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Briefing on ILSI – BioMed Conference, May 21-23, 2012 in Tel Aviv

http://www2.kenes.com/BIOMED/CONFERENCE/Pages/Detailed_Program.aspx

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

Featured Companies of MEDICAL DEVICE  

• EarlySense
• Treato
• Telesofia Medical Ltd.
• Medasense Biometrics Ltd.
• CollPlant Ltd.
• NLT Spine Ltd.
• GluSense
• Medigus Ltd.
• NanoPass Technologies Ltd.
• Stimatix GI Ltd.
• MMATech Ltd.
• InsuLine Medical Ltd.
• Maxillent Ltd.
• Glycominds Ltd. (TASE: GLCM)
• Beta 02
• Neuronix Ltd.
• Ornim, Inc.
• Vibrant Ltd.

Featured Companies of BIOPHARMA

• Protalix Biotherapeutics
• NasVax Ltd.
• BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
• Atox Bio
• Vaxil BioTherapeutics Ltd.
• PolyPid Ltd.
• Applied Immune Technologies, Ltd.
• Avraham Pharmaceuticals
• KAMADA Ltd.
• Kaiima Bio Agritech
• Medgenics, Inc.
• Macrocure Ltd.
• Gamida Cell Ltd. MGVS
• Multi Gene Vascular Systems Ltd.
• Pluristem Ltd.
• Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd (TASE: CFBI)
• Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd.
• BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics

CARDIOLOGY SEMINAR — I attended the following on May 21, 2012 — will report on these topics in few posts to follow.

VALVES IN TLV (two-lung ventilation)
OPENING
Dr. Francesco Maisano
Dr. Michael Mack
Dr. David Brown

STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Dr. William Cohn, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

“OFF LABEL” PERCUTANEOUS VALVE IMPLANTATIONS – CONSIDERATIONS, CORONARIES AND IMAGING
Dr. Elchanan Bruckheimer, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

MITRAL VALVE
EVALVE: WHERE WE ARE? WHAT EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT IS MISSING
Dr. Michael Mack, Baylor Heart Hospital, Dallas, USA

OTHER MITRAL VALVE TECHNOLOGIES: HYPE OR HOPE? (MITRALIGN, GDS)
Dr. Eberhard Grube, Bonn University Germany

VALTECH CARDIO: PROVIDING THE FULL SPECTRUM FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY AND SURGERY
Dr. Francesco Maisano,  HSR Milan, Italy

MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT: WHERE ARE WE?
Dr. Michael Mack, Baylor Heart Hospital, Dallas, USA

NEOVASC: A NEW APPROACH TO TRANSCATHETER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT
Prof. Shmuel Banai, Souraski Medical Center, Israel

TEN YEARS FOR TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation) –   
LESSONS LEARNED AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE           

EDWARDS SAPIEN: BALLOON EXPANDABLE VALVES: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE DOUBTS
Dr. David Brown, Baylor Heart Hospital, Dallas, USA

COREVALVE: THE FIRST SELF EXPANDABLE VALVE: NEW FEATURES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Dr. Eberhard Grube, Bonn University, Germany

PORTICO SAINT JUDE: NEXT GENERATION SELF EXPANDING VALVE
Dr. Greg Fontana, Lenox Hill New York, USA

SADRA MEDICAL: THE LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
Prof. Eberhard Grube, Bonn University Germany

DIRECT FLOW: THE VALUE OF REPOSITIONABILITY
Francesco Maisano, HSR Milan, Italy

THINKING WAY OUTSIDE THE BOX
Dr. William Cohn, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA