Exhibitors and Sponsors list 2013

2015 World Congress of Arrhythmias (WSA 2015)

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Email: lihui_mmtchina@126.com
Web site: www.wsa2015.org
Contact Person: Jason Hui Li

2015 World Congress of Arrhythmias will be held from the 17th to 21st of September in Beijing, China. Founded in 1979 as the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society (ICPES), and recently becoming the World Society of Arrhythmias in order to better express our global interest, we have been dedicated to connecting the world of arrhythmias, by promoting education all over the globe, and by coordinating the activities of other scientific societies devoted to cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. For decades, we have stood for top international exchanges and training in these areas.

A. MENARINI I.F.R.

VIA SETTE SANTI 3 – 50131 – FIRENZE
Phone: 055/56801 – Fax: 055/5680215
Email: cgherardini@menarini.it
Web site: www.menarini.it
Contact Person: CLAUDIA GHERARDINI

The Menarini Group is the first Italian pharmaceutical company in the world, 16th in Europe out of 5,180 companies, and 38th company in the world out of 18,237 companies, with a turnover of more than 3 billion Euro and 16,000 employees. The Menarini Group has always pursued two strategic objectives: Research and Internationalisation. It is present in the most important therapeutic areas including: cardiovascular products, gastroenterology products, antibiotics / respiratory products, drugs used in diabetology, anti-inflammatory agents / analgesics. It has a strong presence across Europe and in the major countries of Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Its products are available to patients in more than 100 countries.

BARD

Via Cina, 444 – 00144 – Rome
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Email: Info.barditalia@crbard.com
Web site: www.barditalia.it
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A division of C. R. Bard Inc., Bard Electrophysiology is a global company focused on the development and delivery of a broad range of devices for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Bard Electrophysiology offers a full product portfolio which includes advanced RF ablation and mapping catheters, diagnostic catheters, computer-based electrophysiology mapping and recording systems, temporary pacing electrodes, and vascular/cardiac access devices. Through our rich history of commitment to innovative products, unparalleled support, and a dedication to education worldwide, Bard Electrophysiology continues to be a leader in the field of EP.

Bayer SPA

viale Certosa 130 – 20156 – Milano
Phone: +390239781 – Fax:
Email: marco.ranzoni@bayer.com
Web site: www.bayer.com
Contact Person: Marco Ranzoni, Communication & Media Relations Manager

Bayer HealthCare is among the world’s foremost innovators in the field of pharmaceutical and medical products. This subgroup’s mission is to research, develop, manufacture and market innovative products that improve the health of people and animals throughout the world. The globally operating Health Care subgroup is divided into four operating divisions: The goals of the Animal Health Division are to maintain the health of animals and cure veterinary diseases, with the focus primarily on treating infectious diseases and repelling parasites. The main focus of the Consumer Care Division is on non-prescription medicines and dietary supplements. One example is Aspirin, a more than 110-year-old brand that enjoys an unsurpassed level of global familiarity. Medical Care comprises the businesses with blood glucose monitoring devices and medical equipment for diagnosis and treatment. The Pharmaceuticals Division is today the highest-selling pharmaceuticals company in Germany and holds a worldwide leading position in its main therapeutic areas. The focus is on prescription medicines. The division combines its strengths in two business units: General Medicine and Specialty Medicine.

Biosense Webster – Johnson & Johnson Medical S.p.A.

Leonardo building, Leonardo da Vincilaan 15 – 1831 – Diegem, Belgium
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Email: rchiarol@its.jnj.com
Web site: www.biosensewebster.com
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Biosense Webster (BW), part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, is recognized worldwide as a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Guided by the needs of electrophysiologists and cardiologists, BW has pioneered innovative technological advancements for more than 30 years. BW has defined the state of design and craftsmanship in diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheters. At the same time, BW has delivered mapping and navigation innovations that have advanced the science and practice of electrophysiology. Ongoing research and development at BW has given EPs access to 3-D, real-time, color-coded views into the heart’s electrical activity, allowing diagnosis and treatment with increasing precision. Collaboration with leaders in related industries is pushing the clinical boundaries still further, thanks to such new technologies as remote magnetic navigation and intracardiac echocardiography. Biosense Webster primary focus is making life-changing, long-term differences in human health and disease management.

