Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
PerQseal Absorbable, Sutureless Large-Bore Closure Device Coming to Europe
Vivasure Medical, a Galway, Ireland company, is launching in Europe its PerQseal closure device for use in large vessel femoral arteriotomies following large-bore transcatheter procedures, such as aortic valve replacements. Though minimally...
Thoracic Surgery
3M's New Durapore Advanced Surgical Tape for Keeping Tubes in Place
3M is releasing a new surgical adhesive tape that was developed to address special needs for a variety of clinical applications. The 3M Durapore Advanced tape is particularly beneficial when securing critical tubes that have to stay in place...
Thoracic Surgery
Barco's New 27" 4K Surgical Monitor
Barco is releasing a new 4K surgical monitor that's designed to give clinicians a high fidelity live image during interventional procedures. The Barco MDSC-8427 has a 27” screen, providing a new, larger size over common 24" and 26"...
Thoracic Surgery
Microlaparoscopic Robotic Surgeries Now Cleared on TransEnterix Senhance System
TransEnterix, the maker of the Senhance robotic surgical system, won FDA clearance for its new 3 millimeter line of instruments, as well as some more 5 mm instruments. At only 3 mm in diameter, the new instruments make it possible to use...
Thoracic Surgery
MAGNETOM Sola MRI from Siemens with BioMatrix Technology Cleared by FDA
The FDA has cleared the MAGNETOM Sola 1.5 Tesla MRI machine from Siemens Healthineers, a device that features the company's BioMatrix patient-centric technology, previously only available on 3 Tesla scanners. BioMatrix accounts for...
Thoracic Surgery
Body Vision Releases LungVision for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnostics
Body Vision Medical out of Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel is releasing its LungVision platform for planning, navigating to, and targeting small pulmonary nodules within the peripheral regions of the lungs. The product integrates into bronchoscopy...
Thoracic Surgery
Philips Partners with Augusta University Health on Hybrid OR for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung CA
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), one in four cancer deaths are attributable to lung cancer. This is higher than the combined rate of deaths from breast, prostate, and colon cancers, according to ACS statistics. One factor driving...
Thoracic Surgery
Precipio Announces ICEme Kit for Lung Cancer Mutation Detection
Earlier this year, Medgadget heard from Precipio CEO Illan Danieli on how his company uses advanced diagnostics and personalized medicine to reduce the prevalence of cancer misdiagnosis. Over 1 million patients globally and about 200,000 patients...
Thoracic Surgery
XACT Robotic Needle Navigation System Cleared in EU for Percutaneous Procedures
XACT Robotics out of Caesarea, Israel won EU approval to introduce its needle steering and insertion system for percutaneous procedures including biopsies and ablations. The robotic device gives physicians a more accurate and precise way of...
Thoracic Surgery
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