Interventional: Page 59

Mazor Robotics launches 3D image guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mazor Robotics has launched its C-OnSite enhancement to its Renaissance surgical guidance system for spine procedures.
May 23, 2012
AngioDynamics wraps up Navilyst buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has finalized its acquisition of medical device company Navilyst Medical in a transaction valued at $355 million.
May 21, 2012
Cook expands line of biopsy histology needles
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook Medical has added a 25-gauge needle to its EchoTip ProCore line of fine-needle biopsy histology devices for use in endoscopic ultrasound procedures.
May 20, 2012
Boston Scientific, Philips announce cath deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Boston Scientific and Philips Healthcare announced that Philips will sell Boston Scientific's imaging equipment in conjunction with its Allura Xper catheterization lab systems.
May 13, 2012
Former RT pleads guilty to hepatitis infections
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A former radiologic technologist (RT) has pleaded guilty to infecting patients with hepatitis C while working in the interventional radiology department at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. At least one patient who was infected later died, and the RT faces up to life in prison.
May 10, 2012
FDA issues alert on 'liberation therapy' for CCSVI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert warning of potential dangers from the use of "liberation therapy" to treat chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), which some researchers believe may cause multiple sclerosis.
May 9, 2012
Heart societies issue new guidelines on cardiac cath
By Eric Barnes
A report issued on Wednesday by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and several other medical societies offers detailed criteria for determining when invasive cardiac catheterization is a reasonable option for evaluating patients for heart disease.
May 9, 2012
Toshiba debuts Infinix-i software upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has debuted two new software enhancements that complement its Infinix-i cardiovascular x-ray systems.
May 9, 2012
GE, Covidien sign 5-year patient monitor deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Covidien have unveiled a five-year, global collaboration to incorporate Covidien's measurement technologies into GE's patient monitors.
May 3, 2012
Percutaneous cholecystostomy deemed safe for patients over 80
By James Brice
Patients in their 80s can tolerate percutaneous cholecystostomy, with or without subsequent surgery or related procedures, just as well as younger patients, according to a new report from the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
April 24, 2012
Personalized dosimetry highlights Y-90 talks at SIR show
By James Brice
Radiation therapy with yttrium-90 (Y-90) microbeads is making strides, as witnessed by presentations at last month's Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting. Papers at the San Francisco meeting covered topics ranging from personalized dosimetry to just how close loved ones can get to patients who have received Y-90 therapy.
April 22, 2012
Patients can take a breather during PET/CT liver procedures
By Wayne Forrest
Patients can reduce the length of time that they have to hold their breath without affecting image quality during PET/CT-guided percutaneous liver biopsies or ablations, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology in San Francisco.
April 5, 2012
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