Boehringer Ingelheim Italia S.p.A.

Loc. Prulli 103/c – 50066 – Reggello (FI)
Phone: +39 055.5355558 – Fax: +39 055.8650222
Email: info@boehringer-ingelheim.it
Web site: www.boehringer-ingelheim.it
Contact Person: Marta Scoccianti

The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world’s 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 145 affi liates and more than 42,000 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine. As a central element of its culture, Boehringer Ingelheim pledges to act socially responsible. Involvement in social projects, caring for employees and their families, and providing equal opportunities for all employees form the foundation of the global operations. Mutual cooperation and respect, as well as environmental protection and sustainability are intrinsic factors in all of Boehringer Ingelheim’s endeavors.

Cardiofront LLC

Kansas 66223, 135th Street,Suite#264, Overland Park, KS
Phone: 913-660-9420
Email: ramarao@jafib.com
Web site: www.jafib.com

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation (JAFIB) is an open access journal with a special focus on physician and patient education. JAFIB publishes Featured Reviews, Original Research, Case Reports Journal Reviews and Editorials on atrial arrhythmias or any other interesting cases related to electrophysiology.

CLABER SRL

STRADA CATTANE 10 – – 36100 VICENZA (ITALY)
Phone: +390444964807 – Fax: +390444964809
Email: clabervicenza@libero.it
Web site:
Contact Person: Magno Alessandro

Claber: great solutions to daily needs.

Cook Medical

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Email: david.pearce@cookmedical.com
Web site: https://www.cookmedical.com/
Contact Person: David Pearce

COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a leading medical device manufacturer, is the industry pioneering leader in Lead Extraction devices designed for both the superior and femoral approaches. The recently launched ADVANCED PLATFORM devices for Lead Extraction include: the ONE-TIE™ Compression Coil, Evolution® RL and Evolution® Shortie RL Controlled-Rotation Dilator Sheath Sets, and the Evolution® SteadySheath™ Tissue Stabilization Sheath. Come visit and learn about the many ways that Cook Medical is making lead extraction procedures less complicated for you and for your institution or visit us online at our website.

Daiichi Sankyo Italia S.p.A.

Via Paolo di Dono, 73 – 00142 – Rome
Phone: 3906852551 – Fax: 390685255233
Email: info@daiichi-sankyo.it
Web site: www.daiichi-sankyo.it
Contact Person: M. Cristina Pascale

Daiichi Sankyo is a global pharmaceutical company with its corporate origin in Japan. We provide innovative products and services in more than 50 countries around the world. With more than 100 years of scientific expertise, our company draws upon a rich legacy of innovaton and medical advancements. Building on our experience in hypertension, antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies, we are excited to be expanding into other important areas such as oncology, where significant unmet medical needs remain. Today, with our growing presence in developing and emerging markets, we are pleased to serve the needs of patients throughout the world.

FIAB SpA

Via P. Costoli, 4 – 50039 – Vicchio
Phone: 055/8497984 – Fax: 055/8497979
Email: donatella.nicolodi@fiab.it
Web site: www.fiab.it
Contact Person: Donatella Nicolodi

FIAB SpA is an Italian Company manufacturing and marketing worldwide devices and accessories for temporary cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. Leader manufacturer of esophageal cardiac stimulation devices, FIAB has developed and patented the system Esotest for the esophageal temperature monitoring during AF ablation procedures.

IATROTEK SRL

Via Don Martino Durighello, 32 – 30010 – Bojon di Campolongo Maggiore
Phone: +39 041 5145203 – Fax: +39 041 460034
Email: info@iatrotek.com
Web site: www.iatrotek.com
Contact Person: trincanato leonzio

Regional italian north/east distributor for cardiovascular devices.

