catheter design Articles
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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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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 ...
By Fluorostore
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LimFlow Percutaneous Deep Venous Arterialization
What interested you in LimFlow, and how did you get involved in the PROMISE I trial? Dr. Clair: Practicing vascular surgery, where a number of patients are evaluated for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), you are guaranteed to have patients who are not candidates for percutaneous or surgical revascularization. These patients often have arterial systems open or identifiable to the ankle, ...
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Conceptual Considerations for Device-Based Therapy in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Abstract Acute decompensated heart failure remains the most common cause of hospitalization in older adults, and studies of pharmacological therapies have yielded limited progress in improving outcomes for these patients. This has prompted the development of novel device–based interventions, classified mechanistically based on the way in which they intend to improve central hemodynamics, ...
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