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Hill-Rom hires energy exec Strobel for CFO | Personnel Moves

Hill-Rom looks to the energy industry for its new CEO, Steven Strobel, lured from retail energy services company BlueStar Energy.

Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE:HRC) said it looked to the energy industry to replace James Saccaro as CFO, naming BlueStar Energy's former CFO Steven Strobel to the position.

Clayton, CryoLife, Dubilier & Rice, Hansen Medical Inc., Hill-Rom Holdings Inc., ITraumaCare, Sotera Wireless, Spine Wave, Zynex, AdvaMed, GE Healthcare

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Sequent Medical CEO Wilder bets on MicroBraids

Sequent Medical CEO Tom Wilder tells MassDevice.com why his company's MicroBraid technology is a key differentiator in its Web device for treating brain aneurysms and, potentially, other conditions.

Sequent Medical

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GPOs: Infraredx lands 1,400-facility HealthTrust deal

Infraredx inks a deal with HealthTrust to provide its TVC coronary imaging system to some 1,400 acute care facilities.

Infraredx said it inked a deal with HealthTrust Purchasing Group for its TVC imaging system, which uses both near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound to provide images of coronary blood vessels.

HealthTrust Purchasing Group, InfraReDx Inc.

News Well, Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), Cardiovascular, Imaging

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TransMedics heart preservation system used in Aussie transplants

Australian physicians use TransMedics' organ care system to preserve 3 donor hearts for transplantation after circulatory death.

Transmedics said surgeons in Australia used its organ care system to preserve and assess a trio of hearts from donors whose organs had stopped beating, before the hearts were successfully transplanted.

Transmedics Inc.

News Well, Organ Transplant

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Globus Medical snaps up allograft maker Transplant Technologies

Globus Medical acquires Transplant Technologies of Texas, a provider of bone allografts, biomaterials and soft tissue products, for an unspecified amount.

Globus Medical snapes up allograft maker Transplant Technologies

Globus Medical, Transplant Technologies of Texas

News Well, Mergers & Acquisitions, Orthopedics

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Former BSX engineer indicted on charges of stealing balloon cath trade secrets from the company | Medtech legal news for the week of October 27, 2014

Here's a look at some of the top legal news stories for medical device companies this week: Ex-Boston Scientific engineer accused of stealing balloon catheter secrets; Jury clears DePuy in 1st Pinnacle bellwether trial; U.S. Patent Office denies Medtronic request in Endotach stent case; Jury deliberations begin in first trial over DePuy's Pinnacle hips; Johnson & Johnson's DePuy wins first trial over Pinnacle hips