Tag: thrombectomy
New analysis shows patients treated with Penumbra’s CAVT technology for PE...
Penumbra has announced new data that demonstrate patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra's computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT) technology have a shorter...
Surmodics announces early results from PROWL registry of Pounce thrombectomy system
Surmodics has announced that early results of a subset of 60 real-world acute, subacute, and chronic limb ischaemia patients from its PROWL registry study...
TCT 2024: PEERLESS trial finds large-bore mechanical thrombectomy superior for intermediate-risk...
Findings from the first international randomised controlled trial (RCT) to compare patient outcomes following treatment with large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT) versus catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT)...
Surmodics receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Pounce XL thrombectomy system
Surmodics has announced that it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Pounce XL thrombectomy system.
The Pounce system is indicated...
Argon Medical announces launch of peripheral venous thrombectomy system
Argon Medical has today announced the launch of the Cleaner Vac thrombectomy system for the removal of blood clot from the peripheral venous vasculature.
The...
Aspirex achieves 78% two-year primary patency rate in P-MAX postmarket observational...
At the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) 2024 (28–31 May, Leipzig, Germany), Michael Lichtenberg (Arnsberg Vascular Clinic, Arnsberg, Germany) shared for the first time a...
New data show single-session Indigo aspiration system without overnight thrombolytics is...
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 annual meeting (23–28 March, Salt Lake City, USA), newly presented data from a subgroup analysis of...
Large administrative databases enter crosshairs as comparative analysis shows percutaneous mechanical...
The pitfalls of large administrative databases came to the fore during the presentation of a propensity-match scoring analysis demonstrating that percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (MT)...
Akura thrombectomy system for PE appears safe and demonstrates reduction of...
Results from a first-in-human, prospective, single-arm study of the Akura Medical thrombectomy system (Akura Medical) for pulmonary embolism (PE) were revealed this week at...
RESCUE trial shows reduction in segmental and main pulmonary artery occlusions
Robert A. Lookstein, MD, who is executive vice chair, Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital...
Penumbra launches Lightning Flash mechanical thrombectomy system
Penumbra have announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and launch of its Lightning Flash mechanical thrombectomy system.
“Lightning Flash features Penumbra’s novel Lightning intelligent...
Tying healthcare waste and spending to productivity incentives
A 74-year-old woman was recently hospitalized for a pulmonary embolus from acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the mildly edematous left lower leg. She...
AVF 2022: Six-month CLOUT data indicate ClotTriever can effectively remove full...
Six-month outcomes from the ongoing CLOUT registry demonstrate the “safety and efficacy” of the ClotTriever thrombectomy system in a real-world deep vein thrombosis (DVT)...
Surmodics announces successful first patient use of Pounce thrombectomy system
Surmodics has announced that J. Michael Bacharach, MD, a vascular interventionalist/cardiologist at North Central Heart, a division of Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls,...
Surmodics builds thrombectomy portfolio with acquisition of Vetex Medical
Surmodics recently announced that it has acquired privately-held Vetex Medical Limited, expanding the company's thrombectomy portfolio with a second Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)-cleared...
Study finds racial disparities in acute stroke thrombectomy management
A new study has found several racial disparities after mechanical thrombectomy for stroke with respect to post-procedure management and outcomes. Vineeth Thirunavu of Northwestern...
Straub Medical announces first patient treated in US with Rotarex S...
Straub Medical, the US direct-sales subsidiary of Swiss outfit Straub Medical AG, has announced the launch and first intervention performed with the Rotarex S...