catheter Articles
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Why are catheters lined with PTFE?
If you’re imagining how a catheter is used, you might wonder if catheter insertion hurts. It usually doesn’t but it can cause some discomfort. In order to minimize any pain or distress of insertion, catheter manufacturers are always looking for new methods and materials that will reduce friction. One material that is being used more often in catheter design is PTFE. Catheters are ...
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20 medical device startups you need to know
Imperative CareCampbell, Calif.Founded: 2015Technology for stroke treatment Imperative Care‘s TracStar LDP, touted as the first LDP on the market, is a 0.088 in. large bore access catheter designed to get closer to the treatment site for stroke procedures, while its Zoom aspiration portfolio, designed to work with LDP, delivers trackable aspiration catheters that are optimized for fast, ...
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Velocity characteristics of atrial fibrillation sources determined by electrographic flow mapping before and after catheter ablation
Background: Electrographic-Flow-(EGF)-Mapping is a novel method to identify Atrial Fibrillation (AF) drivers. Sources of excitation during AF can be characterized and monitored. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between velocity of EGF around a respective AF source and its spatial variability (SV) and stability (SST). Methods: 25 patients with AF were included in ...
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Why auditing catheter dislodgement is a patient safety must
Chris Cheney at HealthLeaders Media released an article related to IV Catheter Dislodgement, the potential impact, and the need to audit these types of occurrences. The article focuses on Nancy Moureau’s work in understanding the impact of IV dislodgement, and ultimately a call to action: Records should be tracked with IV dislodgement reports as a mandatory effort, to continue to quantify ...
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Matrix LIMS at a medical device manufacturer case study
Organisation Boston Scientific is a major medical device manufacturer that specializes in minimally invasive devices, such as catheters and such. They have over 25,000 employees in 14 plants around the world and spend over $1B dollars annually on R&D. The Sterilization Technical Services group based in Maple Grove, MN supports new product development for sites that are using ethylene oxide ...
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Brentwood Chooses Sencorp White ULTRA Thermoformer to Revolutionize Medical Packaging
SencorpWhite announced today that Brentwood is now using a custom-designed SencorpWhite ULTRA thermoformer to provide new solutions to the medical packaging industry. One application where this system is already being used is for catheter packaging, an area where Brentwood has long led the way in innovation; in the late 70s, Brentwood developed a new standard for catheter packaging by recognizing ...
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Functional Electrographic Flow Patterns in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Predict Outcome of Catheter Ablation
Aims: Electrographic flow (EGF) mapping is a method to detect action potential sources within the atria. In a double-blinded retrospective study we evaluated whether sources detected by EGF are related to procedural outcome. Methods: EGF maps were retrospectively generated using the Ablamap® software from unipolar data recorded with a 64-pole basket catheter from patients who previously ...
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New DVT device completes first-in-human trial (Venous News)
The first-in-human case using the new deep vein thrombosis (DVT) device Vetex thrombectomy catheter (Vetex Medical) has recently been completed in a multicentre study. The device has the potential to reduce hospital stays and costs associated with DVT treatment, a press release announces. According to Vetex Medical, the Vetex thrombectomy catheter is the first device to combine rotational and ...
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Urine Output Monitoring Shows Better Outcomes, Better Data for COVID-19 Frontline Workers - Case study
Clinical Case Study: Grady Health, Atlanta, GA. A Case study, utilizing a novel remote monitoring tablet, directly connected to the Accuryn Monitoring System. Background: There are an estimated 300,000 deaths from acute kidney injury (AKI) annually in the U.S.1 A mountain of growing clinical literature has shown that hourly urine output (UO) monitoring may lead to earlier recognition of AKI ...
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Comparing phase and electrographic flow mapping for persistent atrial fibrillation
Background: An increasing number of methods are being used to map atrial fibrillation (AF), yet the sensitivity of identifying potential localized AF sources of these novel methods are unclear. Here, we report a comparison of two approaches to map AF based upon (1) electrographic flow mapping and (2) phase mapping in a multicenter registry of patients in whom ablation terminated persistent ...
