The FDA approved a ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis on June 13. Made by Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, the Pinnacle CoMplete Acetablur Hip System is the first to provide a ceramic ball and a metal socket, according to the agency.

Following the National Cancer Institutes (NCI) findings of the large-scale efficacy of lung cancer screening with CT, the newly opened University Hospital Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland said it will offer CT screening to smokers with physician referrals.

The growing number of patients affected by coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension has sparked three societies, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association and American Medical Association (AMA), to modify performance measures to improve quality of care.

The FDA sent Philips Healthcare of North Andover, Mass, a warning letter on June 7, noting that manufacturing methods at its Cleveland facilities do not conform with required current good manufacturing processes.

Noninvasive cardiovascular (CV) imaging showed no benefit of improving primary prevention measures for patients; however, the authors wrote that future studies will be necessary to provide hard evidence on how these imaging tests impact prevention efforts, according to a meta-analysis published June 13 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Advanced Energy Generator, which is designed to power both ultrasonic and bipolar technologies in the operating room.

Boston Scientific has expanded its recall of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters beyond its iCross line to its Atlantis A SR Pro2 line due to reports that the catheter tip can break inside of the patient and embolize causing tissue and blood vessel injury, heart attack or other serious events requiring additional unplanned surgery.

Jan Keltjens has resigned as AngioDynamics' president, CEO and a member of its board of directors, and the company has already launched a search for his replacement.