St. Jude Medical, Inc. has announced Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approval and reimbursement approval of its Therapy(TM) Cool Path(TM) Ablation Catheter. This marks the company’s first entry into the irrigated catheter ablation market in Japan. The Therapy Cool Path Ablation Catheter is a thin, flexible tube that delivers radiofrequency (RF) energy to specific areas of cardiac tissue in order to create lesions, or tiny scars.

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Abbott announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved its XIENCE V (R) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Japan is the second largest drug eluting stent market in the world after the United States, with approximately 200,000 stent procedures performed each year. The company plans to launch XIENCE V in Japan in the upcoming weeks, immediately following final reimbursement authorization.

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