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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.

Disinfection cap dispensing 70% isopropyl alcohol effectively disinfects IV needleless connectors

A study and review performed by clinicians of PICC Excellence, Inc. found a disinfection cap that dispenses 70% isopropyl alcohol is effective in disinfecting IV needleless connectors after five minutes. The study shows that if a needleless connector is covered and bathed in alcohol by the disinfection cap, no drying time is required to kill nearly all pathogens on the connector.

28 Oct 2010

Calypso Medical initiates clinical study to evaluate tracking technology for lung tumors

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumors, today announced the initiation of the first clinical study to evaluate the use of the Calypso System for tracking lung cancer tumors during radiation delivery, including a new design of the Company's implantable Beacon transponder.

28 Oct 2010

Nymox updates NX-1207 Phase 3 pivotal trials for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation provided an update today on the Company's Phase 3 pivotal trials for NX-1207, Nymox's investigational drug for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

28 Oct 2010

Study finds passive safety engineered devices effective for NSI prevention

A landmark study of 22 million safety devices used in 61 French hospitals over a two-year period has confirmed the theory that passive, fully automatic safety devices offer significantly better protection against accidental needlestick injuries (NSIs) than early generation active safety technologies such as semi-automatic (push-button) devices or those with manually sliding shields or hinged caps.

From B. Braun Melsungen AG 27 Oct 2010

Boston Scientific announces completion of Asthmatx acquisition

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the completion of its acquisition of Asthmatx, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. The transaction follows the definitive agreement announced on September 20. Under the terms of the agreement, Boston Scientific purchased all outstanding Asthmatx shares for a total of $193.5 million. Additional payments of up to $250 million are contingent upon achievement of specified revenue-based criteria through 2019. Asthmatx is now an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific.

27 Oct 2010

Knowledge gaps and unjustified fear common among caregivers of children with MRSA

Knowledge gaps and fear - some of it unjustified - are common among the caregivers of children with a drug-resistant staph bacterium known as MRSA, according to the results of a small study from the Johns Hopkins Children Center. These caregivers thirst for timely, detailed and simple information, the researchers add.

26 Oct 2010

New Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine

Summaries of a number of new Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines and position statements offering the most up to date information to support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine were released at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2010 this week.

25 Oct 2010

NovaBay delivers two poster presentations on Aganocide compounds at IDSA Annual Meeting

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class, anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, delivered two poster presentations on its compounds at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in Vancouver, Canada.

25 Oct 2010

Zyvox achieves higher clinical success rate than vancomycin in MRSA nosocomial pneumonia study

Results of a new international phase 4 study of patients with nosocomial pneumonia due to proven methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) demonstrated that the antibiotic Zyvox® (linezolid) achieved a statistically significantly higher clinical success rate compared with vancomycin for the primary endpoint. The ZEPHyR (Linezolid in the treatment of subjects with nosocomial pneumonia proven to be due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) study was the largest ever conducted in this population.

21 Oct 2010

Stereotaxis launches Odyssey Interventional Network portal for global cardiovascular community

Stereotaxis, Inc. announced today that it launched the Odyssey Interventional Network, a training and educational video sharing web portal for the global cardiovascular community. The portal will showcase innovative electrophysiology (EP) and interventional cardiology (IC) procedures from leading centers around the world.

21 Oct 2010

Vascular Solutions acquires EXPRO Elite and MICRO Elite snare products from Radius

Vascular Solutions, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets related to the EXPRO Elite™ and MICRO Elite™ snare products from Radius Medical Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiary, Radius Medical, LLC. Vascular Solutions has been selling the EXPRO Elite™ and MICRO Elite™ snares in the U.S. under a distribution relationship with Radius since 2008, while in international markets Radius has been selling the products through a network of independent distributors.

21 Oct 2010

Abbott third quarter worldwide sales increase 11.8% to $8.7 billion

Abbott today announced financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010.

20 Oct 2010

UC awarded $2.1 million technology award to develop next generation brain monitors

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) a $2.1 million Advanced Technology/Therapeutic Development Award to develop the next generation of brain monitors.

19 Oct 2010

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

CoAxia Inc. of Maple Grove, MN, announced today that the results of the SENTIS clinical trial a worldwide, multi-center, randomized study of its NeuroFlo catheter were presented on Saturday, October 16th, by SENTIS Principal Investigator, Professor Ashfaq Shuaib at the 2010 World Stroke Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

19 Oct 2010

Medtronic CoreValve System IDE for transcatheter aortic valve implantation receives FDA approval

Medtronic, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conditional approval for its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application and pivotal clinical trial protocol to begin evaluating the Medtronic CoreValve System for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

15 Oct 2010

NovaBay to present two poster presentations at IDSA Annual Meeting

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class, anti-infective compounds for the treatment and prevention of antibiotic-resistant infections, announces that it will deliver two poster presentations on its compounds at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

15 Oct 2010

Philips Electronics launches new line of neonatal blood pressure solutions

Today Royal Philips Electronics launched its newest line of neonatal blood pressure solutions. As the global leader in neonatal monitoring, Philips designed the new line of neonatal cuffs, air hoses, and upgrade kits specifically to prevent tragic misconnection errors that can cause harm to the most vulnerable of patients.

From Philips Healthcare 14 Oct 2010

VNSNY adopts advanced information technology to improve patient care

Unlike most home healthcare agencies, which have restricted the use of computer programs to such non-patient-care items as billing, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has adopted advanced information technology in order to improve patient care. One of the results, documented in a new publication, is a significant 10% reduction in patient episodes ending in hospitalization, from 37% to 27% over the years 2001-2009.

12 Oct 2010

Magnetecs announces commencement of human studies using CGCI system in patients with arrhythmia

Magnetecs Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgical procedures, today reported that human studies have commenced using the Company's Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system for patients with arrhythmia, or irregular heart beat.

12 Oct 2010

Carotid artery stenting increases risk of death, stroke

For patients with blockages in the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain, carotid artery stenting (a non-surgical treatment) appears to be associated with an increased risk of both short- and long-term adverse outcomes when compared with surgical treatment (carotid endarterectomy), according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies that was posted online today and will appear in the February 2011 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

12 Oct 2010

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Disinfection cap dispensing 70% isopropyl alcohol effectively disinfects IV needleless connectors

Calypso Medical initiates clinical study to evaluate tracking technology for lung tumors

Nymox updates NX-1207 Phase 3 pivotal trials for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Study finds passive safety engineered devices effective for NSI prevention

Boston Scientific announces completion of Asthmatx acquisition

Knowledge gaps and unjustified fear common among caregivers of children with MRSA

New Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines support clinicians in practicing evidence-based medicine

NovaBay delivers two poster presentations on Aganocide compounds at IDSA Annual Meeting

Zyvox achieves higher clinical success rate than vancomycin in MRSA nosocomial pneumonia study

Stereotaxis launches Odyssey Interventional Network portal for global cardiovascular community

Vascular Solutions acquires EXPRO Elite and MICRO Elite snare products from Radius

Abbott third quarter worldwide sales increase 11.8% to $8.7 billion

UC awarded $2.1 million technology award to develop next generation brain monitors

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

Medtronic CoreValve System IDE for transcatheter aortic valve implantation receives FDA approval

NovaBay to present two poster presentations at IDSA Annual Meeting

Philips Electronics launches new line of neonatal blood pressure solutions

VNSNY adopts advanced information technology to improve patient care

Magnetecs announces commencement of human studies using CGCI system in patients with arrhythmia

Carotid artery stenting increases risk of death, stroke

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