case. The Ansel Flexor® Tuohy Borst Side-Arm Introducer Set. The Ansel Flexor® introducer sheath is placed for intra-arterial/intra-venous access for diagnostic &/or interventional procedures in the renal arteries. The Flexor® introducers feature a uniquely fabricated sheath design to provide maximum flexibility without kinking or compression. A radiopaque band, incorporated within the sheath material, identifies precise location of the sheath distal tip. The flexible distal segment of the Ansel Flexor® incorporates unique curves for renal ostium placement helpful in placing the distal end of the sheath into various curvatures of the vascular system. There are three curves: the Ansel 1, 2, and 3, each specifically formed for a different anatomical takeoff in the renal system: Shuttle Flexor® Tuohy Borst Side-Arm Introducer Set. The introducer sheath is placed for intra-arterial/intra-venous access for diagnostic &/or interventional procedures in the carotid arteries. The flexible distal segment of the Shuttle Flexor® is helpful in placing the distal end of the sheath into various curvatures of the vascular system. The attached clear Tuohy Borst valve assists the operator to minimize blood loss and prevent air aspiration while having maximum control over wire and equipment manipulation. The Shuttle Flexor® sheath is available in 7.5 and 8.5 French sizes and 90 cm length. Flipper Detachable Embolization Coil Delivery System. Used for embolization of A/V malformations in the peripheral vasculature. Provides safe delivery of embolization coils when correct positioning is critical. Stainless steel coils with synthetic fibers make for rapid AVM closure. User-friendly attachment of coil to delivery wire. Small 5.0 French shaft profile with .041 I.D. For more information, call (800) 468-1379 or go to www.cookgroup.com. Visit Cook Incorporated at ACC Booth # 1033 Datascope Corporation Visit Datascope at ACC Booth # 1020 For more information, call (888) 460-6698 or go to www.vasoseal.com. GE Medical Systems Visit GE at ACC Booth # 3625, 3733, and 863 For more information, call (800) 843-8439 or go to www.gemedicalsystems.com. Guidant Visit Guidant at ACC Booth # 4413 A global leader in medical technology, Guidant pioneers life saving cardiac and vascular technology to give patients another day. Another year. Another lifetime. As a market leader, we continue to innovate. You and your patients deserve nothing less. That’s why we continue to challenge ourselves, always looking for ways to improve our coronary product performance. From a comprehensive line of lesion specific stents to angioplasty system products like coronary dilatation and guide wires, Guidant will continue to provide you with excellent products for coronary intervention. Since the US introduction of the Guidant MULTI-LINK® Coronary Stent System in the fall of 1997, Guidant has been a leading innovator in stent technology. Great strides in technological innovation have allowed us to introduce at least one workhorse stent every year. In September 2002, we launched our sixth generation workhorse stent, the MULTI-LINK ZETA Coronary Stent System. The MULTI-LINK ZETA system utilizes the same clinically proven implant as the MULTI-LINK PENTA®, maintaining the benefits of a 17.5% binary restenosis rate and the excellent delivery of the QuickTrack ST Balloon, with its soft and flexible Pebax material, is designed to minimize vessel injury with short tapers and low stent-to-shoulder. The MULTI-LINK ZETA system is all about confidence: Confidence in acute success and confidence in long-term clinical outcomes. Confidence in delivering a stent to small vessels is crucial as well. That’s why the MULTI-LINK PIXEL Stent System is designed for tailored performance in small vessels*. PIXEL’s thin strut, minimum metal design helps make the stent highly flexible, for trouble-free deliverability. The PIXEL Registry had a low 8.8% Target Site Revascularization rate. Guidant is also a leader in angioplasty systems devices. With market leading coronary dilatation catheters, coronary guide wires and intravascular brachytherapy; Guidant provides you with a comprehensive package to help you perform your coronary interventions. The GALILEO III Intravascular Radiotherapy System was introduced in the US in September 2002. The GALILEO III Intravascular Radiotherapy System is proven to reduce recurrent in-stent restenosis by 71% and combines the proven safety of beta radiation with our Centering Catheter and AutoStep Technology. Our passion for innovation is also leading us to exciting development opportunities from drug eluting stents to new technologies like cobalt chromium. Keep your eye on Guidant. You’re about to see what we’re made of! For more information, call (408) 845-3000 or go