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The company has stopped shipment and is retrieving field inventory of all its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds)
The IDM-MG 1000 continues Nuvon's leadership in innovative healthcare solutions by enabling a mobile environment for patients and biomedical devices, improving patient care and patient safety.
The French company Robosoft presented Kompai for the first time; a robot designed to assist dependent persons at home.
Engage Family offers physicians state-of-the-art introducers capable of facilitating both femoral and radial access
CareFusion is the first company to offer devices for both vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty procedures Kyphoplasty procedures represent a $600 million global health care segment

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Reps. Velazquez (D-NY) and Pitts (R-PA) Introduce Bill to Help Millions of Americans Gain Healthcare Coverage

July 23, 2008
by Amanda Thambounaris, Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, Chairwoman Nydia M. Velazquez of the House Small Business Committee held a press briefing to unveil new healthcare legislation helping American entrepreneurs bridge the expanding healthcare gap.

The legislation will be known as the Small Business "Cooperative for Healthcare Options to Improve Coverage for Employees" (Small Business CHOICE) Act of 2008. It allows small businesses, which make up 99% of all employers and more than 50% of the private-sector workforce, to form health insurance cooperatives.

The move stems the volatility of insurance premiums and makes coverage more affordable for entrepreneurs and their employees. The bill also creates important incentives for small businesses to provide the families of their workers with expanded coverage.

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