Impulse Dynamics

Breitwiesenstr.19 – 70565 – Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711-220 456 -20 – Fax:
Email: info@impulse-dynamics.com
Web site: www.impulse-dynamics.com
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Impulse Dynamics is focused on the development of electrical therapies for the treatment of chronic heart failure. Its proprietary technology is based on a unique scientific discovery concerning electrical control of heart muscle tissue: the application of nonexcitatory electrical signals delivered to the heart can modify its properties (e.g., the force of a cardiac muscle contraction) in a predictable and reproducible manner.

MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS SPA

VIA SALAROLO 2B – 40068 – BOLOGNA
Phone: 0516271111 – Fax: 0516271142
Email: giorgia@medicalinstruments.it
Web site: www.medicalinstruments.it
Contact Person: GIORGIA

Active since 1972 in the medical device industry, Medical Instruments Spa is a dynamic
growing company specializing in the fields of cardiac surgery, vascular surgery,
interventional radiology and haemodynamics.

MEDICO SPA

Via Pitagora 15 – 35030 – Rubano (PD), Italy
Phone: +39 049 8976755 – Fax:
Email: info@medicoweb.com
Web site: www.medicoweb.com
Contact Person: Gabriella Nigro – Marketing & Sales

This year MEDICO SPA celebrates its long history of commitment to the advancement of cardiac pacing: “40 years for the heart with the heart”. MEDICO SPA has been investigating and developing new cardiac stimulation solutions with the aim of ensuring top technology pacing devices to physicians and patients. The corporate philosophy is founded on the principles of Quality, Safety and Innovation with the ambition to supply every physician with suitable tools to optimize pacing therapy in each single patient and to ensure a better quality of life. Come to visit us at our booth, it will be our pleasure to show you in detail our innovations.

Medtronic., Inc

710 Medtronic Parkway – 55432 – Minneapolis, MN
Phone: (763) 514-4000 – Fax:
Email: cynthia.walker@medtronic.com
Web site: www.medtronic.com
Contact Person: Cynthia A. Walker | Vice President, Global Medical Education, Professional
Relations, Field Training & Research

At Medtronic, we’re committed to Innovating for Life by pushing the boundaries of medical technology and actually changing the way the world treats chronic disease. Medtronic is the world’s largest medical technology company, offering an unprecedented breadth and depth of innovative therapies to fulfill our Mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life. Last year, more than 9 million people benefited from our medical therapies, which treat cardiac and vascular diseases, diabetes, and neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. With a global reach that extends to more than 140 countries, we have a deep understanding of many universal healthcare challenges. We’re using our experience, extensive partnerships, and the passion of 46,000+ employees to help transform healthcare worldwide by improving outcomes, expanding access, and enhancing value.

Microlife Corporation

Espenstrasse 139 – 9443 – Widnau
Phone: +41 71 727 70 41 – Fax: +41 71 727 70 39
Email: marc.lang@microlife.ch
Web site: http://www.microlife.com
Contact Person: Marc Lang

Microlife is the world leader in the development and manufacturing of medical diagnostic equipment for institutional and home use. Hypertension, fever and respiratory management are Microlife’s core businesses.

PROMED SRL

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Email: info@promedsrl.it
Web site: www.promedsrl.it
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Rivendita prodotti e presidi ospedalieri.

RECORDATI SpA

Via Matteo Civitali, 1 – 20148 – Milano
Phone: 02/48787.1 – Fax: 02/40073747
Email: comimagen@recordati.it
Web site: www.recordati.com
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Recordati, established in 1926, is an international pharmaceutical group, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange (Reuters RECI.MI, Bloomberg REC IM, ISIN IT 0003828271), with a total staff of over 3,300, dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Recordati has operations in the main European countries, in Russia, in other Central and Eastern European countries, in Turkey and in the United States of America. A field force of more than 1,700 medical representatives promotes a wide range of innovative pharmaceuticals, both proprietary and under license, in a number of therapeutic areas including a specialized business dedicated to treatments for rare diseases. Recordati is a partner of choice for new product licenses for its territories. Recordati is committed to the research and development of new drug entities within the cardiovascular and urogenital therapeutic areas and of treatments for rare diseases. Consolidated revenue for 2012 was Euro 828.3 million, operating income was Euro 167.0 million and net income was Euro 118.5 million.

