Interventional: Page 149

CMS to cover carotid artery stenting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said it intends to expand coverage of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the carotid artery with placement of an FDA-approved carotid stent.
September 1, 2004
Breast abscesses in the clear with ultrasound-guided drainage
By Shalmali Pal
Using ultrasound-guided catheter drainage to treat breast abscesses can avoid surgical intervention and offer numerous patient benefits, according to women's imaging specialists from Stanford University.
September 1, 2004
Guidant stent gets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional-device firm Guidant has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new carotid stent system designed to reduce the risk of stroke associated with carotid artery disease.
August 31, 2004
E-Z-EM completes AngioDynamics spin-off
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, has completed the spin-off of its AngioDynamics subsidiary, declaring a special stock dividend of 9.2 million shares of common stock.
August 19, 2004
Suros adds to coffers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Suros Surgical Systems has inked a $10 million investment agreement with venture capital firms Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, Piper Jaffray Ventures, and River Cities Capital Funds.
August 17, 2004
Bard to unload endoscopic assets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider C.R. Bard has signed an agreement to sell some of the assets of its endoscopic technologies division to medical technology firm ConMed for $80 million.
August 17, 2004
SonoSite, Boston Scientific team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound technology developer SonoSite and interventional device firm Boston Scientific have signed a multiyear agreement. Under the deal, Boston Scientific's oncology division will serve as the exclusive distributor of the Bothell, WA-based vendor's iLook ultrasound systems for certain U.S. vascular access and interventional markets.
August 10, 2004
Biophan nets MRI-guided surgery patent rights
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI device developer Biophan Technologies and its technology partner Nanoset have received a U.S. patent covering nanomagnetic particle-coating technology that facilitates MRI-guided surgical procedures, according to the firm.
August 9, 2004
AngioDynamics gives new name to laser venous system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
E-Z-EM subsidiary AngioDynamics has changed the name of its endovascular laser venous system to VenaCure laser vein treatment.
August 5, 2004
AngioDynamics gets nod for Morpheus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AngioDynamics has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Morpheus CT peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC).
July 28, 2004
Cook to begin U.S. trial for drug-eluting, non-coronary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Cook is readying a U.S. clinical trial of its drug-coated stent for use in a peripheral artery. The study will examine whether drug-coated stents can yield benefits in treating peripheral vascular disease similar to those produced in treating coronary artery disease, according to the Bloomington, IN-based vendor.
July 27, 2004
Calypso reports IDE progress at AAPM show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electromagnetic localization developer Calypso Medical Technologies has completed the second stage of an investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study for its Calypso 4D Localization System.
July 27, 2004
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