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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.

Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

When Dr. Ross Milner repaired Lydia Strebing's life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm, she was astonished at how easy it was. "I've had more pain from dental procedures," she said. "This was nothing." Milner, chief of vascular surgery at Loyola University Hospital, repaired the bulging aneurysm by using a catheter to deploy a device called a stent graft.

8 Jun 2011

First human implant of St. Jude Medical's Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the first human implant of its Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve. The procedure was performed by Dr. John Webb, director of cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.

7 Jun 2011

IsoRay completes Iotrex license agreement with Dr. Reddy's

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that it has completed a license agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories for exclusive worldwide licensing rights to Iotrex, a liquid iodine radiation, for use in brain cancer treatment.

7 Jun 2011

FDA grants Pathway marketing clearance for JETSTREAM Navitus revascularization catheter for PVD

Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc, an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market JETSTREAM Navitus, an enhanced revascularization catheter for the treatment of PVD.

6 Jun 2011

United Therapeutics completes oral treprostinil Phase 3 trial on pulmonary arterial hypertension

United Therapeutics Corporation announced today the completion of its FREEDOM-M Phase 3 trial of treprostinil diethanolamine, an investigational sustained release oral formulation of treprostinil, a stable synthetic form of prostacyclin, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

6 Jun 2011

Mount Sinai to participate in Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Clinical Trial

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida announced its participation in the Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Clinical Trial, which will evaluate a new, non-surgical alternative to open-heart surgery for patients with severe aortic stenosis. Mount Sinai is now among a select number of leading hospitals across the U.S. to participate in this trial.

From Medtronic 4 Jun 2011

Pipeline Embolization Device safe and effective for patients with brain aneurysms

Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are offering a new and effective treatment to patients suffering from complex brain aneurysms. The recently FDA-approved technology called the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) gives doctors the ability for the very first time to treat some of the most complex and dangerous brain aneurysms using minimally invasive techniques.

3 Jun 2011

Wireless near-infrared spectroscopy can effectively detect bladder disease in children

A cell phone-sized, wireless near-infrared device is as reliable as the current "gold standard" invasive tests in determining bladder disease, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI).

1 Jun 2011

Spectranetics to showcase new advanced peripheral atherectomy simulation system at New Cardiovascular Horizons

Spectranetics Corporation today announced it will showcase a new advanced peripheral atherectomy simulation system at the New Cardiovascular Horizons meeting in New Orleans.

31 May 2011

Boston Scientific voluntarily recalls all Cross Coronary Imaging Catheters used in IVUS procedure

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it is voluntarily recalling all of its iCross Coronary Imaging Catheters used in intravascular ultrasound imaging in patients who are candidates for transluminal coronary interventional procedures.

30 May 2011

Omega-3 fatty acids reduce risk of heart attack in stent patients

Omega-3 fatty acids, combined with two blood-thinning drugs, significantly changed the blood-clotting process and may reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients with stents in their heart arteries, according to research reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association.

27 May 2011

There's no upper age limit for balloon angioplasties

Loyola University Health System interventional cardiologist Dr. Ferdinand Leya says there's no upper age limit for performing balloon angioplasties.

26 May 2011

FDA grants approval for CSI to complete enrollment in ORBIT II IDE coronary clinical trial

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. has received FDA approval to complete enrollment of 429 patients in its ORBIT II Investigational Device Exemption clinical trial for a coronary application for its Diamondback 360 System.

25 May 2011

Aptus EndoStapling System receives CE Mark approval

Aptus Endosystems, Inc., a medical device company developing advanced technology for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), announced CE Mark approval for the Aptus EndoStapling System. The innovative helical staple technology enables independent endograft fixation, and is designed to mimic the hand suturing performed during open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

From Medtronic 24 May 2011

Aethlon to introduce new adaptive dialysis-like affinity platform technology at C21 partnering conference

Aethlon Medical, Inc., the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, announces that Chairman and CEO James A. Joyce will present the Aethlon ADAPT™ system in a presentation at the C21 BioVentures™ Life Sciences Partnering Conference.

23 May 2011

New hybrid OR at Loyola equipped with advanced fluoroscopy equipment

Loyola University Medical Center has opened a hybrid operating room that combines the imaging capabilities of a cardiac catheterization lab with the sterile environment of a conventional operating room (OR).

23 May 2011

Morris Hospital installs Toshiba's Ultimax X-ray system to streamline diagnosis, improve patient throughput

Advancements in diagnostic imaging technology are enabling healthcare facilities to achieve multifunctional capabilities using a single modality. To streamline diagnosis and improve patient throughput, Morris Hospital has installed the Ultimax X-ray system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.

23 May 2011

New gripping and safety device to protect nurses' fingers and hands to be displayed at INS meeting

MedeGrip™, a new gripping and safety device that protects nurses' fingers and hands, will be displayed next week at the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) annual meeting. The device makes it easier and safer for nurses to perform various essential duties.

18 May 2011

Endo and Bioniche present Urocidin Phase III trial preliminary results at 2011 AUA annual meeting

Endo Pharmaceuticals and Bioniche Life Sciences today presented Phase III trial results for the intravesical formulation of Mycobacterial cell wall-DNA complex (MCC), known as Urocidin, during a podium presentation at the 2011 American Urological Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

18 May 2011

Accelr8 presents initial ICU pilot study results at ATS International Conference

Accelr8 Technology Corporation announced that clinical investigators led by Ivor S. Douglas, MD/FRCP (UK) from Denver Health presented initial ICU pilot study results at the 2011 ATS International Conference.

17 May 2011

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Further Reading

Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

First human implant of St. Jude Medical's Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve

IsoRay completes Iotrex license agreement with Dr. Reddy's

FDA grants Pathway marketing clearance for JETSTREAM Navitus revascularization catheter for PVD

United Therapeutics completes oral treprostinil Phase 3 trial on pulmonary arterial hypertension

Mount Sinai to participate in Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Clinical Trial

Pipeline Embolization Device safe and effective for patients with brain aneurysms

Wireless near-infrared spectroscopy can effectively detect bladder disease in children

Spectranetics to showcase new advanced peripheral atherectomy simulation system at New Cardiovascular Horizons

Boston Scientific voluntarily recalls all Cross Coronary Imaging Catheters used in IVUS procedure

Omega-3 fatty acids reduce risk of heart attack in stent patients

There's no upper age limit for balloon angioplasties

FDA grants approval for CSI to complete enrollment in ORBIT II IDE coronary clinical trial

Aptus EndoStapling System receives CE Mark approval

Aethlon to introduce new adaptive dialysis-like affinity platform technology at C21 partnering conference

New hybrid OR at Loyola equipped with advanced fluoroscopy equipment

Morris Hospital installs Toshiba's Ultimax X-ray system to streamline diagnosis, improve patient throughput

New gripping and safety device to protect nurses' fingers and hands to be displayed at INS meeting

Endo and Bioniche present Urocidin Phase III trial preliminary results at 2011 AUA annual meeting

Accelr8 presents initial ICU pilot study results at ATS International Conference

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