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Centerline Biomedical

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...

Interventional Systems launches Micromate subscription

Interventional Systems has launched a new subscription service for Micromate with three package levels offering the miniature robotic system including the latest planning and navigation...
Argon Medical

Argon Medical launches novel innovations for portal vein access procedures

Argon Medical Devices has announced the launch of two portal vein access sets intended for transjugular liver access in diagnostic and interventional procedures.  The Scorpion...

First-in-human study demonstrates “feasibility and potential” of FORS technology

Based on the findings of their first-in-human feasibility study, Joost van Herwaarden (Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands) and colleagues write in the...

New system for tracking catheters using optical fibres promises easier navigation

A new visualisation method enables more precise catheter navigation through the vascular system. It is being developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine...

Navigation opens new perspectives for percutaneous interventions

Navigation systems have been developed to increase target accuracy, reduce procedure time, reduce procedure cost and, if, possible to reduce radiation exposure, writes Miltiadis...