Inovise Medical, Inc. to Present at Medtech Insight's ``Investment In Innovation'' Boston Conference.BOSTON -- Inovise Medical, Inc.: -- Inovise Medical, Inc. Has Announced That It Will Be Presenting at 11:00 am on Monday, October 10, 2005 at Medtech Insight's "Investment In Innovation (In3) BOSTON: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies" Conference, Taking Place October 10-11, 2005 at The Westin Copley Place Copley Place is an enclosed shopping mall located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of a complex that includes office buildings, two hotels, and a parking garage. Hotel in Boston, MA Inovise Medical, Inc. is pioneering transformational medical technology that is shaping cardiac care worldwide. Inovise Medical's team of experts in the areas of diagnostic cardiology, patient monitoring, and biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering An interdisciplinary field in which the principles, laws, and techniques of engineering, physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences are applied to facilitate progress in medicine, biology, and other life sciences. are developing innovative, non-invasive technologies for the fast, efficient, reliable, and cost-effective diagnosis and treatment monitoring of patients with high-risk cardiac conditions. Cardiovascular diseases, especially heart failure, are growing at epidemic rates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Currently, 4.9 million Americans have heart failure and 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The company's flagship technology, AUDICOR(R), first achieved recognition for both its innovation and value delivery as the winner of the Medical Design Excellence Award in 2004, the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical products. AUDICOR(R) is an easy-to-use, non-invasive diagnostic technology helping medical professionals quickly rule-in cardiac dysfunction including acute heart failure, acute coronary syndrome acute coronary syndrome n. A sudden, severe coronary event that mimics a heart attack, such as unstable angina. acute coronary syndrome , and other high-risk cardiac conditions. Designed to seamlessly fit into the existing workflow, AUDICOR(R) products enable clinicians in the Emergency Room, as well as paramedics in the pre-hospital community, to rapidly and accurately assess patients presenting with shortness-of-breath. AUDICOR(R) diagnostic data helps contribute to earlier administration of definitive therapy, shorter length-of-stays, reduced hospitalizations, and reduced mortality. AUDICOR(R) is the first technology to synchronize the electrical and mechanical activities of the heart to precisely detect, accurately interpret, and clearly document the presence of the third heart sound (S3) by using the company's patented Correlated Audioelectric Cardiography cardiography /car·di·og·ra·phy/ (kahr?de-og´rah-fe) the graphic recording of a physical or functional aspect of the heart, e.g. (COR) technology. Recently published research is emphasizing the diagnostic and prognostic prog·nos·tic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or useful in prognosis. 2. Of or relating to prediction; predictive. n. 1. A sign or symptom indicating the future course of a disease. 2. role of the (S3) in diagnosing heart failure. Clinical studies demonstrate an S3 is present in greater than 50% of patients presenting with symptoms of decompensated heart failure, and in the presence of such symptoms, an S3 is a highly specific indicator of left ventricular dysfunction ventricular dysfunction, n an abnormality in contraction and wall motion within the ventricles. . Auscultation auscultation Procedure for detecting certain defects or conditions by listening for normal and abnormal heart, breath, bowel, fetal, and other sounds in the body. The invention of the stethoscope in 1819 improved and expanded this practice, still very useful despite the of heart sounds is part of the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Adults. However, in a noisy clinical environment, hearing the third heart sound (S3) by means of auscultation presents a significant challenge due to the S3's low frequency characteristics. Studies report physician auscultation detects only 1 out of 5 patients with heart failure. In contrast, AUDICOR(R) demonstrates 95% specificity, making it the most specific rule-in tool for heart failure. Medtech Insight, a division of Windhover wind·hov·er n. Chiefly British A kestrel. Information Inc., is the leading provider of business information and market intelligence for the medical technology marketplace. To register for the "Investment In Innovation Boston" conference or for more information on Medtech Insight, please call Kristy Grimes Grimes is a surname, that is believed to be of a Scandinavian decent and may refer to
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