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Neurescue`s Breakthrough Intelligent Balloon Catheter FDA 510(k) Cleared for Hemorrhage Control and IDE Approved for Cardiac Arrest
COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neurescue, a medical device company developing innovative cardiovascular solutions to improve the outcomes for emergency patients, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to market the company’s NEURESCUE® device for temporary occlusion of large vessels, including patients requiring emergency ...
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Wired: This startup wants to stop deaths from cardiac arrest?
In April 2013, final-year Danish medical student Habib Frost was called out to an emergency: a four-month old girl had just suffered cardiac arrest. Frost’s team tried defibrillation, but to no avail. Immediately after, the team was called out again: another case of cardiac arrest, this time a woman in her 30s. Once again, Frost was powerless to save her life. “I felt ...
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Infection Control Resources to Identify Klebsiella and Other Pathogens in Healthcare Settings throughout Puerto Rico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes Klebsiella as a type of gram-negative bacteria that can cause different types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). These include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis. The agency warns Klebsiella bacteria have increasingly developed antimicrobial resistance, most recently to the ...
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Infection Control Resources to Mitigate Patient Exposure Risks to Klebsiella and Other Pathogens
An article published last year in Emerging Infectious Diseases detailed a notable increase of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections in New York City during 2021 through June of 2022. The data for the study came from a large public healthcare system in New York City that serves more than 1.2 million people each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
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CD Bioparticles Announces Expanded Offerings of Polydimethylsiloxane for Cutting-Edge Research
CD Bioparticles, a leading manufacturer and supplier of numerous drug delivery products and services, has announced an expanded portfolio of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) products, empowering researchers with versatile and biocompatible tools for groundbreaking discoveries. Polydimethylsiloxane is an elastomeric polymer with interesting properties for biomedical applications, including ...
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How ReFlow Helped Get Zachary’s Hydrocephalus Under Control and Travel Across the Globe
Even before Zachary was born nearly 11 years ago, his parents Sherry and Jason knew that he was going to be a special boy – and a wonderful sibling to a twin sister! Zachary was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, both of which were diagnosed while in utero. As with many children in the hydrocephalus community, most parents have never heard of the condition, nor understand how it ...
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AngioDynamics Completes Patient Enrollment in APEX-AV Study Assessing AlphaVac F1885 System in Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism
AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO), a leading and transformative medical technology company focused on restoring healthy blood flow in the body’s vascular system, expanding cancer treatment options and improving patient quality of life, today announced the completion of patient enrollment in the Acute Pulmonary Embolism Extraction Trial with the AlphaVac System (APEX-AV). APEX-AV is a ...
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Infection Control Resources to Safeguard Patients and Building Occupants from Acinetobacter and Other Pathogens
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe Acinetobacter as a group of bacteria commonly found in the environment in places like soil and water. While there are many types, the most frequent cause of infections in humans is known as Acinetobacter baumannii. Those most at risk of infection according to the CDC include patients in hospitals, especially those who: · are ...
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Anuncia Releases User Guide Video for the ReFlow Mini Flusher
Step 1: Locate Locate the ReFlow Mini Flusher dome under the skin by touch. First, find the incision. Starting at the incision, trace toward the back of the head to find the flusher dome by touch. The ReFlow Mini Flusher dome will be located closest to the ventricular catheter and incision site. The valve is located after the flusher and should not be used for flushing. Step 2: Press Down ...
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Anuncia Medical Announces the First Successful US Implant of the Company’s Newly Commercially Released ReFlow Mini Flusher Device for Hydrocephalus Patients
Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital First in the Country to Implant this Next Generation FDA-Cleared Device Company Welcomes Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Mark Geiger, Who Lives with Hydrocephalus Anuncia Medical Inc. (“Anuncia” or the “Company”), a Company specializing in advancing innovations for implantable and external cerebrospinal fluid ...
