Interventional: Page 153

Dollens to retire from Guidant helm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Guidant reported that its president and CEO, Ronald Dollens, intends to retire from the company on December 31 of this year.
May 17, 2004
Boston Scientific hails strong Taxus sales in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has released preliminary figures for U.S. sales of its Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent systems, booking $78 million in revenue for the first two weeks of May.
May 17, 2004
Wilson-Cook debuts Fusion biliary accessories
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Wilson-Cook Medical has debuted a line of Fusion biliary accessories. The accessories combine traditional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) techniques with the firm's new Intra-Ductal Exchange (IDE) technology.
May 17, 2004
Point/counterpoint: Prostate cancer researchers battle over treatment options
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Prostate cancer research loomed large at this week's American Urological Association meeting, echoing a stubbornly high prevalence of the disease among aging men. A debate over what to do after failed radiotherapy and brachytherapy earned points for another procedure often performed by radiologists: cryoablation of prostate cancer tumors.
May 13, 2004
Two new patents for Omnisonics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular ultrasound developer OmniSonics Medical Technologies of Wilmington, MA, has been granted two U.S. patents covering its OmniWave technology platform. The patent enables the deployment of the devices in a clinical setting, according to the company.
May 12, 2004
Abbott launches Perclose ProGlide
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular Devices has launched Perclose ProGlide, the next generation of its Perclose suture-mediated vessel-closure system.
May 12, 2004
Cordis recalls instructions for biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cordis Endovascular is recalling revised instructions for use of its Precise RX nitinol stent transhepatic biliary system.
May 9, 2004
US-guided percutaneous biopsy is 100% accurate for soft-tissue osteosarcoma
By Peggy Peck
Ultrasound may be a better choice for guiding percutaneous biopsies of the soft-tissue component of osteosarcoma than CT or fluoroscopy, according to results from a series of 35 biopsies performed at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
May 6, 2004
Use of gold loses luster in UAE
By N. Shivapriya
The findings of a Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology report on the use of gold-colored gelatin microspheres in UAE suggest that there may be a link between complications of endometritis developed after the procedure and the use of gold in the embolization.
May 2, 2004
Given Imaging highlights DDW presentations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule developer Given Imaging Systems said that more than 100 presentations will discuss the clinical application of capsule endoscopy during Digestive Disease Week, which will take place May 15-20 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
April 29, 2004
RITA Q1 shows sales upturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy and radiofrequency ablation developer RITA Medical Systems posted fiscal 2004 first-quarter revenues of $4.6 million, a slight uptick in light of the $4.5 million posted for the period a year earlier.
April 28, 2004
Premier opts for Medrad dual CT injection system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Premier of San Diego has awarded a contract to Medrad for its Stellant Dual CT Injection System.
April 28, 2004
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