Radial Access

The STAT2 trial used a combination of the Biolife Statseal potassium ferrate hemostatic patch and a Terumo TR Band to reduce radial access arteriotomy site hemostasis by 50 percent.

The Morristown Medical Center radial lounge uses recliner chairs rather than hospital beds for patients recovering from cath lab procedures using transradial access. The vascular access technique allows patients to immediately walk off the cath lab table following a procedure and they can use the bathroom and walk around during recovery. This is rapidly becoming the preferred access route in cath labs as opposed to the long-used standard of care of femoral artery access in the groin, which required hours of being immobilized in a hospital bed after the procedure, an usually an overnight stay at the hospital.