"In this trial, the cryoballoon's stability simplified theprocess for these types of cardiac ablation procedures." "Arctic Front is one of the tools in Medtronic`s growing AF Solutionsportfolio," said Reggie Groves, vice president and general manager ofMedtronic`s AF Solutions division. During cryoablation, a coolant is releasedinto the catheter`s balloon causing the balloon to freeze and ablate the hearttissue. Freezing helps the balloon maintain contact with the tissue beingablated. The system is approved for use inEurope, Australia and Hong Kong and is under investigational use in the UnitedStates. The Arctic Front system uses cryoablation, or freezing, to ablate heart tissuebetween the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. The goal of an ablation is tostop the arrhythmia at the source.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmiaaffecting more than 3 million Americans and 7 million people worldwide.ยน Afterthe study data are analyzed and filed with regulatory authorities, the resultswill be shared at an upcoming medical meeting. Catheter System Designed to Treat Most Common Heart Arrhythmia with More than 7Million Sufferers WorldwideMINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced completion of a 12-month follow upin the STOP-AF (Sustained Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation) clinicaltrial evaluating the first cryoballoon catheter technology designed to treatparoxysmal atrial fibrillation - the Medtronic Arctic Front CryoAblationCatheter System. Thecompany's high-performance technology and products, from comprehensive femtocellsolutions to core mobile network infrastructure, enable operators to delivercompelling and consistent broadband services to mobile subscribers, whereverthey are. Airvana's products are deployed in 70 commercial networks on sixcontinents. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., USA, with officesworldwide. For more information, please visit Sharon Merrill AssociatesDavid Reichman, Copyright Business Wire 2009.
About AirvanaAirvana helps operators transform the mobile experience for users worldwide. The conference call will be webcast live and can be accessedby visiting Airvana`s website, The live conference call canalso be accessed by dialing (877) 407-5790 or (201) 689-8328 The webcast willbe archived on the company`s website. CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--Airvana, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV), a leading provider of mobile broadband networkinfrastructure products, today announced that it will report second-quarter 2009financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 30, 2009 Management will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m (ET) to review thecompany`s results. It is anonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates for high-quality, affordablehealth care for all Americans.Families USADave LemmonGeraldine Henrich-KoenisBob Meissner202-628-3030Copyright Business Wire 2009. The report is available at http://, and acopy of the report methodology is available upon request. Families USA is the national organization for health care consumers.
"We have a wonderful opportunity now-with a broad consensus in support of actionand momentum-to enact meaningful health reform. The longer Congress waits toact, the more California families will lose coverage. "Congress needs to act expeditiously to pass health reform legislation," Pollacksaid. "With each passing week, more Americans are losing their health coverage,"Pollack said. "Even those people who have not lost insurance are beginning tounderstand that this rising tide of premiums threatens them and their families. "Employers that do continue to offer health coverage are being forced to pass onthe rising costs to their employees by imposing higher premiums or copayments orby offering plans that cover fewer benefits," Pollack said. "Other employers arechoosing not to offer coverage at all because it is simply too expensive.Between 2000 and 2008, the share of firms offering health coverage declined by 6percentage points, with small businesses being the most likely to dropcoverage." For Pollack, and for individuals and organizations across the politicalspectrum, the data in the report represents a status quo that can no longer betolerated.
"This report spotlights the number of people who arelosing coverage in the absence of health care reform. From 2008 through 2010in California:* 6,380 people will lose their health coverage, on average, every week; * 27,640 people will lose their health coverage, on average, every month; and * 331,730 people will lose their health coverage every year."Clearly, health care costs are out of control, and these costs are makinghealth coverage increasingly unaffordable," Ron Pollack, Executive Director ofFamilies USA, said today. In comparison, the Consumer Price Index, whichtracks general inflation, rose by only 29.2 per cent in the same period. The report is the first-ever state-by-state projection of the number of peoplewho will lose coverage between January 2008-the period immediately following thelast Census Bureau report-and the end of the 111th Congress in December 2010.The report says, for California during that time period, an estimated 995,200people will have lost or will lose their health coverage.