Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
This Device Helps Improve Accuracy of Dialysis Catheter Placement
Patients on hemodialysis have to undergo vascular access procedures, typically arteriovenous fistulas or arteriovenous grafts. Some, though, are limited to tunneled cuffed catheters due to heart failure or poor cardiac reserve. Properly placing...
Vascular Surgery
TIGERTRIEVER 13, World's Smallest Clot Retriever for Strokes, Cleared in Europe
Rapid Medical, based in Yokneam, Israel, won European regulatory approval to introduce its TIGERTRIEVER 13, the narrowest clot retriever now available for use in treating ischemic stroke. The device can be used in vessels as small as 1...
Vascular Surgery
Flow Diverter with Hemodynamic Sensor to Monitor Aneurysm Treatment
Flow diverters are implants that are commonly used to prevent blood from flowing into aneurysms. They look very similar to stents, and are often combined into one device, but instead of providing structural strength, they provide a way for blood...
Vascular Surgery
Surgery-Free Hemodialysis Fistula Creation With everlinQ endoAVF
TVA Medical of Austin, Texas, a newly acquired subsidiary of Becton Dickinson, won de novo marketing clearance from the FDA for its innovative everlinQ endoAVF system for creating arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis without relying on...
Vascular Surgery
New Smart Bandage Monitors Health of Wounds, Dispenses Drugs as Needed
When wounds are bandaged, they're only being assessed when the bandage is replaced every so often. This is starting to feel like something from the olden times, as so many things in our modern world are constantly monitored and evaluated....
Vascular Surgery
SOMAVAC 100, a Battery Powered Wearable Post Surgical Vacuum Pump
Some post-surgical wounds, including following abdominal surgeries and mastectomies, may require suction drainage to prevent post operative complications due to edema and fluid collections. Suction bulbs have been common for the past few...
Vascular Surgery
Smart Stent Monitors Blood Flow, Detects Restenosis
Vascular stents are some of the most commonly implanted medical devices, keeping millions of arteries open to uninterrupted blood flow. Though they tend to work well at first, too many end up being re-stenosed by new deposits of plaque and scar...
Vascular Surgery
TrapLiner 2-in-1 device Guide Extension Catheter with Guidewire Trapping Now Available in Europe
Teleflex is releasing in Europe its TrapLiner, a guide extension catheter and guidewire trap, that makes sure the guidewire stays in place and doesn't move forward during catheter exchanges. This simplifies catheter exchanges in many cases, leading...
Vascular Surgery
Latest Avinger Pantheris Lumivascular Atherectomy System Cleared in U.S.
Avinger, based in Redwood City, California, just announced receiving FDA clearance for its next generation Pantheris Lumivascular atherectomy system. The product simultaneously provides intravascular imaging to allow surgeons to see the site...
Vascular Surgery
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