CARDIOLOGY
FDA Warns Of Major Risk With St. Jude Heart Device
February 14, 2013 2:47 pm | News | CommentsThe Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that tool recalled by St. Jude Medical Inc. used to insert heart implants could potentially cause serious injury or death if used in patients. The company's Amplatzer TorqVue delivery system is used to mend a type of heart defect that causes holes in the upper chambers of the heart.
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Surgery Plus tPA Boosts ICH Outcomes
February 11, 2013 9:33 am | by Chris Kaiser | Articles | CommentsA minimally invasive procedure paired with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to remove blood clots in brain tissue after hemorrhagic stroke appears safe and effective, and may even lead to cost savings, a phase II trial suggested.
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Medical GPS Helps With Heart Surgeries
February 7, 2013 9:55 am | by CBS News | Videos | CommentsDoctors at Massachusetts General Hospital are using cutting-edge technology to treat a the common heart condition known as atrial fibrillation. Surgery to treat the condition often leads to several x-rays during the procedure. That may no longer be necessary.
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Video Game Lets Anyone Be A Heart Surgeon
February 7, 2013 9:43 am | by ABC News | Videos | CommentsA surgical simulator recently created by a group of young men allows "players" to perform a heart transplant. It's not quite a video game, and it's not quite a training tool. See for yourself...
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Blood In, Blood Out
February 6, 2013 9:35 am | by David Mantey, Executive Editor, PD&D | Articles | CommentsA new device is designed to recover blood spilled during open-heart and major trauma surgery and concentrate the blood cells for transfusion back to the patient.
LISTED UNDER: CARDIOLOGYA Little TLC Boosts Patency of Bypass Grafts
February 5, 2013 10:59 am | News | CommentsSaphenous vein grafts for bypass surgery may hold up better with a little TLC, researchers investigating a "no-touch" harvesting technique and an "external stent" suggested. The technique to minimize manhandling of the vein -- by stripping it out with a pedicle of surrounding tissue left attached -- yielded 3.4-fold better graft patency at 3 years compared with a conventionally harvested radial artery.
LISTED UNDER: CARDIOLOGYSanofi Launches Breakthrough Technology For Cardiovascular, Vascular Surgery Procedures
January 30, 2013 11:36 am | News | CommentsSanofi US announced the commercial launch of LeGoo, a biopolymer gel that allows surgeons to temporarily stop blood flow during surgery without the use of clamps, elastic loops or other conventional occlusion devices, which may increase risk of trauma to blood vessels. The atraumatic occlusion technique potentially provides clear visualization with less clutter while maintaining vessel integrity.
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Nonsurgical Mitral Valve Placement Doable
January 30, 2013 9:03 am | by Crystal Phend | Articles | CommentsPercutaneous mitral valve replacement may be on the horizon, first-in-man results with the transcatheter CardiAQ valve suggest. Compassionate use in an 88-year-old man with class IV heart failure and severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation yielded good valvular function on postoperative transesophageal and 3-dimensional echo, with little paravalvular leak.
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New Device May Repair Damaged Hearts
January 17, 2013 10:37 am | by NBC News | Videos | CommentsA Cleveland hospital is testing out a new experimental device that stimulates a nerve and can possibly improve heart function. So it not only keeps the patient's heart beating, it actually accomplishes more than a typical pacemaker.
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CardioHelp
January 16, 2013 3:10 pm | by Maquet Medical Systems | MAQUET Medical Systems USA | Product Releases | CommentsMAQUET MEDICAL SYSTEMS has introduced the CardioHelp, a portable heart-lung support system providing extracorporeal life support to replace or support a patient’s circulation and respiration. The CardioHelp System is designed to be carried by one person and compact enough to be transported anywhere within the hospital or even in a helicopter or vehicle.
LISTED UNDER: Compression ProductsAIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope
September 10, 2012 7:25 am | TYRX, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsTYRX’s AIGISRx® Antibacterial Envelope is a polypropylene mesh pouch/sleeve specifically designed to aid in the stabilization of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs), such as pacemakers or defibrillators (ICDs), as well as to help prevent surgical site infections associated with CIEDs.
LISTED UNDER: PacemakersWireless Cardiac Stimulation System
November 14, 2011 8:38 am | Product Releases | CommentsCambridge Consultants, a leading technology design and development firm, today unveiled how it has collaborated with start-up company EBR Systems to develop the world’s first wireless pacing system. With cardiac stimulation leads considered the weak point in pacemaker systems, the Wireless Cardiac Stimulation system (WiCS) uses a leadless electrode to convert mechanical energy, wirelessly transmitted from an ultrasonic pulse generator, into electrical energy which is used to pace the heart as part of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT).
LISTED UNDER: PacemakersSENSATION PLUS 8 Fr. IAB Catheter
September 21, 2011 8:54 am | MAQUET Medical Systems USA | Product Releases | CommentsMAQUET Cardiovascular announced that it has received both 510(k) clearance from the FDA and CE mark from the EMEA for its new SENSATION PLUS™ 8 Fr. 50cc intra-aortic balloon catheter (IAB). The new SENATION PLUS is the world’s first 8 Fr. IAB catheter to combine fiber optic signal acquisition with greater hemodynamic support compared to a standard 40cc IAB catheter.
LISTED UNDER: Catheter SystemsTransfer Catheter
April 12, 2010 1:29 pm | Cook Medical, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsCook Medical’s Women’s Health division introduces the Guardia™ AccessET Curved Embryo Transfer Catheter, featuring Cook’s patented EchoTip® technology. The catheter’s echogenic band allows the catheter tip to be seen more clearly under ultrasound, which can allow for more accurate embryo placement.
LISTED UNDER: Catheter SystemsCompany Introduces Smaller 7 French Compatible Atherectomy Catheter
October 6, 2009 6:56 am | News | CommentsThe device is now available to treat a larger patient population KIRKLAND, WA––August 10, 2009––Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc., an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), today introduced the 7 French compatible version of its peripheral atherectomy catheter.
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