Interventional: Page 67

Philips installs x-ray system for hybrid operating rooms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics has installed a ceiling-mounted x-ray system specifically designed for hybrid operating rooms at a site in Switzerland.
April 13, 2011
SurgiVision, Brainlab form alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI-guided interventional technology developer SurgiVision and image-guided therapy firm Brainlab are collaborating on MRI-guided drug delivery and other neurosurgical interventional MRI technologies.
April 10, 2011
Covidien gets FDA nod for Pipeline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the premarket approval application for its Pipeline embolization device.
April 6, 2011
Toshiba signs Bumb to lead vascular x-ray
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has appointed Stephen Bumb as director of its x-ray vascular business unit.
April 5, 2011
ACC news: Coronary CTA, not treadmill, predicts disease
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) finds significant coronary artery disease that's missed in treadmill testing -- whether those results are positive, negative, or equivocal, researchers reported at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in New Orleans.
April 5, 2011
ACC news: Coronary CTA cuts hospital admissions, costs
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) can reduce the number of hospital admissions in patients with acute chest pain, saving money without putting patients at risk, according to a study presented this week at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in New Orleans.
April 4, 2011
Toshiba nets large Infinix-i sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has sold five Infinix-i vascular x-ray systems to Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute at Texas Medical Center.
April 3, 2011
GE launches DSA software at SIR meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is showing several new products this week at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Chicago.
March 30, 2011
SIR: Liver cancer patients tolerate Y-90 radioembolization
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radioembolization with an yttrium-90 (Y-90) radioisotope is a proven palliative treatment for liver metastases. And higher doses of Y-90 work even better, according to a study presented this week in Chicago at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting.
March 29, 2011
Dose measures fall short in endovascular repair
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Several commonly used measures for estimating radiation dose did not correlate well with actual radiation measurements during complex endovascular repair procedures, and at least one measure should not be used, according to a new article in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
March 29, 2011
CIVCO launches new needle guides
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has introduced new Ultra-Pro II needle guides and brackets for L3-12 and SC1-6 ultrasound transducers from Alpinion.
March 29, 2011
SIR: Radiation protection supplement protects DNA
By Eric Barnes
A new antioxidant formula earned high marks in a small study for protecting against DNA damage from radiation exposure, according to a presentation at this week's Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Chicago.
March 28, 2011
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