Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Serranator Alto PTA Serration Balloon Catheter Cleared by FDA
Cagent Vascular, a company based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, won FDA clearance for its Serranator Alto PTA Serration Balloon Catheter. Unlike other balloon catheters designed to dilate blood vessels, the Serranator Alto PTA has a series of...
Vascular Surgery
FlexDex Minimally Invasive Surgical System Used in Real Operations (video)
FlexDex, a new minimally invasive surgical tool system that we've grown quite fond of, has now been used for the first time in a number of operations at Michigan Medicine. We tried the FlexDex ourselves during a visit to the company's offices...
Vascular Surgery
New Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold from Meril, an Indian Multinational
Meril, a large Indian medical device firm, has developed a drug-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold, which looks like a stent but that eventually and slowly degrades is washed away by the body. The MeRes100 is made of PLLA coated with PDLLA,...
Vascular Surgery
Clarius Wireless, Handheld Ultrasounds Cleared in Europe
Clarius, a company based in British Columbia, Canada, received European CE Mark approval for its wireless C3 and L7 ultrasound scanners. These devices are highly portable, battery powered, and use an Android or iOS smartphone or tablet for...
Vascular Surgery
Medtronic's Signia Surgical Stapler Measures Tissue Strength to Perfect Staple Lines
Medtronic is releasing a new advanced surgical stapler, the Signia Stapling System, which sports sensors that detect the tissue being worked and adjust its speed to produce optimal staple lines. The company's Adaptive Firing technology...
Vascular Surgery
Simulating Blood Flow from Tomo Scans to Prep for Complex Surgeries
Modern CT and MRI scanners can provide a moving image of the heart, but they don't show the complicated patterns of blood flow in and around the organ. Seeing the dynamic nature of patients' hemodynamics may help surgeons prepare for...
Vascular Surgery
Gore VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Stent Graft First to Get FDA Approval for Iliac Arteries
Gore won FDA approval for its VIABAHN VBX endoprosthesis to be used in the iliac arteries, making it the only balloon expandable stent graft having such an indication. It can be used on new or restenotic lesions within the iliac, including at...
Vascular Surgery
CleanCision Surgical Retractor Prevents Intraoperative Wound Infections
Prescient Surgical, a company out of San Carlos, California, won FDA's de novo regulatory clearance to introduce its CleanCision Wound Retraction and Protection System. Receiving de novo clearance means this is the first device of its kind,...
Vascular Surgery
Tack Endovascular System Cleared in Europe for Repair of Arterial Dissections Below Knee
Following a balloon angioplasty, an artery can sometimes develop a dissection, a potentially serious complication. The Tack endovascular system from Intact Vascular, a Wayne, Pennsylvania firm, received the CE Mark in Europe to be used to repair...
Vascular Surgery
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