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In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters . In most uses, a catheter is a thin, flexible tube ("soft" catheter), though in some uses, it is a larger, solid ("hard") catheter. A catheter left inside the body, either temporarily or permanently, may be referred to as an indwelling catheter. A permanently inserted catheter may be referred to as a permcath.

DryDiapersPlus joins Unique Wellness and BIOTX to provide incontinence products

DryDiapersPlus is excited to announce that they have joined with Unique Wellness and BIOTX Ltd to provide world-class incontinence products for their customers.

16 Sep 2011

Simple strategies prevent bloodstream infections and save hundreds of patient lives

Following some basic rules of central line hygiene and maintenance, Johns Hopkins Children's Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have, over five years, saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million by preventing nearly 3,000 central line bloodstream infections, hospital officials announced on Monday, Sept. 12.

16 Sep 2011

Combination of prasugrel plus ASA can treat acute coronary syndrome

In order to better prevent blood clots, the drugs clopidogrel or prasugrel can be prescribed to patients with acute ischaemia of the heart muscle, in addition to acetylsalicylic acid.

16 Sep 2011

CRF announces late breaking trials & first report investigations to be presented at TCT 2011

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation has announced the late breaking trials and first report investigations that will be presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2011 scientific symposium. Presented in partnership with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), TCT 2011 is the world’s leading educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine and will take place November 7-11, 2011 in San Francisco.

15 Sep 2011

Loyola tests new pressure-sensing catheter to treat atrial fibrillation

Loyola University Medical Center is testing a high-tech catheter device that's intended to improve outcomes of patients treated for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat.

15 Sep 2011

Miracor closes first round of Series B financing

Miracor Medical Systems GmbH, a private Austrian medical device company, announced today that the company has secured €7M/$10M in the first closing of the Series B financing round.

14 Sep 2011

Delcath announces updated Phase 2 trial results from metastatic neuroendocrine tumor cohort

Delcath Systems, Inc. announced that updated results from the metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (mNET) cohort of the Company's recently completed Phase 2 clinical trial were presented at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) congress held this week in Munich, Germany.

13 Sep 2011

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

Many patients are responding to a new, minimally invasive way of treating irregular heartbeats by freezing out the bad cells. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is one such heart rhythm disorder, and it's the most common arrhythmia affecting Americans.

13 Sep 2011

IsoRay receives FDA clearance for GliaSite radiation therapy system to treat brain cancer

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that the FDA has cleared its GliaSite radiation therapy system, a balloon catheter device used in the treatment of brain cancer.

12 Sep 2011

Enrollment complete in Concentric Medical's Stentriever trial for acute ischemic stroke

Concentric Medical, Inc., a global leader in acute ischemic stroke intervention, today announced completion of enrollment of the TREVO Study.

8 Sep 2011

Exercise, intervention may help individuals with peripheral arterial disease

Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke-and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology.

8 Sep 2011

Concentric Medical launches Trevo Pro 4 device for acute ischemic stroke

Concentric Medical, Inc. today announced the full European launch of Trevo Pro 4 System. This next standard in Stentriever technology has an enhanced design to further promote clot integration across clot types in patients suffering an acute ischemic stroke.

6 Sep 2011

Shiva Biomedical, CorMedix to extend CRMD001 phase III trial in chronic kidney disease

CorMedix Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic products for the prevention and treatment of Cardiorenal disease, today announced it has amended its agreement with Shiva Biomedical, LLC.

6 Sep 2011

Loyola surgeons use new, less invasive catheter technique to treat cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis patient Daniel Sammons had undergone a successful double lung transplant at Loyola University Medical Center, but he still had one major health issue.

3 Sep 2011

Comprehensive review on non-drug interventions for treatment of high blood pressure

More and more, patients show up to appointments with hypertension expert John Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D. carrying bags full of "natural" products that they hope will help lower their blood pressure. And like most physicians, Bisognano doesn't always know if these products will do any good, or if they will cause any harm.

31 Aug 2011

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of more than 3,000 hospitalized children shows that those colonized but not sick with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA are at considerable risk for developing full-blown infections.

31 Aug 2011

Stereotaxis reaffirms commercialization plans for Epoch, Odyssey platforms into standard labs

The Board of Directors of Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today following its regularly scheduled board meeting that it reaffirmed the Company's plans for both the launch of the Epoch platform and expansion of the Odyssey platform into standard labs.

30 Aug 2011

Clinical trial to evaluate RMN system for treatment of ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia

Results from the STOP-VT Study were presented at the ESC Congress 2011 today. This is the first ever multi-center, global, prospective trial to evaluate a Remote Magnetic Navigation system for the treatment of ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia.

30 Aug 2011

BIOTRONIK's Selectra left ventricular lead delivery system receives European market approval

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of implantable cardiac devices and pioneer of wireless remote monitoring technologies, today announced the European market approval of the Selectra left ventricular lead delivery system.

29 Aug 2011

MitraClip treatment could benefit heart failure patients who are unresponsive to CRT

Results of an observational study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting today in Paris demonstrate that the percutaneous catheter-based MitraClip treatment improves symptoms and promotes reverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR), who do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy.

29 Aug 2011

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DryDiapersPlus joins Unique Wellness and BIOTX to provide incontinence products

Simple strategies prevent bloodstream infections and save hundreds of patient lives

Combination of prasugrel plus ASA can treat acute coronary syndrome

CRF announces late breaking trials & first report investigations to be presented at TCT 2011

Loyola tests new pressure-sensing catheter to treat atrial fibrillation

Miracor closes first round of Series B financing

Delcath announces updated Phase 2 trial results from metastatic neuroendocrine tumor cohort

Majority of cryoballoon ablation patients show no signs of A-Fib year after procedure

IsoRay receives FDA clearance for GliaSite radiation therapy system to treat brain cancer

Enrollment complete in Concentric Medical's Stentriever trial for acute ischemic stroke

Exercise, intervention may help individuals with peripheral arterial disease

Concentric Medical launches Trevo Pro 4 device for acute ischemic stroke

Shiva Biomedical, CorMedix to extend CRMD001 phase III trial in chronic kidney disease

Loyola surgeons use new, less invasive catheter technique to treat cystic fibrosis

Comprehensive review on non-drug interventions for treatment of high blood pressure

Hospitalized children with colonized with MRSA more likely to develop full-blown infections

Stereotaxis reaffirms commercialization plans for Epoch, Odyssey platforms into standard labs

Clinical trial to evaluate RMN system for treatment of ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia

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