Sanofi Italia

Viale Luigi Bodio 37/b – 20158 – Milano
Phone: 02 39391 – Fax:
Email: www.sanofi.it
Web site: www.sanofi.it
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Sanofi, an integrated global healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs and through seven growth platforms: diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, consumer healthcare, emerging markets, animal health and the new Genzyme. In Italy, is leader in the industrial pharmaceutical sector nationwide, with about 2,500 employees, over 1,300 of whom work in the five plants located in Origgio (VA), Garessio (CN), Anagni (FR), Scoppito(AQ) and Brindisi, that produce drugs delivered to international markets in the 5 continents, and a Merial plant, specialized in products for animal health, located in Noventa (PD). Its R&D in Italy consists in a Clinical Research Unit, located in Milan and in the five multidisciplinary laboratories of Brindisi plant specialized in biotechnological research in the field of antibiotics. Its portfolio covers ethical medicines, OTC products, innovative drugs, generic equivalent medicines with Zentiva, rare genetic diseases with Genzyme, and animal health with Merial.

Sorin Group Italia Srl

Via Benigno Crespi 17 – 20159 – Milano
Phone: +39 02 69465 211 – Fax: +39 02 69465 343
Email: patrizia.garavaglia@sorin.com
Web site: www.sorin.com
Contact Person: Patrizia Garavaglia

Sorin Group (www.sorin.com), is a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The Company develops, manufactures and markets medical technologies for cardiac surgery and for the treatment of cardiac rhythm disorders. With 3.750 employees worldwide, the Company focuses on two major therapeutic areas: Cardiac Surgery (cardiopulmonary products for open heart surgery and heart valve repair or replacement products) and Cardiac Rhythm Management (pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization devices). Every year, over one million patients are treated with Sorin Group devices in more than 80 countries.

St. Jude Medical

Centro Direzionale Colleoni – Palazzo Andromeda 16/1 – 20864 – Agrate Brianza (MB)
Phone: +39 039 607471 – Fax: +39 039 6899513
Email: sjmnews@sjm.com
Web site: ww.sjm.com
Contact Person: Luciano Resnati

St. Jude Medical is dedicated to transforming the treatment of some of the world’s most expensive epidemic diseases. The company does this by developing cost-effective medical technologies and services that save and improve lives. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., St. Jude Medical employs approximately 16,000 people worldwide and has four major clinical focus areas that include cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation. The St. Jude Medical product portfolio includes implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, pacemakers, remote monitoring systems, mapping and visualization systems, surgical and catheter-based ablation devices, vascular closure devices, structural heart products, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation devices. At St. Jude Medical, we believe that investing in purposeful innovation is instrumental to our success. We are uniquely positioned for long-term growth driven by our vision to address epidemic diseases with solutions that reduce the economic burden on health care systems worldwide. In a collaborative culture of invention and innovation, we seek to produce devices that are of the highest quality, benefit the people who depend on them, and function safely and properly in order to provide needed therapy and peace of mind.

Wisepress Medical Bookshop

25 High Path – Merton Abbey – SW19 2JL – London
Phone: +44 20 8715 1812 – Fax: +44 20 8715 1722
Email: bookshop@wisepress.com
Web site: www.wisepress.com
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Wisepress are Europe’s principal conference bookseller. We exhibit the leading books, sample journals and digital content relevant to this meeting. Books may be purchased at the booth, and we offer a postal service. Visit our online bookshop for special offers and follow us on Twitter for the latest news @WisepressBooks.

ZOLL CMS GmbH

Emil Hoffmann Str. 13 – G 50996 – Cologne
Phone: +49 2236 8787 55 – Fax: +49 2236 8787 51
Email: lifevest-deutschland@zoll.com
Web site: http://lifevest.zoll.com/de/
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ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company, provides medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL is focused on resuscitation and critical care. The LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator protects following recent MI or revascularization, and for those with cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure. The LifeVest continuously monitors the patient’s heart, and if a life-threatening heart rhythm is detected, delivers a treatment shock to restore normal heart rhythm.