Catheters

The MIVI Neuroscience Q Aspiration Catheter incorporates a novel pusher wire design on its proximal end. This feature has demonstrated in simulated use studies that the Q Catheter may be uniquely suited to allow physicians in the future to treat ischemic stroke patients remotely via a robot from a different room, a different city, or even a different country.

WLNC Highlights Q Catheter Compatibility in Simulated Robotic Thrombectomy

May 10, 2022 — The MIVI Neuroscience Q Aspiration Catheter incorporates a novel pusher wire design on its proximal end ...

May 10, 2022

MIVI Neuroscience, Inc., innovator of the next generation of neurointerventional medical devices, today announced the first patient enrollments in a multicenter clinical study to assess the safety and performance of the Q Aspiration Catheter used in a combined aspiration with stent-retriever technique for thrombus removal in patients who have suffered an acute ischemic stroke.

News | Catheters

MIVI Neuroscience Launches Largest Study Yet of its Aspiration Catheter for Thrombus Removal

April 21, 2022 – MIVI Neuroscience, Inc., innovator of the next generation of neurointerventional medical devices, today ...

April 21, 2022

News | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE)

Siemens Healthineers Introduces the Next-Generation ACUSON AcuNav Volume 4D ICE Catheter in the U.S.A.

April 12, 2022 – Siemens Healthineers, the global leader in intracardiac echocardiography (ICE), announced the market ...

April 12, 2022

Innovative Health, LLC, a specialty cardiology reprocessor, has announced that the company has received clearance to reprocess Boston Scientific’s INTELLAMAP ORION High-Resolution Mapping Catheter.

News | Catheters

Innovative Health Receives Clearance to Reprocess INTELLAMAP ORION High-Resolution Mapping Catheter

February 9, 2022 — Innovative Health, LLC, a specialty cardiology reprocessor, has announced that the company has ...

February 09, 2022

Feature | Cath Lab | By Aaron Detate and Lars Thording

The Growing Need for Reprocessing in the Cardiac Cath Lab

In the electrophysiology (EP) lab, hundreds of thousands of used devices are sent to reprocessors every year to get ...

September 14, 2021

Innovative Health Inc. announced several new initiatives to increase savings from single-use device reprocessing in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. #HRS21 #HRS2021 #Heartrhythm21

News | EP Lab

Innovative Health Planning to Add Catheter Reprocessing for Emerging EP Technologies

July 30, 2021 – Innovative Health Inc. announced several new initiatives to increase savings from single-use device ...

July 30, 2021

ast End Medical announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the company's SafeCross Transseptal Radiofrequency (RF) Puncture and Steerable Balloon Introducer System. The 3-in-1 system, which includes a steerable introducer sheath with an ultra-visible positioning balloon and radiofrequency (RF) puncture dilator, aims to provide a predictable and safe solution for electrophysiology (EP) and structural heart interventions requiring left atrial access.

News | Cath Lab

FDA Clears SafeCross Transseptal RF Puncture and Steerable Balloon Introducer System

July 13, 2021 — East End Medical announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the company ...

July 14, 2021

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company, and Bard) launched the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, designed to perform as both a guiding sheath and an introducer sheath, for use in peripheral arterial and venous procedures requiring percutaneous introduction of intravascular devices.

News | Vascular Access

BD Launches of Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath

June 8, 2020 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) launched the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath, designed to perform ...

June 08, 2020

News | Cath Lab

Boston Scientific Corporation Recalls Imager II Angiographic Catheters Due to Tip Detachment

April 7, 2020 — Boston Scientific Corp. is recalling its Imager II 5 French angiographic catheters, because there is a ...

April 07, 2020

NC Trek RX Coronary Dilatation Catheter is part of an FDA Class I recall because it may not defalte.

News | Balloon Catheter

Abbott Recalls Two Coronary Balloon Catheters That May Not Deflate

February 24, 2020 — Abbott has voluntarily recalled specific lots of two types of its coronary angioplasty catheters — ...

February 24, 2020

The high cost of EP mapping and ablation catheters consumes about 60 percent of CMS reimbursement for atrial fibrillation catheter ablation procedures. This has led some hospitals to start reprocessing the catheters to cut costs.

Blog | Cardiovascular Business

Integrating Cath and EP Lab Reprocessing With OM Technology Development

With all eyes on rising healthcare costs, reprocessing of single-use devices has become an increasingly important ...

December 23, 2019

News | Cath Lab

Cook Medical Recalls CrossCath Support Catheters Due to Marker Bands Dislodging

December 18, 2019 — Cook Medical initiated a recall of its CrossCath Support Catheters in November, which the U.S. Food ...

December 18, 2019

A comparison between the EPstar 2F and 6F catheters from Baylis. Electrophysiology catheters. EP lab

News | EP Lab

2-French Electrophysiology Catheter Introduced by Baylis Medical

October 31, 2019 — Baylis Medical announced the first North American use of its EPstar Fixed Electrophysiology Catheters ...

October 31, 2019

News | Catheters

BioCardia Initiates Commercial Release of Avance Steerable Introducer

October 23, 2019 — BioCardia announced the U.S. commercial availability of its Avance Bi-Directional Steerable ...

October 23, 2019

News | Guidewires

FDA Issues Final Guidances on Guidewires, Intravascular Catheters and Delivery Systems

October 11, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two final guidances for the performance testing ...

October 11, 2019