InSeal Medical Ltd announced at TCT2011 the successful treatment of three patients with its investigational intravascular large bore puncture closure device.
Clinical/Educational
Retrospective Study Shows New Device Significantly Reduces Blood Loss and Transfusions in Adolescent Scoliosis Corrective Surgery
New study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Aquamantys(R) System in limiting blood loss and reducing transfusions during spinal corrective surgery.
Mobile surgery trailer shows hospital staff new techniques
Physicians and nurses from a US hospital experience Covidien’s high-tech trailer displaying minimally invasive surgical instruments and techniques.
Brain Stimulator Shown to Reduce ‘Untreatable’ Epileptic Seizures
Brain stimulation has now been shown to offer significant relief to patients with intractable seizures for whom drugs and other treatments have not worked.
Medtronic Resolute® Drug-Eluting Stent Shows Strong Results, Even in Challenging Diabetes Patients with Coronary Disease
Pooled Data Analyses to Be Presented at TCT 2011 Demonstrate Heart Device’s Consistently Positive Performance Across Multiple Clinical Studies
Round 2: 3M turns on Porton group after losing Round 1 in High Court.
3M Healthcare and UK Government and associated groups have been in dispute over claims that 3M “deliberately mismanaged” trials of its BacLite product.
International Vascular Endoscopy Course, 2011
Welcome notes for the International Vascular Endoscopy Course combined with International Vascular Society European meeting 2011.
Integra Showcases New Headlight System at NASS
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. featured the new Integra(TM) LED Headlight System at the North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, November 2-5, 2011.
NASS 2011 held in Chicago this week.
This week has seen the 26th meeting of the North American Spins Society Meeting in Chicago.
Researcher Reports Raised Cancer Risk for Medtronic’s Infuse
Researcher’s findings on BMPs, reflected a 2.5 times greater risk of developing cancer one year after the product was used and a five times greater risk after three years.
Medtronic Announces Global Launch of the T2 Altitude™ Expandable Corpectomy Device
Medtronic’s latest advancement in expandable cage technology for surgeons, hospitals and patients
Medtronic Introduces New Procedure for Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
Medtronic introduces a midline laminectomy approach for Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion.
Longitudinal Compression in Drug-Eluting Stents on the Agenda
Longitudinal Compression of Drug Eluting Stents with resultant potential shrinkage will be reviewed at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in San Francisco next week
Third Eye(R) Colonoscopy Shown to Dramatically Increase Adenoma Detection Among Higher Risk Patients
Netherlands study results positive; “A Retrograde-Viewing Device Improves Adenoma Detection Rate in Colonoscopies for Surveillance and Diagnostic Workup”
SOFCOT time again: November 7-11 Paris
The Annual French Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SOFCOT) Congress and takes place next week at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.
Invuity Introduces Advanced Illuminated Surgical System for Breast Procedures
Eigr™ Technology Enhances Visibility During Less Invasive Breast Cancer and Reconstructive Surgeries