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Abbott gets FDA OK for ZoMaxx trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, said it has received conditional approval from the Food and Drug Administration for an investigational device exemption (IDE) application for the ZoMaxx drug-eluting stent.
April 6, 2005
New identity for Medtronic surgical navigation unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medtronic said that Medtronic Surgical Navigation Technologies has changed its name to Medtronic Navigation.
April 6, 2005
Varian gets Trilogy install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems said that Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, KS, has become the first cancer center in the central U.S. to use the company's Trilogy image-guided radiosurgery system.
April 6, 2005
Boston Scientific adds CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device manufacturer Boston Scientific has received the European CE Mark for three large vessel sizes of its Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
April 5, 2005
Digital flat-panel UFE guidance cuts skin radiation dose
By Peggy Peck
NEW ORLEANS - Radiation exposure during uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) procedures can be cut in half by using a digital flat-panel system in dynamic mode for guidance, according to a presentation Monday at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting.
April 5, 2005
Criticare, Medrad debut Veris MRI monitoring system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patient monitoring firm Criticare Systems and interventional device developer Medrad of Indianola, PA, have released their Veris MRI monitoring system.
April 4, 2005
Boston Scientific gets FDA OK for Taxus in MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device manufacturer Boston Scientific reported that the Food and Drug Administration has approved enhancements to the directions for use (DFU) of its Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system, indicating that patients receiving the stent systems may safely undergo an MRI immediately following implantation.
April 4, 2005
Toshiba unveils Infinix-i software upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality developer Toshiba America Medical Systems has released software upgrades (version 3.5.1) for its Infinix-i series vascular and cardiac flat-panel detector (FPD) x-ray imaging system.
April 4, 2005
CREATE results confirm safety, efficacy of new carotid stenosis system
By Peggy Peck
NEW ORLEANS - A new system for carotid stenting and distal protection has proved itself in a prospective, multicenter trial, according to a presentation Sunday at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting.
April 4, 2005
Latest UFE studies show importance of both fibroid and particle size
By Peggy Peck
NEW ORLEANS - Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) studies presented this past weekend at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting drove home an important message: Fibroid volume, as well as the size of the spherical polyvinyl alcohol (SPVA) particles used in treatment, can determine the success of UFE.
April 4, 2005
Focal cryoablation promoted as new paradigm for treating prostate cancer
By Peggy Peck
NEW ORLEANS - Focal cryoablation can target and treat prostate cancer while sparing healthy tissue, according to a presentation Friday at the Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting. Interventional radiologists in Florida used focal cryoablation to perform a "male lumpectomy" on prostate cancer patients.
April 3, 2005
RFA demonstrates 'surprising' efficacy for treatment of lung malignancies
By Peggy Peck
NEW ORLEANS - What's good for the liver is good for the lung, according to results from a multicenter pilot trial of radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Italian investigators successfully used RFA to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients who were not candidates for surgery, external beam radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy.
April 3, 2005
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