Latest Inferior vena cava filter Stories
This resource will provide consumers access to information about legal rights involving allegations of dangerous side effects, including deep vein thrombosis, filter fracture, migration and perforation from use of filters. Site also includes details of FDA health warning about IVC filter risks the agency is reviewing. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 06, 2013 http://www.resource4thepeople.com/defectivemedicaldevices/bard-ivc.html Resource4thePeople announced today that it is now providing...
Consumers can contact Resource4thePeople's national network of attorneys for free consultations about their legal options to join with those seeking compensation for alleged side effects, including deep vein thrombosis, filter fracture, migration and perforation. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 http://www.resource4thepeople.com/defectivemedicaldevices/bard-ivc.html Resource4thePeople announced today a consumer update of the progress of litigation involving claims that patients who...
A Stanford, CA Board Certified physician specializing in Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Dr. William T. Kuo, is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2013. STANFORD, Calif., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Stanford's Vascular & Interventional Radiology specialist Dr. William T. Kuo for inclusion in its highly selective list of Regional Top Doctors this year. (Photo:...
SAN ANTONIO, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BiO2 Medical, Inc., a Texas based medical device manufacturer with corporate offices in San Antonio, Texas, and R&D and manufacturing operations in Golden, Colorado, is among the first to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of their Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to begin an Early Feasibility Pilot Study (EFPS) using the Angel(TM) Catheter. The Angel(TM) Catheter is the first to combine the...
Inferior vena cava filter placement One venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients, a new study shows. Inferior vena cava filter placement is done to prevent or treat pulmonary emboli or deep venous thrombosis. "The majority of institutions use a dual venous puncture technique, while we use a single venous puncture technique," said Dr. Andrew Gunn, of Massachusetts...
Current consumer inquiries about legal rights over alleged problems with medical devices are among those being accepted for Resource4thePeople’s free legal consultations to patients who are alleging serious health problems. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 Resource4thePeople announced today that it will accept 2013 claims from consumers who are alleging that they may have suffered serious side effects as a result of having Bard IVC Filters implants. The side effects being...
Dr. William Kuo of Stanford, CA is ranked among the top physicians in the nation based on patient reviews. STANFORD, Calif., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients' Choice has announced that Dr. William Kuo was one of a select few physicians honored with the prestigious 2012 Compassionate Doctor Certification. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130411/DC93239 ) Each year, nearly 100 million patients across the U.S. access websites like Vitals,...
PLANO, Texas, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing our commitment to provide best-in-class medical devices for the prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE), Argon Medical Devices, Inc. takes another step forward with the launch of the Option(TM)ELITE Retrievable Vena Cava Filter. The OptionELITE IVC Filter, designed by Rex Medical, LP, provides the clinician with the same safe and trusted design now enhanced for ease of delivery and retrievability. "Safety and...
BMC Institutes Protocol as a result of findings Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that the use of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters for the prevention and treatment of venous thrombotic events (VTE) may result in poor outcomes due to mechanical filter complications--largely due to low filter retrieval rates and inconsistent use of anticoagulants--and high rates of venous thromboembolism. The study, which was conducted at New England's largest trauma...
SAN ANTONIO, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BiO2 Medical, Inc., a Texas based medical device manufacturer with corporate offices in San Antonio, Texas, and R&D and manufacturing operations in Golden, Colorado, is pleased to announce the first placement of their triple lumen Angel(TM) Catheter in the European Union. The Angel(TM) Catheter is a Nitinol (Nickel Titanium alloy), Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter, permanently attached to a central venous catheter (CVC) for the use...
