Tag: endovascular
BIO-OSCAR SOC trial examines standard of care in PAD treatment
Biotronik today announced that it has concluded the BIO-OSCAR SOC study evaluating the baseline against which to measure the Oscar multifunctional catheter in treating complex...
Surmodics announces early results from PROWL registry of Pounce thrombectomy system
Surmodics has announced that early results of a subset of 60 real-world acute, subacute, and chronic limb ischaemia patients from its PROWL registry study...
Philips announces US FDA approval for enhanced LumiGuide guidewire, marks 1000th...
Royal Philips today announced the introduction of the 160cm US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved version of its LumiGuide endovascular navigation wire. This enhanced...
Jupiter Endovascular announce US FDA approval for SPIRARE II trial
Jupiter Endovascular has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its investigational device exemption (IDE) application for the SPIRARE II US pivotal study. The pivotal trial...
Centerline’s IOPS Viewpoint Catheter receives FDA 510(k) clearance
Centerline Biomedical has announced that the Intra-Operative Positioning System (IOPS) Viewpoint Catheter has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. The Viewpoint...
Microbot Medical announces first patient treated with endovascular robotic surgical system
Microbot Medical has announced that Baptist Hospital of Miami, USA—which includes Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Miami Cancer Institute—has completed its first clinical...
Endovascular CFA treatment associated with increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention,...
A recent study suggests that endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery (CFA) is associated with an increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention, regardless...
Ultrafast contrast-enhanced ultrasound for PAD patients shows promise in early feasibility...
Majorie van Helvert (University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands) and Michel Reijnen (Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands) are currently conducting research on ultrafast contrast-enhanced...
Studies highlight need for tailored treatment options for women with peripheral...
New clinical results highlight the need for inclusive approaches and comprehensive examinations of treatment options for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), including endovascular therapy and...
First patients enrolled in Gore’s VBX FORWARD clinical study
Gore has announced that the first patients have been enrolled in the Gore VBX FORWARD clinical study, a global prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled trial...
Thrombolex announces new insights from the RESCUE trial with the Bashir...
Thrombolex has announced never-before-reported major reductions in obstruction in all of the segmental pulmonary arteries (PA), based on independent core lab data analysis of...
SIR position statement outlines appropriate use of endovascular management for chronic...
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has published a position statement offering recommendations on the management of chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction with endovascular placement...
Bentley buys key suppliers and engages employees in planned IPO
Bentley has bought its main supplier, the Switzerland-based Qmedics, Bentley has recently announced in a press release. It also announced its plan of initial...
Microbot Medical’s Liberty robotic system remote controller receives design patent allowance...
Microbot Medical has announced that Japan is the most recent global jurisdiction to recognise the unique interface design of the Liberty robotic system’s remote...
SIR deems endovascular management acceptable treatment option for certain iliofemoral DVT...
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published a position statement deeming endovascular thrombus removal “an acceptable treatment option in selected patients with acute iliofemoral...
The vascular biology behind endovascular therapies
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) produces a global health burden and remains a leading cause of disability, limb loss and reduced quality of life. PAD...
CATHI joins with VSS to launch world’s first online training programme...
Germany-based endovascular simulator supplier CATHI has joined forces with UK-based Vascular Simulation Solutions (VSS) to offer the world’s first online training masterclass using endovascular...
Cydar Medical announces strategic collaboration with Medtronic
Cydar Medical recently announced it has entered a strategic collaboration with Medtronic. Under the pilot arrangement, Cydar’s EV Maps software will be introduced to...
Tractus Vascular announces first-in-man use of Tractus Crossing Support Catheter with...
Tractus Vascular recently announced the first-in-man use of the Tractus Crossing Support Catheter (Tractus CSC). The Tractus CSC represents a highly novel approach to...
Study confirms efficiency of Upstream Peripheral’s GoBack catheter for complex lower...
Upstream Peripheral Technologies announced today that its GoBack catheter for crossing and re-entry was proven very effective for patients undergoing complex revascularisations in lower...
FDA clears 12 new XO Cross microcatheters
Transit Scientific has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of new hydrophilic-coated XO Cross microcatheters for guidewire support, exchange, and contrast media...
Patients’ wishes and multidisciplinary approach central to EndoAVF creation with WavelinQ
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Head-to-head trial shows superiority of FemoSeal over ProGlide for peripheral interventions
Results of the randomised, prospective, multicentre STEP trial show that the FemoSeal vascular closure system (Terumo) is superior to the Perclose ProGlide suture-mediated closure...
Favourable cost-effectiveness results for endovascular SFA treatment in claudicants
From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, primary stenting of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) for the treatment of intermittent claudication can, in many countries, be used...
Inaugural CX Aortic Vienna to take place online
The inaugural CX Aortic Vienna meeting will be livestreamed 8–11 September 2020 to an international, online audience, and will include registrant participation, interaction, and...
Global support network “will improve the representation of women in endovascular...
While more than 60% of medical students are female, the number of women in endovascular medicine is low, report Bella Huasen and Agnieszka Solberg....
NIH provides US$2.8 million grant to develop steerable robotic guidewire
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a US$2.8 million grant to support the development of an...
Oxygen monitoring predicts wound healing in critical limb ischaemia patients after...
Preliminary findings from an initial study with 25 patients have shown that measuring the changes in oxygen concentration at baseline, during, and after endovascular...
More than one in six patients with PAD who undergo revascularisation...
A study of nearly 62,000 hospitalisations nationwide in the USA has found that more than one in six patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)...
CIRSE launches new journal—CVIR Endovascular
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) has announced the start of a new journal, CVIR Endovascular, which will be an offshoot of...
