Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Tiny Forward Facing Ultrasound Drill to Bust Through Blood Clots
Intravascular ultrasound devices are used on a regular basis to break up blood clots. These devices deliver high frequency ultrasound energy from a side facing transducer, shaking up clots and opening up blood vessels. Because of engineering...
Vascular Surgery
DABRA Laser Ablates Blocked Arteries
Ra Medical, a company out of Carlsbad, California, received FDA clearance and is reporting the first commercial use of its DABRA laser-based arterial blockage ablation system. Unlike most other intravascular tools used for removing arterial...
Vascular Surgery
3D Printed Pediatric Stents That Grow With Patient's Vessels
Sadly, it is not only old people that receive cardiac stent implants. Often young children with certain cardiovascular conditions can benefit significantly from stent implantations and conduits, but because vasculature grows along with the rest...
Vascular Surgery
Parable Technology for Wound Care: Interview with Nathan Ie, Founder of Parable Health
Parable is a software platform that allows doctors and home health workers to collaboratively monitor wound healing and to flag any issues. The technology has been designed by Parable Health and allows doctors to assess wound parameters and...
Vascular Surgery
PREVENA DUO Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Treats Two Incisions at Same Time
Acelity, based in San Antonio, Texas, is releasing the PREVENA DUO Incision Management System, a disposable negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system that can be used to manage two surgical incisions at the same time. The company expects...
Vascular Surgery
Contego Medical's Vanguard IEP Cleared in Europe for Safer Balloon Angioplasties
Contego Medical of Raleigh, North Carolina won the European CE Mark to introduce its Vanguard IEP peripheral balloon angioplasty system. The product features the firm's Integrated Embolic Protection (IEP) technology that captures embolic debris...
Vascular Surgery
Bovie Cleared in U.S. to Introduce Its Cool-Coag Multifunctional J-Plasma System
Bovie Medical recently received FDA clearance for its J-Plasma generator and handpiece featuring the company's "COOL-COAG" technology. Bovie has been famous for almost one hundred years for its electrosurgical tools that cut and coagulate tissues....
Vascular Surgery
GE Working on Automating 3D Printing of Organ Models
Engineers at GE Healthcare are working on easing the process of 3D printing model organs for doctors and patients to review before and after surgeries. These days it's a slow process hampered by the enormous amounts of data a CT scanner produces...
Vascular Surgery
Toshiba Releases Three New Advanced Ultrasounds
Toshiba is releasing three new ultrasounds in the Aplio i-series, the Aplio i700, Aplio i800, and Aplio i900. The company claims the new devices provide superior imaging, including deep and hard to penetrate regions such as the shoulder. The...
Vascular Surgery
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