1. Medical Device Battle: Can St. Jude Bigfoot Volcano? (CNBC Video)

    Explore Article cnbc.com (Jul 28 2010)

    Medical Device Battle: Can St. Jude Bigfoot Volcano? (CNBC Video) This is one of those corporate 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 growing with several specialty products. Volcano's biggest product is intravascular ultrasound, which is used to help in the placement of heart stents. It's also big in something called fractional flow reserve, or FFR, which can help determine if you're going to have a heart attack and need a stent or surgery. The company’s goal is to make IVUS, as it is called, ... (Read Full Article)

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