to www.guidant.com. Visit Guidant at ACC Booth # 4413 Heartlab Visit Heartlab at ACC Booth # 1236 Encompass One single workstation gives you easy access to all patient cases stored on-line or in the archive. With its LAN or WAN and intranet connectivity, you can review patient studies from multiple imaging modalities virtually anywhere within your enterprise. You can enter findings while simultaneously reviewing the associated images, and view images from more than one study at the same time. Encompass also provides a robust pallet of quantitative measurement tools to analyze the full spectrum of multi-modality images. You can generate clinical reports and sign them electronically or create statistical reports to summarize data stored within the patient database. There are many monitor options to accommodate the intended use of the station and the available space. The touch-enabled user interface is easy to understand and simple to use, so all the information you need is literally at your fingertips! And the benefits do not stop there. From your Encompass Review Station you can easily print still images for hardcopy records, or capture image information as bitmap and mpeg files for use in presentations. For interchange you can write a CD, and on that CD Heartlab includes a small application our Encompass Viewer so the case can be reviewed from any PC with a CD-ROM drive no other software needed! Using standard Windows NT/2000 servers, Encompass provides connectivity to x-ray, ultrasound, IVUS, CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine systems from multiple vendors via a DICOM interface, giving you immediate access to all patient cases stored on-line. It communicates with the hospital HIS system and the hemodynamic system in the cath lab to provide a complete view of the patient’s information. The server supports an unlimited number of networked Review Stations, and the capacity is scalable to support varying needs for on-line case access. It accepts DICOM Structured Report data, and the Review Stations support a standards-based, but customizable, clinical information format to record and report physician findings. Clinical report information can also be accessed from a PC or laptop running a web-browser, as well as reference-quality images to speed consultation and enable follow-up review. Encompass provides fast, safe, automated long-term data archival for critical patient information. Heartlab’s DVD-R archiving technology can store years of patient cardiac exams (more than 70,000 cases) in a single location. You can access archived cases from any Review Station on the network in about 30 seconds and you can be assured of secure, reliable access to all your patient data without complete dependence on the archiving system that manages it. Heartlab’s Disaster Recovery option gives you duplicate copies of each archive DVD-R for off-site storage that enables simple, fast data restoration. The Encompass information architecture supports scalable solutions to meet the needs of your institution. Encompass is designed to meet the most demanding requirements of today’s busiest Cardiology centers. It easily handles high-resolution images produced by new flat-panel technology and supports archiving volumes from 300 exams to over 15,000 exams per year at a single site. Encompass can be configured to match your investment with the exact requirements of your environment. For more information, call (401) 596-0592 or go to www.heartlab.com. Visit Heartlab at ACC Booth # 1236 Lumedx Visit Lumedx at ACC Booth # 4813 For more information, call (800) 966-0699 or go to www.lumedx.com. Medcon Telemedicine Technology Inc. Visit Medcon at ACC Booth # 3002 Medcon's TCS Symphony: The Complete Cardiac Information and Image Management and Workflow Solution Medcon Telemedicine Technology, Inc. announces TCS Symphony, the complete cardiac information and image management and workflow solution. This revolutionary system aggregates cardiology multi-modality images, such as echo, cath and nuclear medicine, together with patient information, including hemodynamics and ECG waveforms, in one central database for LAN and Internet access. It expedites the cardiology workflow, so that healthcare professionals can deliver efficient and cost-effective high quality patient care, from therapeutic decision making to cohesive medical record management. TCS Symphony seamlessly integrates with third-party systems and equipment for flawless implementation, thus reducing installation costs while supporting existing critical information. TCS Symphony simplifies the physician's natural workflow and eliminates duality in data entry. Physicians can create and update diagnostic reports while viewing multiple modalities. Statistical and registry