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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- VasoNova (VasoNova Inc., Menlo Park, California) announced a strategic partnership with Navilyst Medical Inc. (Navilyst Medical Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts) today to distribute its VasoNova(TM) Vascular Positioning System(TM) VPS(TM) central venous catheter navigation technology. Commenting on the partnership, Navilyst Senior Vice President, George Bourne said "Navilyst Medical is a market and technology leader in vascular access and fluid...
TORONTO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, changes in Japan's Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (MHLW) reimbursement, which encourage facilities to use higher-priced chronic dialysis catheters, will lead to double-digit growth in this segment over the next five years, and will support overall market revenues. Unlike in the US and Europe, where chronic dialysis catheters have seen strong...
HALMSTAD, Sweden and CHICAGO, August 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Redsense alarm will be required for use in Veteran Affairs' dialysis centers. The safety alert, based on research from Veteran Affairs National Center for Patient Safety, marks an important step for the only alarm that detects blood leakage during hemodialysis. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100825/405140 ) Veteran Affairs National Center for Patient Safety analyzed forty-seven bleeding incidents...
Researchers found the most common hospital-acquired infection is significantly reduced with simple, low-cost interventionsUrinary catheters are often left in place longer than needed, and new research shows that reminder systems that encourage hospital staff to remove catheters promptly can reduce the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 52 percent.The review and meta-analysis was published July 30 in the journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases. The catheter-associated...
Two specific types of vena cava filters, devices used to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, appear to have evidence of fracturing inside the body, with some fractured fragments traveling to the heart and causing potentially life-threatening complications, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the November 8 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Venous thromboembolism, or the formation of blood clots in the veins,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotspur Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received FDA clearance for the first three commercial products in its portfolio. These products are based on Hotspur's unique and groundbreaking technology that makes dialysis access interventional and peripheral vascular procedures that open blood vessels less expensive, more efficient, and less invasive for patients. These new Hotspur devices are focused on solving some of the key...
LAKE FOREST, Ill., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, today announced a study showing how the TheraDoc(TM) clinical surveillance system helped clinicians at Memorial Hospital Miramar reduce catheter-related infections, which correlated with an increase in infection-control interventions. The hospital, which used TheraDoc to electronically track the number of interventions and catheters...
SAN DIEGO, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC) announced today that it has received CE Mark approval for the VIBE(TM) RX Vascular Imaging Balloon Catheter. The company also announced that it has completed its first clinical cases with the VIBE(TM) RX in New Zealand. A single VIBE(TM) RX Catheter can quickly access, prepare, and assess challenging lesions. IVUS guidance provides precise, targeted balloon dilatation with immediate confirmation of...
SAN DIEGO, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC) announced today the company's plans to highlight its new product launches, presence in live cases, and participation in late breaking trials during EuroPCR from May 25 - 28 in Paris. "Through both imaging and therapy, Volcano continues to lead the way in providing innovative solutions to best meet the complex needs of the interventional vascular physician and their patients," said Michel Lussier, Group President...
MADISON, Conn., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Vascular Insights announced today that it has won approval for use of the CE Mark on its ClariVein® Occlusion Catheter, paving the way for marketing of the device in Europe. The ClariVein® Occlusion Catheter is an infusion catheter system intended for the treatment of incompetent veins. Infusion is through an opening at the distal end of the catheter and fluid delivery is enhanced by the use of a rotating dispersion wire to mix and disperse the...
Latest catheters Reference Libraries
Intravenous therapy, commonly known as IV therapy, is known as the administration of a liquid substance directly into a vein. It is also known as drip therapy, because most often the liquid is suspended above the IV site by an infusion pump, and runs through a drip chamber, which prevents air from entering the line. IVs are the preferred method of drug administration in hospital settings because they are the fastest known route of getting medication to the body. Intravenous therapy can also...
Interventional radiology (IR) is a special sub-operation under general radiology. It is used to find, diagnose and treat a disease in almost every body system. The process of interventional radiology is very noninvasive to help with the recovery and outcome of the procedure. It utilizes x-rays, CT, ultrasound, MRI, and other modes of imaging in order to direct tools in the body as well as a variety of catheters, narrow tubes, so that incisions can be minimalized. How it is Performed...
