Interventional Radiology: Page 14

Colorado MedTech buys Barzell-Whitmore
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Colorado MedTech's CIVCO Medical Instruments subsidiary has purchased Barzell-Whitmore Maroon Bells, a manufacturer of positioning and stabilizing devices used in image-guided surgery.
February 12, 2002
Vital Images and Medtronic sign joint venture agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional software developer Vital Images and the surgical navigation technologies division of Medtronic have begun a joint venture to create image-guided surgery products and services.
December 6, 2001
Radiation must be well targeted to prevent in-stent restenosis
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Of the 850,000 angioplasties performed in the U.S. this year, a great number of patients will develop recurrent symptoms due to in-stent restenosis. But the clinical outcome analysis from two START trials should help cement the efficacy of radiation therapy in stemming restenosis, according to a presentation at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting.
November 8, 2001
Vital Images, Medtronic SNT team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
3-D software developer Vital Images has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to work collaboratively on image-guided surgery and surgical planning products and services with Medtronic Surgical Navigation Technologies.
October 1, 2001
Radiation proves robust for preventing in-stent restenosis
By Edward Susman
Dr. Philip Urban reports on the results of the RENO (Registry Novoste) Trial -- the world's largest registry trial of radiation in coronary stent implement procedures -- at the August 2001 European Society of Cardiology conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
September 9, 2001
VSI, Jewish General Hospital to develop electromagnetic image-guided surgery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Visualization Technology and Sire Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital of Montreal, Quebec, have teamed up to develop electromagenetic image-guided surgery technology.
August 5, 2001
Guidant releases self-expanding stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Guidant has launched a new self-expanding stent system for noncoronary anatomy.
July 24, 2001
Guidant gets clearance for biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Guidant has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its OmniLink .035 biliary stent system.
June 19, 2001
AngioDynamics debuts new biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
E-Z-EM subsidiary AngioDynamics has introduced its OmniFlex 15-mm biliary stent.
May 10, 2001
Cbyon 3-D image guidance system lets surgeons "see beyond"
By Robert Bruce
Image-guided surgery could get a boost with the introduction of startup Cbyon's neurosurgical software system at this week's American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting in Canada. The system combines reconstructed anatomical images with real-time optical tracking of surgical instruments.
April 22, 2001
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Bard gets clearance for biliary stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm has received Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its Memotherm endoscopic biliary stent for the treatment of malignant biliary obstructions.
April 16, 2001
Medicare to cover angioplasty of the carotid artery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medicare will pay for angioplasty of the carotid artery with stent insertion, the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) said yesterday.
March 20, 2001
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