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• When seconds count: Interventional radiology treatment for pulmo...

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 154
  (Society of Interventional Radiology) Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis -- an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the lungs -- saves lives and should be considered a first-line ...
  16 hours ago

• DES and other coronary artery disease treatment tech trends

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  A steady rate of technology development in coronary stents, producing an equally steady stream of new stent market introductions, is focused on expanding aggregate stent caseload (through penetration of what would otherwise be coronary artery bypass caseload) or shifting the balance even further toward concentration ...
  1 day ago

• Society of Interventional Radiology hosts oncology therapies Webinar, offers resources

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 160
  (Society of Interventional Radiology) Registration is now open for the Society of Interventional Radiology’s “Image-guided Interventional Oncology Therapies” Webinar, which will provide the latest updates on percutaneous and transcatheter treatment [...]
  4 days ago

• Medtech: Where is the opportunity?

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  The areas of greatest opportunity in medtech are those which have already demonstrated they have plenty of upside, even if a robust number of competitors have already begun targeting them. Areas of the strongest market growth in medical technologies that we are seeing have emerged out of the major segments we have ...
  5 days ago

• Coronary artery disease: stents, bypass — and plenty of other options

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  Because of the invasive nature of cardiac surgery, medical therapy will always be the preferred treatment protocol favored by many clinicians. To that end, device and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to explore methods of treating atherosclerosis that will render surgery unnecessary. For instance, researchers ...
  5 days ago

• Coronary stent market opportunity

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  Stenting is not ideal for all patients with coronary heart disease, such as those with left main or three (or more) vessel disease. However, the vast majority of cardiovascular disease patients can benefit from the benefits of PCI, not the least of which include a shorter recovery period and less trauma to the ...
  5 days ago

• Off-Pump Bypass: Technically Challenging, with No Benefit

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  A recent 2,203 patient randomized trial conducted at VA hospitals has revealed that, despite the technical challenges of performing coronary artery bypass grafting procedures "off-pump" — i.e., without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass — and despite the perceived benefits of the procedure, off-pump procedures fare ...
  6 days ago

• Japan Interventional Cardiology Devices Market

  
  Your Story — Authority: 159
  The Japanese interventional cardiology devices market is forecast to grow by 6% annually during 2008-2015 to reach $1.4 billion by 2015.
  1 week ago

• Technologies at medical technology startups

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  Medical technology startup companies that we identified during the month of October 2009 are developing the following specific technologies: Diagnostic imaging in urology and oncology. Endoscopic tissue management technology. Esophageal monitoring device to replace peripheral artery catheter. Products for ...
  1 week ago

• Palmaz says the stent future is in bare metal

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  Dr. Julio Palmaz, who with Dr. Richard Schatz patented the balloon-expandable stent, believes that, while the market for stents has evolved from bare metal stents to drug-eluting stents (DES), the inevitable limitation of DES will be that they lead to inflammatory response and that their real drawback is thaty they ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oldest Heart Patient in India Still Going Strong

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 156
  Aizawl, Oct 27 : Ninety-eight-year-old V L Bela, who created a medical history by undergoing stent angioplasty four years back, is still going strong. Bela, a resident of Tuikual locality in Aizawl, underwent stent angioplasty in Kolkata at the age of 94. He was claimed to be the oldest man in the world to survive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Krucoff: Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents Better at Anti-Restenosis

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  The improvements in stent flexibility and biocompatibility have lead to the conclusion by Dr. Mitchell Krucoff that second-generation drug eluting-stents, such as Abbotts Xience stent, result in an improved ability to prevent restenosis following angioplasty and stent implantation. See an excerpt from Indias ...
  2 weeks ago

• Growth of coronary stent market in Japan, China

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  (The global market for coronary stents worldwide is assessed in the MedMarket Diligence report #C245 , "Worldwide Market for Drug-Eluting, Bare Metal and Other Coronary Stents, 2008-2017.") The market for coronary stents in Asia and the Pacific region contains both China (early technology adopters) and Japan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Coronary stents: Big differences in adoption globally

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 113
  Market drivers that vary geographically account for some big differences in the distribution of the coronary stent market across the currently available stent types, and these differences will continue when bioabsorbable stents (and others) are introduced to the market over the next few years. The local market ...
  3 weeks ago

• Biosense Webster Receives FDA Clearance for the CARTO® 3 System – Catheter Mapping and Placement

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  Navigation for catheter placement is going high tech as well.  With the rise of interventional technologies, this allows the interventional cardiologist or radiologist to ensure exact placement through better visual processes. The system also integrates with other technologies, something we hear a lot about ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Future of the Cardiovascular Devices Market to 2012

  
  Your Story — Authority: 159
  The global Drug Eluting Stents (DES) market valued at $5.75 billion in 2007 is expected to grow by 7.2% during 2007-2012 to reach $8.15 billion by 2012.
  4 weeks ago

• Suffering from ED – Medtronic May Have A Stent for That – Clinical Trials

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  A total of 50 men is the target for enrollment.  If this works Viagra could be in danger.  We keep seeing more and more devices being developed to take the place of drugs and this is one more.  Here’s a device in the works to take the place of Warfarin, the blood thinner for one example.  There are many ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cook Medical Suing Endologix for Patent Infringement

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  News release below.  If you have read this blog long enough there’s quite a bit of information relative to Cook and their pulmonary medical devices and stents.  Not only in devices, but also in drugs we are seeing many patent challenges/infringements taking place, as with Merck and Teva battling over ...
  4 weeks ago

• Robotic Catheter Saves Man’s Life – The Precise Navigation of the Robot Did the Job

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  We hear about robotic surgery procedures quite a bit today with the DaVinci machine, and with catheter placement, this is also going robotic.  This is a case where you may want your interventional radiologist and/or cardiologist close at hand, literally.  This robot from Hansen is a bit different than the DaVinci ...
  4 weeks ago

• In the coronary stent market, many preconceived notions miss the mark

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 128
  The coronary stent market has represented a marvelous opportunity for many medical technology companies, but even though it is a huge market now, and has generated enormous cash flow for early entrants, it runs significant risk for current manufacturers as well as those seeking to gain share of this multi-billion ...
  4 weeks ago

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