Contrast injector firm Medrad of Warrendale, PA, has launched the Pressure-Rated Extension Set (PRES) for CT power injection.
PRES is a disposable tube set that attaches the patient catheter and power injection tubing, and is approved for the company's CT contract injection systems and its Stellant CT injection system.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that only venous access devices that are compatible with high pressures be used when power injecting, Medrad said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 31, 2007
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