ATLANTA – The annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO; San Francisco), which is the largest annual gathering of eye physicians in the world, took place here over the past several days. (Medical Device Daily)

LAS VEGAS — The sixth annual Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting, which describes itself as "the national education course for vascular intervention and medicine," took place here last week. Record attendance was fueled by an outstanding program, an excellent new venue at the Wynn Resort and the increasing recognition that peripheral arterial disease (PAD) represents an enormous market opportunity with a plethora of unsolved clinical issues. (Medical Device Daily)