Interventional Radiology: Page 10

Boston Scientific supports STENT thrombosis study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said it will provide lead support for an extension of the Strategic Transcatheter Evaluation of New Therapies (STENT) drug-eluting stent registry to study the effects of late stent thrombosis in drug-eluting stents.
October 23, 2006
BrainLab introduces Kolibri 2.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab USA of Westchester, IL, has released Kolibri 2.0, a portable image-guided surgery platform for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) applications.
October 1, 2006
Immediate postsurgery MRI appears safe for stent patients
By Eric Barnes
Doctors are reluctant to image the heart with MRI in the days after stent implantation, fearing that the newly implanted devices could move or warm inside the scanner. There are also concerns that even minute motion or heating of stents could predispose patients to early stent thrombosis, increasing morbidity and mortality. But fears over MR use in such cases may be unfounded, according to a new study from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
October 1, 2006
Competitive strategy can carve out collaborative interventional turf
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The reason that passions run among radiologists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons as to which group controls interventional procedures is simple: money. There are currently 70 million people in the U.S. with cardiovascular disease. In addition, cardiovascular disease becomes more prevalent as people grow older, and by 2020 nearly 50% of the U.S. population will be over 50 years old. The U.S. population is getting older and so the need for minimally invasive catheter-based imaging-guided surgery will continue to grow.
September 11, 2006
Cordis unveils next-generation transhepatic biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, has added to its Palmaz Blue biliary stent line with a 0.014 transhepatic biliary stent, featuring balloon-expandable stent delivery technology, to treat biliary blockages.
June 8, 2006
Stereotaxis, Medtronic partner for clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery firm Stereotaxis and interventional technology firm Medtronic said they will co-sponsor a postmarket, prospective, randomized outcomes-based clinical study to determine the role of magnetic navigation in left ventricular lead placement optimization.
May 17, 2006
Stereotaxis, Siemens extend partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis and Siemens Medical Solutions have signed a three-year extension to their joint development agreement.
May 16, 2006
Stereotaxis completes proof-of-concept demo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis said that it has successfully completed a proof-of-concept demonstration of a magnetically enabled endocardial injection catheter developed in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson's Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis.
May 15, 2006
Cordis releases Smart stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis has launched its Smart stent for primary stenting in the iliac artery.
May 15, 2006
Stereotaxis reports Q1 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis of St. Louis posted sharply lower revenues and a sharp uptick in losses for its 2006 fiscal first quarter (end-March 31).
May 9, 2006
IDev gets CE Mark for stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Peripheral vascular disease treatment developer IDev has received the CE Mark for its nitinol stent in Europe.
May 3, 2006
BrainLab gets FDA nod for iPlan Flow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery firm BrainLab has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its iPlan Flow software.
April 16, 2006
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