Venous Therapies

This channel includes news and new technology innovations of Venous Therapies including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and vena cava filters.

Feature | March 09, 2015

NYU Langone Establishes First Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Deadly Blood Clots

March 9, 2015 — NYU Langone Medical Center has announced the creation of a new multidisciplinary Venous...

PE, pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis, Ekos, Ekosonic

Ultrasound-accelerated, catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of pulmonary embolism aids delivery of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), forcing it deep into the clot and allowing it to act faster.

Feature | March 05, 2015 | Jason T. Salsamendi, M.D., University of Miami Hospital

Aggressive Pulmonary Embolism Response and Evolving Technologies

The continuity within clinical conference topics from year to year and how presentations augment one another tells us a...

Xarelto, rivaroxaban, Starter Pack, FDA, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolis

Technology | March 04, 2015

FDA Approves Rivaroxaban Starter Pack for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

March 4, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Xarelto Starter Pack for...

Covidien, Trellis peripheral infusion system, FDA recall, balloon inflation port

News | February 12, 2015

Covidien’s Trellis 6, Trellis 8 Peripheral Infusion Systems Part of Class I Recall

February 12, 2015 — A manufacturing error caused the balloon inflation ports to be mislabeled on Covidien’s Trellis...

News | January 21, 2015

Endobronchial Forceps Effective in Retrieval of Tip-Embedded Inferior Vena Cava Filters

January 21, 2015 — When retrievable inferior...

Vena Cava Filters, Embolic protection, Pulmonary Embolism, Venous Therapies

Image courtesy of Society of Vascular Surgery

Feature | January 05, 2015

Large-Scale Inferior Vena Cava Filters Study Examines Safety and Effectiveness of These Devices

January 5, 2015 — The first large-scale, multispecialty prospective clinical research trial to evaluate the use of...

Clinical trial/study, stents, venous therapies

Image courtesy of Boston Scientific

News | December 22, 2014

First U.S. Patients Enrolled in Virtus Trial for Venous Stenting

December 22, 2014 — Veniti Inc. announced that it has enrolled the first United States patients in the...

Technology | November 06, 2014

Cardinal Health MynxGrip Vascular Closure Device Receives FDA Approval for Venous Indication

November 6, 2014 — Cardinal Health announced that its MynxGrip Vascular Closure Device recently received U.S. Food...

News | September 03, 2014

Research at Jobst Vascular Institute Examines Safety and Effectiveness of Stents for Veins

September 3, 2014 — Jobst Vascular Institute is conducting pioneering research that looks at using stents to treat...

News | August 19, 2014

Bluegrass Vascular Raises $4.5 Million in Financing to Commercialize Venous Access System

August 19, 2014 — Bluegrass Vascular Technologies closed $4.5 million in Series A financing, that will allow the...

Polidocanol injectable foam Varithena Varicose Veins

News | August 18, 2014

First Varicose Vein Patient Treated With FDA-approved Polidocanol Injectable Foam

August 18, 2014 — Polidocanol injectable foam (Varithena), the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved...

News | August 06, 2014

U.S. Clot Management Device Market Will Experience Accelerating Growth

August 6, 2014 — Medical market research group Decision Resources finds that the United States clot management...

Technology | July 30, 2014

Covidien Launches Next-Generation Trellis Peripheral Infusion System

July 30, 2014 — Covidien announced the commercial launch of its next-generation Trellis peripheral infusion system....

News | July 15, 2014

Thrombolysis and Mechanical Thrombectomy for DVT

July 15, 2014 — Each year, deep vein...

Cook Medical SCAI CIVIC PRESERVE Clincal Studies Vena Cava Filter

News | June 05, 2014

Cook Medical Begins Studies on Inferior Vena Cava Filters

June 5, 2014 — Cook Medical is engaged in two...