Mindray executives presented their full year 2009 earnings and shared their outlook for 2010.

First some points from their 2009 operations:

-China sales were up 24.8% in 2009

-Outside of China their next strongest sales gains were in Brazil, India & Russia

-Sales growth in USA and western Europe was essentially flat

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In the Feb 5th 2010 Investor Meeting St Jude Medical executives outlined their near and mid term product portfolio.

New approaches to valve replacement and repair, that allow for iterative manipulations prior to the end of the procedure, with respect to final ring or valve placement were presented.

First long term. There is a minimal invasive aortic valve replacement sys… Continue

2009-2010 EchoChief Economic Survey Results

A year ago we posted a survey asking the community to comment on how the economic down turn had affected the volume of studies done in their lab.

52% reported their lab volumes had diminished. With 32% saying the volumes were down mildly, while another 20% said their study numbers were down significantly.

Those who respond that their lab volume had not been affected, 35%, were located primarily in large metropolitan areas.… Continue

After looking over the offerings at HIMSS for the cardiovascular ultrasound industry several items are worth noting.

First from Airstrip Technologies is a FDA-cleared, HIPAA-compliant platform that
securely delivers critical patient information, including virtual

real-time waveform data, directly from hospital monitoring systems to a

doctor or nurse’s smart pho

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