reports are easily generated from a central database. Since a single clinical database for all image and information queries is used, patient care is optimized and redundant overhead is reduced. Information and images can be accessed and reviewed from remote locations using the Internet, enabling the physician to work from home and consult with other cardiac centers worldwide. TCS Symphony manages all stages of the cardiac workflow lab process, from scheduling procedures, managing inventory, facilitating real-time report updates to generating comprehensive reports and statistics and exporting data to third-party billing systems. Medcon Telemedicine Technology, Inc. is a global leader in cardiac image and information management with over 250 installations worldwide, including the U.S., Europe, the Far East and South America. It develops and markets a complete line of turnkey solutions that address a full spectrum of needs, such as diagnostic filmless image management, cath, echo, and nuclear medicine lab archiving, as well as the exchange of cardiac images and information (telecardiology) over Internet/ Intranet communication lines. Medcon is committed to the support of industry standards including DICOM, Worklist/SR, HL7 and CCOW and is HIPAA compliant. For more information, call (973) 884-0202 or go to www.medcon.com. Visit Medcon at ACC Booth # 3002 Medical Imaging Solutions Visit Medical Imaging Solutions at ACC Booth # 2663 For more information, call (504) 733-9729 or email sales@angiovision.com. Merlin Visit Merlin at ACC Booth # 2703 For more information, call (800) 227-1980 or go to www.merlineng.com. OptiMed Technologies, Inc. Visit Optimed at ACC Booth # 2455 For more information, call (973) 575-9911 or go to www.optimedtech.com. Possis Medical, Inc. Visit Possis at ACC Booth # 1026 Possis is pioneering mechanical thrombectomy, the rapid, safe and effective removal of blood clots from native arteries and veins, as well as from synthetic and saphenous vein grafts. The Company currently has a portfolio of three FDA indications for use of its AngioJet® Rheolytic Thrombectomy System. The system has been used to treat over 100,000 patients in 1,000 locations worldwide. The AngioJet® Thrombectomy system is the most advanced catheter-based thrombectomy system available today. The intricately designed components of the system are designed to offer safety, power, performance and versatility. The AngioJet System offers many advantages over alternative treatments; the most important advantage being safety monitoring and balanced, isovolumetric flow. The AngioJet System provides the best method for rapid, decisive thrombectomy. It is proven to be safe and effective in removing thrombus from heart attack victims and from patients undergoing treatment of their bypass grafts. In addition, it is cost-effective for the hospital, lowering overall patient treatment costs. It is the only mechanical thrombectomy device approved for the coronary vasculature. The AngioJet System is also approved for thrombus removal from peripheral arteries of the legs. The AngioJet System is the only mechanical thrombectomy device approved for the peripheral arteries, and it has been shown to be rapid, safe and effective in removing thrombus from the larger vessels of the legs. The AngioJet is also FDA approved for removing thrombus from dialysis access grafts, which clot over because of the demands of repeated access for routine dialysis. The company has a current IDE submission for a clinical trial using the AngioJet System in ischemic stroke, which is caused by blood clots within the brain. Over the past years, Possis Medical has substantially improved its product offerings in its approved indications, primarily through the introduction of proprietary Cross-Stream technology, which enhances the clot-cutting action at the tip of the catheter to clear out a higher volume of clot. For more information, call (800) 810-7677 or go to www.possis.com. Visit Possis at ACC Booth Number 1026 Quinton Visit Quinton at ACC Booth # 1664 For more information, call (800) 426-0337 or go to www.quinton.com. RADI Medical Systems, Inc. Visit RADI at ACC Booth # 5218 For more information, call (877) 337-7234 or go to www.radi.se. ScImage, Inc. Visit ScImage at ACC Booth # 4233 For more information, call (650) 694-4858 or go to www.scimage.com. Spectranetics Visit Spectranetics at ACC Booth # 2714 For more information, call (800) 231-0978 or go to www.spectranetics.com. St. Jude Medical Visit St. Jude Medical at ACC Booth # 1043 For more information, call (800) 328-3873 or go to www.sjm.com. Witt Biomedical Visit Witt at ACC Booth # 2033 For more information, call (800) 669-1328 or go to www.wittbiomedical.com

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