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7-year-old Boy Managing His Hydrocephalus with ReFlow Ventricular System “Gen 1” Featured on Charleston’s ABC News 4
After struggling to conceive a child for what felt like ages, Miranda of Moncks County, South Carolina finally fell pregnant - a miracle that quickly turned into horror when she delivered at 24 weeks in late 2015. At just 1 pound and 12 ounces, her son, Sutton, arrived with life-threatening health issues, including hydrocephalus - a neurological disorder caused by an abnormal buildup of ...
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Kardiolytics’ VCAST Technology Offers Non-Invasive and Safe Solution for Functional Evaluation of Coronary Disease, According to Recent Study in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology
Our latest publication in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology showcases the feasibility and functionality of our VCAST technology, a patented, AI-based medical system developed for non-invasive, clinical quantitative and qualitative analysis of CT-scan data, to assess the hemodynamic significance of coronary artery atherosclerotic stenosis. Using a ...
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FARCO-PHARMA initiates sales in the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently completed its regulatory inspection of the production site in Berlin and issued FARCO-PHARMA approval for the marketing of a sterile lubricant in disposable syringes in the United States. FARCO-PHARMA has been producing and selling the sterile catheter lubricant under the brand name GLYDO® on the U.S. market since October 2014. Medicinal ...
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1st Patient treated with Vetex Thrombectomy Catheter
Vetex™ Medical Ltd., an innovator in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) treatment, announced it’s first patient on December 18th, 2018, treated in the VETEX (Venous Thrombus Extraction) Study, a first-in-man, multicenter study of the Vetex™ Thrombectomy Catheter. The Vetex device is the first DVT device to combine rotational and grasping action to quickly and gently remove large volumes ...
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An Easy, Predictable, and Simpler Way to Embolize Tumors
Instylla is now enrolling patients in a clinical trial for the world’s first hydrogel-based liquid embolic intended for the treatment of hypervascular tumors. A second initial application for its Embrace embolic therapy is hemorrhage control, where the product offers advantages in terms of simplicity, speed, and safety. Amar Sawhney and his teams, it seems, can make medical hydrogels do ...
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Soundbite Medical Solutions Announces Issuance of Two New U.S. Patent Further Expanding Coverage of its Shock Wave Technology
Soundbite Medical Solutions Inc. (SBMS), a medical device company leveraging its proprietary shock wave technology for the interventional treatment of calcific occlusive peripheral and coronary arterial diseases, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued two additional US patents. Patent No. 11,419,619, entitled “Method and system for treating ...
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Soundbite Medical Enters Into A License Agreement With VFLO Medical To Bring Its Products To Greater China
Soundbite Medical Solutions Inc. (SBMS), a medical device company dedicated to developing solutions for the interventional treatment of calcific occlusive peripheral and coronary arterial diseases, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with VFLO Medical (VFLO). Pursuant to the agreement, Soundbite has granted to VFLO an exclusive license for certain proprietary ...
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Differences Between Spinal Blocks & Epidurals
The biggest difference between spinal blocks vs epidurals is their amount of pain relief: spinal blocks provide total pain relief, while epidurals provide partial pain relief. The reason for this difference is that the former is an anesthetic, while the latter is an analgesic—no sensation versus no pain. But pain elimination comes with a total lack of feeling in the lower body, due to ...
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1st MitraClip Procedure Guided by 4D Performed at UC Davis Health
Sacramento, CA – The first MitraClip procedure using EchoPixel’s Holographic Therapy Guidance (HTG) was performed by Structural Heart Physicians at UC Davis Health. The image acquisition was led by Edris Aman M.D. while the procedure was performed and HTG guidance utilized by Gagan Singh, M.D., director, Cardiovascular Research Unit. MitraClip is a procedure that approximates ...
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Newly Published Study Demonstrates Significant Clinical Utility of Daxor’s Blood Volume (BVA-100) Diagnostic in the Evaluation of Heart Failure
Daxor Corporation (Nasdaq: DXR), the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, today announces a new study in the prestigious Journal of Cardiac Failure demonstrating the importance and clinical utility of Daxor’s BVA-100 blood test in heart failure (HF). The researchers showed that Daxor’s BVA-100 was able to measure intravascular volume overload in heart failure ...
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