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Artio’s Amplifi System Treatment Before AVF Creation Studied in FIH Procedures
October 6, 2021—Surendra Shenoy, MD, presented findings from a first-in-human (FIH) evaluation of the Amplifi vein dilation system (Artio Medical, Inc.), which is a small, wearable blood pump device that dilates arm veins before arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. Amplifi is designed to improve AVF eligibility, reduce maturation failure, reduce time to maturation, and prolong primary ...
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The Use of Imaging to Guide Treatment Decisions with Coronary Orbital Atherectomy – Case 2 of 2
Overview Dr. Brock Cookman describes this real-world case to demonstrate the importance of imaging to determine strategy and treatment in complex scenarios and how the unique dual-action mechanism of action (MOA) of the Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System sands superficial and fractures deep calcium. Patient History A 78-year-old female patient presented with ...
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Ischemic Stroke: The First Pass Effect
It's been less than five years since, beginning with MR CLEAN, a series of landmark trials validated the role of clot-removing (thrombectomy) devices that can open up large vessel occlusions in the anterior circulation of patients experiencing acute ischemic stroke. But the field is moving fast. Mechanical thrombectomy devices known as stent retrievers (or stentrievers) and aspiration catheters ...
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A Paradigm Shift in the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease
PE is the most common preventable cause of death among hospital patients in the United States. VTE is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and has the third-highest mortality rate out of any cardiovascular disease, behind myocardial infarctions and stroke. Unlike myocardial infractions and stroke, where mortality has improved considerably, VTE has seen an increase in cases, with no ...
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Nitinol Applications
Although many nitinol applications are not well-known to the public, some applications are quite routine and familiar. The spectacle frame made of Nitinol severely deformed and then returned to normal. Similarly, a few years ago, when mobile phone antennas were made of Nitinol, they could bend without breaking or permanently bending. Another superelastic application of Nitinol is for orthodontic ...
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APBI with VeraForm & SAVI Brachytherapy: Marking for the Unpredictable
Our Medical Director of the Oncology Breast Program, Dr. Beth DuPree, was first in the U.S. to adopt VeraForm, a continuous, radiopaque 3D tissue marker. Within months, its utility led to quick integration into our program’s standard daily practice. Like all centers today, patient satisfaction is a focal point and to date, we have seen no complications or toxicities by any criteria (e.g., ...
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A Revolution of EVAR Imaging Technologies
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has dramatically evolved over the past 2 decades—from relatively simple tubular endografts to extraordinarily complex branched endografts that allow endovascular coverage from the sinotubular junction through the iliac bifurcation. With this increasing complexity of repairs, parallel improvements in imaging and navigation technologies have ensued. These ...
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APIC National Survey
Before the holiday season, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) conducted a survey of infection preventionists in the United States. Results showed, similar to APIC’s previous survey conducted in March, that healthcare facilities across America are being forced to reuse masks, respirators and are implementing PPE crisis standards of care due a ...
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Alucent Biomedical Re-Envisioning PAD Treatment with a Natural Vascular Scaffold
Start-up Alucent Biomedical is using a light-activated molecule, delivered via a balloon catheter, to create a natural vascular scaffold in diseased peripheral vessels, with the aim of providing a long-lasting treatment option that maintains patency while leaving nothing behind in the vessel. Alucent Biomedical Inc. is rethinking peripheral artery disease (PAD) treatment with a novel natural ...
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Bladder management practice for spinal cord injury patients
The spinal cord is to relay messages between the brain and the rest of the boy. When spinal cord injury happens the body may lose some essential functions if the nerves can’t communicate with the brain. Inadequate bladder management of spinal cord injury (SCI) results in medical complications, psychological stress and even mortality. Frequent leakage of urine causes soiling of clothes ...
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