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Ablative Solutions' Peregrine System Infusion Catheter receives FDA clearance

Ablative Solutions, Inc., a privately-held clinical stage company, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Peregrine System™ Infusion Catheter.

2 Apr 2014

New urinary catheter design can eliminate nearly all hard-to-kill biofilm

For the millions of people forced to rely on a plastic tube to eliminate their urine, developing an infection is nearly a 100 percent guarantee after just four weeks. But with the help of a little bubble-blowing, biomedical engineers hope to bring relief to urethras everywhere.

27 Mar 2014

United Therapeutics' Remodulin Injection gets approval in Japan for PAH treatment

United Therapeutics Corporation today announced that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted approval for Remodulin (treprostinil) Injection for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by subcutaneous and intravenous administration.

26 Mar 2014

Preterm babies' guts harbor infectious microbes that can cause late-onset sepsis

Babies born prematurely are surviving in increasing numbers. But many withstand complications of early birth only to suffer late-onset sepsis - life-threatening bloodstream infections that strike after infants reach 72 hours of age.

20 Mar 2014

Many community hospitals prescribe ineffective antibiotics for patients with bloodstream infections

Growing drug resistance, a high prevalence of S. aureus bacteria and ineffective antibiotics prescribed to one in three patients are among the challenges facing community hospitals in treating patients with serious bloodstream infections, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

19 Mar 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer announce FDA approval of Eliquis for DVT prophylaxis

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Eliquis (apixaban) for the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE), in patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery.

16 Mar 2014

Surefire Medical's new line of Surefire Guiding Catheters receive FDA clearance and CE Mark

Surefire Medical, Inc., developer of a new class of infusion systems designed to maximize direct-to-tumor drug delivery, announced today that the company has received 510(k) FDA clearance and the CE Mark for its enhanced line of Surefire Guiding Catheters used in radioembolization and chemoembolization procedures.

13 Mar 2014

Loyola surgeon successfully performs operation on patient suffering from rare disorder

Jarely Sanchez is an affectionate, energetic little girl who loves ballet. "Everyone she meets, she connects with," said her father, Jose Angel Ulloa. "She's like a magnet." But for more than a week, the three-year-old girl wasn't herself.

4 Mar 2014

Protamine antidote can be effective in reversing low-molecular-weight heparin

Low-molecular-weight heparin is commonly used in surgeries to prevent dangerous blood clots. But when patients experience the other extreme - uncontrolled bleeding - in response to low-molecular-weight heparin, there is no antidote.

4 Mar 2014

Blocking Netrin-1 in immune system stops chronic inflammation and insulin resistance tied to obesity

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that blocking the action of a key signaling molecule in the immune system known as Netrin-1 stalls chronic inflammation and insulin resistance tied to obesity and often derived from fatty diets.

4 Mar 2014

Computerized safety checklist shows threefold drop in rates of serious type of hospital-acquired infection

A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.

24 Feb 2014

NIH-funded session in Bethesda to heighten awareness of underactive bladder

Underactive bladder, estimated to affect more than 20 percent of the elderly population, is an unrecognized disease that has a major influence on the health and independence of seniors.

20 Feb 2014

Improper handling of intravenous saline leads to rare bacteria outbreak

Improper handling of intravenous saline at a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic was linked with the first reported outbreak of Tsukamurella spp., gram-positive bacteria that rarely cause disease in humans, in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report was published in the March issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

14 Feb 2014

Research: Clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based polices to prevent infections

While most hospitals have polices in place to prevent health care-associated infections, clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based guidelines established to prevent these infections, according to new research from Columbia University School of Nursing published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

7 Feb 2014

Researchers examine role of white coats and neck ties in transmission of infection

In a move to reduce health care associated infections, certain attire for health care professionals, including the traditional white coat, could become a thing of the past.

27 Jan 2014

Argon gets FDA clearance to market OptionELITE IVC filter over-the-wire delivery technique

Argon Medical Devices, Inc. announced today that the company has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing the OptionELITE retrievable inferior vena cava filter with a new over-the-wire delivery technique.

16 Jan 2014

Radius Medical launches new PRODIGY Support Catheter in the U.S.

Radius Medical, LLC. today announced the FDA clearance and product launch of its new PRODIGY™ Support Catheter. Engineered to provide back up support to the guidewire when encountering difficult to cross lesions, the PRODIGY Support catheter will be a critical component in the revolutionary techniques now being developed in treating chronic total occlusions.

10 Jan 2014

Kalila Medical receives CE mark approval for Vado Steerable Introducer Sheath

Kalila Medical, a privately held medical device company focused on the development of next-generation steerable catheter technologies, today announced it has received CE mark approval for its Vado Steerable Introducer Sheath for vascular and intracardiac access including Atrial Fibrillation procedures.

8 Jan 2014

Uneven distribution of cellular organelles during cell division may enhance bacterial population's survival

Although a population of bacteria may be genetically identical, individual bacteria within that population can act in radically different ways.

3 Jan 2014

CSA Medical announces closing of $16 million Series C financing

CSA Medical, Inc., the leading provider of advanced spray cryotherapy technology that flash freezes unwanted tissue inside the body, today announced that it has closed a $16 million Series C financing led by Ascension Ventures.

20 Dec 2013

Catheters News and Research

Ablative Solutions' Peregrine System Infusion Catheter receives FDA clearance

New urinary catheter design can eliminate nearly all hard-to-kill biofilm

United Therapeutics' Remodulin Injection gets approval in Japan for PAH treatment

Preterm babies' guts harbor infectious microbes that can cause late-onset sepsis

Many community hospitals prescribe ineffective antibiotics for patients with bloodstream infections

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer announce FDA approval of Eliquis for DVT prophylaxis

Surefire Medical's new line of Surefire Guiding Catheters receive FDA clearance and CE Mark

Loyola surgeon successfully performs operation on patient suffering from rare disorder

Protamine antidote can be effective in reversing low-molecular-weight heparin

Blocking Netrin-1 in immune system stops chronic inflammation and insulin resistance tied to obesity

Computerized safety checklist shows threefold drop in rates of serious type of hospital-acquired infection

NIH-funded session in Bethesda to heighten awareness of underactive bladder

Improper handling of intravenous saline leads to rare bacteria outbreak

Research: Clinicians often fail to follow evidence-based polices to prevent infections

Researchers examine role of white coats and neck ties in transmission of infection

Argon gets FDA clearance to market OptionELITE IVC filter over-the-wire delivery technique

Radius Medical launches new PRODIGY Support Catheter in the U.S.

Kalila Medical receives CE mark approval for Vado Steerable Introducer Sheath

Uneven distribution of cellular organelles during cell division may enhance bacterial population's survival

CSA Medical announces closing of $16 million Series C financing

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