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AB Analytical Services  Jun 28 
I have spent the past couple of months pursuing a theme that I think makes a lot of sense.  I believe that medical device companies that sell a high amount of consumables (relative to capital equipment) will continue to grow strongly despite...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Feb 11 
I love this stock; it actually behaves as it should. This is the 2nd round trip in a month on the dark side with Volcano (VOLC) - both quick and tidy profits. Yesterday I took off half this short @ $13.60s (entered on gap up to $14.60) The limit...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Feb 10 
I am covering half the Volcano (VOLC) short I put on yesterday as the stock is down from $14.60 to $13.60s in 24 hours (7%ish). So we're quickly down from a 2.4% stake to 1.2%. I have $13.25 as a target to finish the other half of the trade. This...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Feb 9 
Two of my limit orders from a while back have hit this morning. First, we are going back to the Volcano (VOLC) for a 2nd sip... [Jan 13: Short Volcano] Now this is a more typical chart for me to short... my limit order was set at $14.60; the 200...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Jan 15 
I am going to cover the short we started Tuesday on Volcano (VOLC) with about a 6% gain. [Jan 13: Bookkeeping - Short Volcano] We sold short in the $14.60s and I'm covering here in the $13.80s. I was hoping for more ($13 would of been nice) but...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Jan 13 
One of the 4 short limit orders I mentioned this morning just hit; Volcano (VOLC) Volcano Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes a range of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and functional measurement (FM) products for the...
The Iconoclast Investor  Nov 11 
As I've written many times, when looking for the leaders of the next advance, you want new stocks--or at least newer names--with strong growth and, preferably, new and revolutionary products.  It's also a good sign if this stock has recently...
The Wild Investor  Oct 30 
Volcano has all the right parameters to rise in this struggling economy. Lets just hope they can have a good conference call.
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Volcano Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes a broad suite of intravascular ultrasound, or IVUS, and functional measurement, or FM, products that it believes enhance the diagnosis and treatment of vascular and structural heart disease. The IVUS products consist of consoles, single-procedure disposable catheters, and advanced functionality options. The family of consoles includes the IVUS In-Vision Gold or IVG and the new PC-based s5, which became the primary console following its full commercial launch in mid-2006. During an IVUS procedure, an imaging catheter is placed inside an artery to produce a cross-sectional image of the size and shape of the artery's lumen and provides information concerning the composition and density of plaque or lesions and the condition of the layers of the surrounding arterial walls. As a part of the vfusion cath lab integration initiative, the company has developed customized cath lab versions of these consoles and is developing advanced functionality options. FM products consist of pressure and flow consoles and single-procedure disposable pressure and flow guide wires. These FM consoles also include a cath lab version. FM devices measure the pressure and flow characteristics of blood around plaque thereby allowing physicians to gauge the plaque s impact on blood flow and pressure. Based on product, IVUS consoles, FM consoles, disposable catheters, disposable guide wires, and other contributed 21%, 2%, 64%, 10%, and 3%, respectively, to 2006 revenue. Other revenue consist primarily of spare parts sales, service and maintenance revenues, shipping and handling revenues, and license fees. Based on geography, the U.S. and Japan contributed 50% and 29% respectively while Europe, Middle East, & Africa and rest of world contributed 17% and 4% respectively to total 2006 revenue. The company completed its initial public offering of common stock on June 15, 2006.



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