About St. Jude Medical
St. Jude Medical develops medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients worldwide. The company is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by reducing risk wherever possible and contributing to successful outcomes for every patient. St. Jude Medical is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota and has four major focus areas that include: cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation.
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Quotes about St. Jude Medical
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“ We are pleased to add this new growth platform to our cardiovascular business, especially in conjunction with our FFR platform, and we are excited by the many opportunities this acquisition creates for St. Jude Medical and LightLab, physician customers and their patients...We welcome LightLab and its employees to St. Jude Medical. ”
Daniel J. Starks in St. Jude Medical to Acquire LightLab Imaging for $90M in Cash -
“ We are excited to join with a partner who shares our vision of improving patient outcomes and reducing health care costs through solutions which enable physicians to make earlier and more accurate treatment decisions... We believe St. Jude Medical's U.S. and international footprint, along with its existing FFR measurement technology, will accelerate growth for our industry-leading OCT technology. We look forward to joining the St. Jude Medical team. ”
David W. Kolstad in St. Jude Medical to Acquire LightLab Imaging for $90M in Cash -
“ St. Jude Medical's acquisition of LightLab confirms the validity and potential utility of this leading edge technology...We are planning a best-in-class OCT solution. We currently have CE Mark in Europe on our first generation platform, and we are targeting a release of our second generation platform in Europe early next year. We anticipate that this system will incorporate a smaller catheter, shorter prep time, faster pullback speed, and a longer imaging segment than the current device. ”
Scott Huennekens in Volcano Announces Positive Clinical Experience With Its Second Generation OCT Catheter, Prepares for U.S. Regulatory Study
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2010 Prism Awards: showcase your products -The deadline for entries to this year's Prism Awards is fast approaching: make sure you apply by September 17.
Explore Article optics.org (Aug 23 2010)
The deadline for entries to this year's Prism Awards is fast approaching: make sure you apply by September 17. If your company has developed a photonic product that breaks with convention, solves a problem or improves life in general - why not tell the world all about it by entering the 2010 Prism Awards? Sponsored by SPIE in collaboration with Photonics Media, these "Oscars" for the photonics industry are eligible ...
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iPad, iPhone app to teach St. Jude docs about intravascular OCT
Explore Article MedCity News (Aug 11 2010)
... company in Ohio is building a “highly interactive simulation” to teach doctors and radiologists at St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE: STJ) about optical coherence tomography (OCT). MultiWeb Communications in Rocky Rive...
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St. Jude, Volcano battle in court over FFR technology
Explore Article Cardiovascularbusiness.com (Jul 28 2010)
St. Jude Medical has filed a lawsuit against Volcano for patent infringement, including its PrimeWire pressure guide...
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Medical Device Battle: Can St. Jude Bigfoot Volcano? (CNBC Video)
Explore Article cnbc.com (Jul 28 2010)
...battles that sometimes falls through the reporting cracks, but shouldn't. In one corner we have St. Jude Medical, the big medical device company. In the other: Volcano Corporation, which has been rapidly grow...
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St. Jude Medical Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Volcano Corporation in the U.S.
Explore Article Optical Coherence Tomography News (Jul 28 2010)
ST. PAUL, Minn. St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit agai...
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Volcano Will Strongly Defend Against St. Jude Lawsuit
Explore Article PR Newswire (Jul 27 2010)
...ed today that it will vigorously defend against the patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by St. Jude Medical in federal district court in Delaware. Volcano believes that the claims against it are entirely wit...
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St. Jude Medical alleges patent infringement, stolen trade secrets
Explore Article massdevice.com (Jul 27 2010)
St. Jude Medical Inc. files a patent infringement lawsuit against Volcano Corp. over cardiac guidewires and accuses ...
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St. Jude posts double-digit gains in sales, income for Q2
Explore Article CMIO.net (Jul 25 2010)
St. Jude Medical has reported double-digit increase of sales and net earnings for the second quarter, which ended Ju...
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St. Jude Medical CEO: second quarter was “absolutely awesome”
Explore Article MedCity News (Jul 22 2010)
...some” during a conference call with Wall Street analysts. But then again, you really can’t blame St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE: STJ) CEO Dan Starks for showing a little enthusiasm. Starks was specifically referring ...
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St. Jude Medical Completes Acquisition of LightLab Imaging
Explore Article businesswire.com (Jul 6 2010)
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today completed the previously announced acquisi...
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New system sharpens the view inside blood vessels
Explore Article Boston.com (May 31 2010)
A Westford company’s tiny imaging system is improving the view into blood vessels, helping doctors implant stents more accurately and offering new insights into what happens before a heart attack.LightLab Imaging Inc.’s system was approved this month by the Food and Drug Administration. It uses a technology called optical coherence tomography to capture an image roughly twice the size of a red blood cell — 10 times better resolution than ...
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LightLab Imaging Returns to EuroPCR 2010
Explore Article Optical Coherence Tomography News (May 28 2010)
...s will share experience and compare the approaches and practices from their respective countries. St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, and LightLab recently announced a definitive agreement unde...
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Stent Helpers: IVUS, OCT and FFR -- Intravascular Tools At EuroPCR
Explore Article ptca.org (May 27 2010)
This graphic shows three intravascular imaging/therapeutic modalities that were making news this month, both in the U.S. and in Paris at the EuroPCR meeting ending tomorrow. Clockwise they are Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR). You can read more about these in depth in Angioplasty.Org's Intravascular Imaging Center. Briefly, OCT and IVUS are ways of imaging the inside of a coronary artery during a ...
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Volcano Progresses with OCT
Explore Article Zacks Investment Research (May 24 2010)
... expects to launch its OCT system in Europe in early 2011, and in the US in mid-2011. It noted that St. Jude Medical’s (STJ - Analyst Report) planned acquisition of LightLab Imaging validates its optimism regarding t... (Read Full Article)
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St. Jude Medical to Highlight Leadership in Lesion Assessment Technology at EuroPCR with Focus on FFR Platform
Explore Article businesswire.com (May 24 2010)
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced the launch of a new virtual real...
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