Ablation in Medical News

CardioFocus Receives CE Mark for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Catheter

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- CardioFocus, Inc. ( www.cardiofocus.com ) announced today that it has received a CE Mark allowing the company to commence European marketing of the Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) to treat patients with atrial fibrillation. The EAS is the latest gener...

Frost & Sullivan: Momentum Mounting for Catheter Ablation Technologies in Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Clinical Specialists Provide Feedback on Current and Future Trends MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent Frost & Sullivan end-user survey shows increased awareness and utilization of new tools and approaches to treating atrial fibrillation (Afib). Of the various forms of...

Catheter Ablation Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation

Burning faulty tissue better than meds for irregular heartbeat, study suggests THURSDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Treating an irregular heartbeat by searing faulty heart tissue may be more effective than treating with medication, a new study shows. Nearly two-thirds of study parti...

Expert consensus on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias

Boston 14th May 2009: A call to action for more research to be undertaken into catheter ablation in the field of ventricular arrhythmia (VA) has been issued in a joint consensus document from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (E...

Increasing Use of Ablation to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

EP Ablation Catheter Market to grow to over $480 million by 2013, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Electrophysiology (EP) Mapping and Ablation Devices 2009 report, an increase in ...

Innovative Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Catheter Ablation System From Ablation Frontiers is Subject of Two Abstracts at Heart Rhythm Congress UK

Investigators call the System 'A Genuine Advance in AF-Ablation Technology' CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ablation Frontiers, Inc., announced today that two important abstracts which evaluated its innovative Atrial Fibrillation (AF) cardiac ablation system were presented at the 5...

Endoscopic circumferential ablation promising for Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia

OAK BROOK, Ill. July 31, 2008 A multicenter U.S. registry study examining the treatment of Barrett's esophagus (BE) with high-grade dysplasia (HGD) showed that in 92 patients treated with endoscopic circumferential ablation who had at least one follow-up biopsy session, 90.2 percent were free o...

Precancerous Esophagus Disease Eliminated in 98.4% of Patients Treated With HALO Ablation System

Long-term study confirms treatment could help 3.3 million U.S. sufferers SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BARRX Medical, Inc. today announced that 98.4 percent of patients having a precancerous condition of their esophagus called Barrett's esophagus were free of the disease 2.5 years...

Radiofrequency ablation is effective treatment for dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus

Interim results from a nationwide clinical trial led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher suggest that radiofrequency ablation is an effective treatment for dysplasia in people with Barretts esophagus, a condition that can lead to deadly gastrointestinal cancer. The inter...

BioForm Medical Acquires Facial Aesthetic Nerve Ablation Technology

Technology designed to selectively weaken specific muscles may provide an attractive alternative treatment for frown lines SAN MATEO, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BioForm Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFRM ) announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of pr...

AtriCure's Coolrail(TM) Linear Ablation Pen Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

First Case Performed Using Coolrail(TM) Pen in Combination with AtriCure's ORLab(TM) System - Expands Minimally Invasive Ablation Procedure WEST CHESTER, Ohio, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC ), a medical device company and leader in cardiac surgical ablation...

St. David's Medical Center First in Texas to Implement Visually Guided Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- St. David's Medical Center today announced the use of an investigational, endoscopically guided laser catheter that allows for minimally invasive treatment of heart rhythm disorders that can result in a stroke. The procedure, called Endoscopic Catheter Ab...

Speedy Procedures Demonstrate Excitement and Continued Interest in Novel Multi-Electrode Ablation System

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Ablation Frontiers, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced today a successful series of catheter ablations using the company's Tip-Versatile Ablation Catheter(TM) (T-VAC). Dr. Vince Paul of the St. Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, United...

Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

At least 2.2 million people in the US could be suffering from atrial fibrillation, it is estimated. And the number of patients is forecast to soar. It is a condition in which part of the heart does not beat the way it should. Instead of beating in a regular, normal pattern, part of the hea...

Radio-frequency Ablation Offers Hope for People With Inoperable Kidney Tumours

People with inoperable kidney and liver tumours may rely on a new, non-surgical procedure called Radio-frequency ablation (RFA), which has already been successful in treating Hollywood talent manager , Louis Bershad, after he was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his left kidney. The ro...

RF Ablation a Safe Alternative Option for Treating Lung Cancer

Lung cancer patients unable to undergo surgery have another safe and effective treatment option: radiofrequency (RF) ablation//, according to a new study. The Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital study showed that RF ablation used to treat early-stage, inoperable cancer resulted in...

Radiofrequency Ablation Useful in Treating Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, a procedure that uses a high frequency electric current to kill tumor cells, is effective in achieving local control// in selected patients with metastasis from ovarian cancer, according to a preliminary study conducted by the department of radiology at Massach...

Catheter Ablation Helpful For Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Catheter ablation is a non-surgical technique used to eliminate alternate pathways in the heart that can cause abnormal heartbeats. // Researchers now say that congestive heart failure patients who also have atrial fibrillation a type of irregular heart rhythm experience significant improvement in...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

Treating a rapid heart beat by burning away small amounts of heart tissue is as safe for babies as it is for older children, according to new research.// The radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) treatment involves threading a catheter - with an electrode at its tip - into the area of the heart w...

Misonix Announces the Sale of Its Labcaire Business for up to $5.6 Million

...FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, today announced the sale of its Labcaire subsidiary to PuriCore International Limited ("Pur...

