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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.

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center earns HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was identified as a recipient of the 2011 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award, indicating that its patient safety ratings are in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals.

18 Mar 2011

Stem cell therapy can reduce heart size, scar tissue and improve function in cardiac patients

Researchers have shown for the first time that stem cells injected into enlarged hearts reduced heart size, reduced scar tissue and improved function to injured heart areas, according to a small trial published in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.

18 Mar 2011

Stem cell therapy successfully heals a scarred and failing heart

A new study has shown that stem cells could heal scars caused by old heart attacks. In all eight patients who received the experimental treatment in an ongoing clinical trial this therapy worked. All of them had suffered heart attacks an average of 5 1/2 years prior; one of the patients had his heart attack 11 years earlier.

17 Mar 2011

ACT initiates enrollment in TEMPASURE cardiac ablation catheter CE Mark clinical trial

Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of innovative temperature-sensing cardiac ablation systems, today announced that the first patients have been enrolled in a first-in-man CE Mark clinical trial of the safety and performance of the company's TEMPASURE™ cardiac ablation catheter. The TEMPASURE system is the world's first RF cardiac ablation catheter to offer both saline irrigation and temperature-sensing technology.

17 Mar 2011

FDA grants CSI marketing clearance for Stealth 360° Orbital PAD System

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and has begun a limited market release for the Stealth 360°™ Orbital PAD System. The Stealth 360° propels CSI into the forefront of treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with a simpler design that gives physicians complete control of device operation.

17 Mar 2011

Argon acquires global rights to market, distribute Rex Medical's Option Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter

Argon Medical Devices, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive license agreement with Rex Medical, LP ("Rex Medical") for exclusive global rights to market and distribute the Option™ Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter, an implantable device used in the prevention of Pulmonary Embolism (PE).

15 Mar 2011

OrbusNeich launches CE marked Azule Cobalt Chromium Stent

OrbusNeich today announced the launch of the CE marked Azule Cobalt Chromium Stent. The Azule Stent combines the proven stent design of its predecessor, the company's Blazer™ Cobalt Chromium Stent, with a delivery system with enhanced crossability and flexible deliverability.

14 Mar 2011

First U.S. catheter ablation procedure for treatment of AF performed at Mount Sinai

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first hospital in the United States to perform a cardiac catheterization procedure using the TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter for the treatment of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, or periodic rapid and irregular heartbeats.

11 Mar 2011

Avinger completes patient enrollment in CONNECT trial to treat CTOs linked with PAD

Avinger, Inc., medical device manufacturer of innovative, multi-functional catheters for treating patients with peripheral artery disease, announced that it has successfully completed enrollment in its CONNECT clinical trial.

10 Mar 2011

FDA grants marketing clearance for Teleflex Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter

Teleflex Incorporated, a global provider of medical technology products, announced today that its Arrow® NextStep™ Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter has received market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter is designed to attain long-term vascular access for hemodialysis and apheresis.

10 Mar 2011

Cedars-Sinai earns excellence in 2010 adult heart transplants

The Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Comprehensive Transplant Center performed the most adult heart transplants of any U.S. medical center in 2010, according to government statistics released today.

10 Mar 2011

NovaShunt raises Series B financing for CHF 23.7 million

NovaShunt AG, a private Swiss medical device company with innovative fluid management technologies, announced today that it has raised CHF 23.7 million in a Series B preferred share financing round co-led by BioMedInvest AG, Entrepreneurs Fund and Capricorn Health-tech Fund.

9 Mar 2011

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

BIOTRONIK SE Co. & KG, a leading manufacturer of cardiac devices, has announced that its innovative new ablation catheter, AlCath Flux eXtra Gold, is now available throughout Europe after receiving CE mark and successfully completing the premarket evaluation in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and several other European countries.

9 Mar 2011

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

This is a great success for CNSystems. The well-established Austrian high tech company will be presenting its CNAP blood pressure measuring device, as well as, for the first time, evaluation data at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.

9 Mar 2011

New method of detecting pre-atherosclerotic regions using MEMS thermal sensor

New method could sensitively detect pre-atherosclerotic regions that otherwise showed no clinical signs of atherosclerosis

8 Mar 2011

UK Healthcare announces significant milestone for Kentucky Children's Heart Center

UK HealthCare announces a significant milestone for the Kentucky Children's Heart Center at Kentucky Children's Hospital and UK Albert B. Chandler Medical Center.

8 Mar 2011

Scientists integrate stretchable electronics technology with balloon catheters for cardiac procedures

Cardiologists may soon be able to place sensitive electronics inside their patients' hearts with minimal invasiveness, enabling more sophisticated and efficient diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias.

8 Mar 2011

Excelsior medical's SwabFlush receives FDA 510(k) clearance

Excelsior Medical Corporation announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for SwabFlush™, its latest product for the vascular access and infection control markets.

8 Mar 2011

Multifunctional balloon catheter can improve cardiac ablation therapy

In an improvement over open-heart surgery, cardiologists now use catheters to eliminate damaged heart tissue in certain patients, such as those with arrhythmias. But this, too, can be a long and painful procedure as many catheters, with different functions, need to be inserted sequentially.

6 Mar 2011

Efficient medical treatments to be showcased at SIR's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting

The Society of Interventional Radiology will feature minimally invasive scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at its 36th Annual Scientific Meeting March 26–31 at McCormick Place (West) in Chicago, Ill. The theme of the meeting is "IR Rising: Leading Image-guided Medicine," chosen to reflect interventional radiology's continued revolutionizing of modern medicine.

5 Mar 2011

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Englewood Hospital and Medical Center earns HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award

Stem cell therapy can reduce heart size, scar tissue and improve function in cardiac patients

Stem cell therapy successfully heals a scarred and failing heart

ACT initiates enrollment in TEMPASURE cardiac ablation catheter CE Mark clinical trial

FDA grants CSI marketing clearance for Stealth 360° Orbital PAD System

Argon acquires global rights to market, distribute Rex Medical's Option Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter

OrbusNeich launches CE marked Azule Cobalt Chromium Stent

First U.S. catheter ablation procedure for treatment of AF performed at Mount Sinai

Avinger completes patient enrollment in CONNECT trial to treat CTOs linked with PAD

FDA grants marketing clearance for Teleflex Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter

Cedars-Sinai earns excellence in 2010 adult heart transplants

NovaShunt raises Series B financing for CHF 23.7 million

BIOTRONIK's new ablation catheter is now available in Europe

CNSystems to present CNAP blood pressure measuring device data at International Symposium

New method of detecting pre-atherosclerotic regions using MEMS thermal sensor

UK Healthcare announces significant milestone for Kentucky Children's Heart Center

Scientists integrate stretchable electronics technology with balloon catheters for cardiac procedures

Excelsior medical's SwabFlush receives FDA 510(k) clearance

Multifunctional balloon catheter can improve cardiac ablation therapy

Efficient medical treatments to be showcased at SIR's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting

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