DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a video tour of some of the most innovative new interventional cardiology technologies he found at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2016 meeting...
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Optical coherence tomography is a type of intravascular imaging that uses light waves to provide a cross-section view of the retina.
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May 12, 2016 — Collaboration between two National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)-funded labs has revealed a promising new method for identifying atherosclerotic plaques...
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Avinger Inc. announced the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an enhanced version of its Pantheris lumivascular atherectomy system for the...
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DAIC Editor Dave Fornell offers his choices for the most innovative new interventional cardiovascular technologies presented on the expo floor and in sessions at the 2015 Transcatheter...
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February 3, 2017 — Avinger Inc. recently announced positive two-year...
Technology | Intravascular Imaging | January 11, 2017
January 11, 2017 — Avinger Inc. recently announced the U.S. launch of an enhanced version of the company’s Lightbox...
Technology | Atherectomy Devices | December 23, 2016
December 23, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a new 510(k) clearance for Avinger’s...
Videos | TCT | November 18, 2016
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a video tour of some of the most innovative new interventional cardiology...
OCT imaging showing neointimal tissue coverage of metallic stent struts.
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November 7, 2016 – Results from TRANSFORM-OCT, a prospective, randomized trial using optical coherence tomography (...
News | Atherectomy Devices | October 20, 2016
October 20, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced that the company has received expanded indications from the U.S....
News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) | September 27, 2016
September 27, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced the company has received an FSS Contract Award from the U.S....
News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016 — Avinger Inc. recently announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 9,857,...
A comparison of how the Abbott Absorb BVS appears with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on the left, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the right. The stent is difficult to visualize and sizing is critical, so both modalities can help in bioresorbable stent measurements and to confirm stent apposition. Left image from the Volcano IVUS system and the right image from St. Jude Medical's OCT system.
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | July 21, 2016 | Alphonse Ambrosia, D.O.
Some have labeled bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS), also known as bioresorbable stents, as the fourth evolution of...
A 3-D OCT rendering of a stented vessel segment created on St. Jude Medical's Ilumien Optis OCT system.
Feature | Angiography | July 15, 2016 | Dave Fornell
While angiographic X-ray fluoroscopy systems are the workhorse for transcatheter cardiovascular interventional...
The dual catheter OCT-IVUS imaging device can be inserted into an artery to simultaneously capture an infrared image of the arterial wall (OCT, at left) and an ultrasound image (IVUS, right) that doctors use to determine the potential that a plaque is susceptible to rupture that could cause a heart attack or stroke.
News | Intravascular Imaging | May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016 — Collaboration between two National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)-funded...
