July 27, 2021 — The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) to a laser-assisted...
Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiology (IR) uses angiographic X-ray-guided, catheter based interventional procedures rather than open surgical procedures. The growth in IR has been rapid over the past decade as medicine moves toward less invasive procedures. These include, therapies for for interventional cancer treatments, including embolization, peripheral artery disease (PAD) revascularization, endovascular repair, and interventional pulmonary embolism therapies.
-
-
July 7, 2021 – Robocath, a company that designs, develops and commercializes cath lab robotic solutions to treat...
-
There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP) labs, but it is rare for many staff and physicians to be able to visit other...
-
March 18, 2021 — The U.S.
An IVC filter seen under X-ray, left. Right, two sizes of the Philips excimer laser technology currently on the U.S. market for EP lead extraction. The CO2 laser technology is able to gently ablate scar tissue encasing leads to enable their extraction.
News | Inferior Vena Cava Filters | July 27, 2021
July 27, 2021 — The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) to a laser...
The Robocath R-One cath lab robotic platform being used in Rouen, France, to guide a cardiac Cath procedure. The system gained European approval in 2019. Robocath is now partnering with Philips France and Rennes University Hospital to develop the robotic system to treat strokes.
News | Stroke | July 07, 2021
July 7, 2021 – Robocath, a company that designs, develops and commercializes cath lab robotic solutions to treat...
News | Hemostasis Management | April 21, 2021
April 21, 2021 — EnsiteVascular announced it received its second U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) market...
Rapid Medical's TigerTrieve stent-retriever neuro thrombectomy system.
News | Stroke | April 07, 2021
April 7, 2021 — Market research firm GlobalData's new report, Neurovascular Thrombectomy Devices (Neurology Devices),...
Virtual tour views of a University of Colorado cath lab during a CTO procedure (top left), the new robotic EP lab at Banner Health (top right), a bi-plane EP/cath combo lab at Baylor Heart Hospital Dallas (bottom left, and an ECMO procedure at Tufts Medical Center cath lab. Photos by Dave Fornell, except the Banner EP lab, by Peter Weiss, M.D.
Feature | March 25, 2021
There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP...
Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres enable selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), or radioembolization, for hepatocellular carcinoma. This treats liver cancer with low toxicity using millions of microscopic glass beads containing radioactive yttrium (Y-90), delivered directly to liver tumors via catheter. The result in minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.
News | Interventional Radiology | March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass...
News | Venous Therapies | February 22, 2021
February 22, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the Cook Medical Zilver Vena Venous...
More complex, longer interventional procedures such as structural heart interventions or this revascularization of a coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, requires angiography imaging systems that have improved image detail and lower radiation dose. However, purchase of new systems was put on hold by many hospitals in 2020 due to the sudden drop in elective procedures and diversion of resources due to the COVID-19. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Feature | Angiography | January 19, 2021 | By Bhvita Jani
January 19, 2021 – With the postponement of non-essential elective surgeries and medical procedures in 2020 to conserve...
The FDA-Cleared XO Score is different. XO Score technology allows users to convert basic angioplasty balloons in the hospital's existing inventory into sophisticated scoring, cutting, and infusion/delivery devices.
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | November 13, 2020
November 13, 2020 — The new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared XO Score system was successfully used to...
News | VIVA | October 05, 2020
October 5, 2020 — The Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) virtual conference will feature 10 late-breaking clinical...
News | Inferior Vena Cava Filters | September 09, 2020
September 9, 2020 — The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published new clinical practice guidelines that...
An example of the 3-D vascular roadmapping technology on the Ziehm mobile C-arm systems.
News | Mobile C-Arms | August 18, 2020
August 18, 2020 — Ziehm Imaging announces the acquisition of Therenva, a French-based developer of planning and imaging...
News | Vascular Access | June 08, 2020
June 8, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) launched the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, designed to perform...
Bilateral pulmonary embolisms seen on spectral CT. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 04, 2020
May 4, 2020 — A committee comprised of vascular surgeons, medical physicians and technologists from the University of...
An example of Philips’ TrueVue technology, which offers photo-realistic rendering and the ability to change the location of the lighting source on 3-D ultrasound images. In this example of two Amplazer transcatheter septal occluder devices in the heart, the operator demonstrating the product was able to push the lighting source behind the devices into the other chamber of the heart. This illuminated a hole that was still present that the occluders did not seal. Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Interventional Radiology | April 03, 2020 | By Katie Caron
A new year — and decade — offers the opportunity to reflect on the advancements and challenges of years gone by and...
