and internationally are stumbling. It's pretty gloomy for Boston Scientific, but all's not lost just yet here. The company did recently score positive results for a heart device clinical trial that showed decreased patient death or inappropriate therapy with Boston Scientific's devices, and offered optimism for the company's stakes in the CRM and interventional cardiology departments. It's a good step toward maintaining and growing Boston Scientific's presence in treating advanced heart disease. The company will have to beat out its own maladies and the industry at large in these areas, however. It's thus doubly critical that Boston Scientific is able to diversify its own revenue sources in case the CRM and interventional cardiology markets can't recover. Time to innovate Only one division outside CRM and interventional cardiology raked in more than $200 million for Boston Scientific's latest quarter: endoscopy, which managed a 4% gain in year-over-year sales. In order for this company to compensate for declining revenues (Boston Scientific hasn't posted overall revenue growth in any quarter this year), it needs to open up to the spirit of innovation. If Boston Scientific can't diversify its own revenue sources, it's doomed. New CEO Michael Mahoney understands this fact well in good news for investors. Mahoney set a goal of revenue growth in 2013 despite industry observers betting otherwise, claiming, "we're absolutely a turn-around story." He's personally targeted innovation as a key driver for growth. But how will the company achieve this innovation? It's made a lot of pricey acquisitions in its