Hologic Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Operating Results

...s ThinPrep products and Full Term Fetal Fibronectin test. GYN Surgical revenues, which include the Company's NovaSure endometrial ablation system and the Adiana Permanent Contraception System, totaled $65.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 compared to $56.3 million for the thi...

ATS Medical Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

... second half of 2009. Surgical ablation Cryoablation revenues of $4.7 million in ...ers increased support throughout the length of the ablation segment. The increased rigidity of the probe addre...rket positions in heart valve therapy and surgical ablation through the introduction of genuinely differentiat...

Breast CT Scanner Could Improve Cancer Screen Comfort

...bear checking, he added. Next, Boone hopes to use the breast CT scanner to guide interventional procedures such as a robotic biopsy, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation to treat breast cancer. With the breast CT scanner, a woman lies on her stomach, face down on the table while the breast drops thr...

Photos: One Million Patients Choose Hologic's NovaSure(R) System Over Hysterectomy

...onal distress. In 2008, global endometrial ablation (GEA) procedures were the most common treatment fo...de who suggested she have the NovaSure endometrial ablation procedure. NovaSure effectively treated Yvette's s...ut the NovaSure System The NovaSure endometrial ablation system, manufactured and marketed by Hologic, Inc....

ATS Medical to Participate at Upcoming Investor Conferences

...rves the cardiac surgery community by focusing on two distinct but operationally synergistic market segments: heart valve disease therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. ATS was originally founded to develop the ATS Open Pivot(R) Heart Valve as a new mechanical heart valve standard of car...

ATS Medical Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

...rves the cardiac surgery community by focusing on two distinct but operationally synergistic market segments: heart valve disease therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. ATS was originally founded to develop the ATS Open Pivot(R) Heart Valve as a new mechanical heart valve standard of car...

Is RTA a new potential option for the treatment of hydatid cysts?

...the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Therapies (ISMETT) in Palermo, Italy, experimented with the use of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RTA) to treat hydatid cysts. No controlled study of this kind has been reported in the literature. RTA is a technique that converts electric power pa...

Misonix Receives First Award for Forensic Equipment in China

...FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON ), a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, today announced receipt of its first award for forensic equipment in China from the Company...

ATS Medical Announces First Use of the New ATS CryoMaze 10-S Probe

...rves the cardiac surgery community by focusing on two distinct but operationally synergistic market segments: heart valve disease therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. ATS was originally founded to develop the ATS Open Pivot(R)( )Heart Valve as a new mechanical heart valve standard of...

New Outpatient Treatment for Heartburn-Related Problem Stops Esophageal Cancer Before It Starts

...ital in Arlington Heights, the latest news on HALO ablation Therapy, or endoscopic ablation therapy, was confirming. A study published in T... New England Journal of Medicine (''Radiofrequency ablation in Barrett's Esophagus with Dysplasia,'' May 28, 2...

Endoscopic Technologies to Pay U.S. $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud

...nection with the alleged promotion of its surgical ablation devices, the Justice Department announced today. Surgical ablation devices use focused energy to create controlled le... lawsuits filed by relators against other surgical ablation device manufacturers. The United States continues...

Advanced Heart Procedure Treats Growing Problem

...n advanced surgical procedure called thoracoscopic ablation on Simonis to correct the condition that plagued t...ve dramatically." Benefits of thoracoscopic ablation Surgery for atrial fibrillation previously requ...ars, minimally-invasive options like thoracoscopic ablation have been developed, which allow doctors to perfor...

ATS Medical Announces FDA Clearance and First Implant of New ATS Simulus Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Band

...rves the cardiac surgery community by focusing on two distinct but operationally synergistic market segments: heart valve disease therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. ATS was originally founded to develop the ATS Open Pivot(R) Heart Valve as a new mechanical heart valve standard of care....

Bladder Cancer No Longer a Death Sentence

...d hair loss. Permanent side effects included hearing loss, tingling in his extremities and 'chemo brain'. Next, Daniels underwent Radio Frequency ablation (RAF), a guided imagery surgery where a needle like probe transmits microwaves into tumors causing the destruction of tumor cells. The RAF destroyed ...

Misonix Announces Participation in 2nd International Workshop on Focal Therapy

...device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health con...gh Intensity Focused Ultrasound and other advanced ablation modalities were featured throughout the program. ...in Europe, Latin America and Asia for trans-rectal ablation of tumors of the prostate gland. Characteristics ...

ATS Medical Announces Participation in the Joint Meeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease and Heart Valve Society of America

...d product offering is the ATS CryoMaze(R) Surgical ablation System which is used to treat patients with cardia...eing used by a growing number of surgeons as their ablation technology of choice. Hands-on demonstrations...segments: heart valve disease therapy and surgical ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. ATS was originally fo...

Adenoviral vector specifically targeted to EphA2 receptor in pancreatic cancer cells

...eous growing human pancreatic cancer was tested by intravenous and intraperitoneal administration of the ablated adenoviral vector. They found that ablation of native cellular binding sites reduced adenoviral transduction at least 100-fold. Insertion of the YSA peptide in the HI loop restored adenoviral tr...

Galil Medical Ltd. Sues HealthTronics for Interfering with the Galil/Endocare Merger Agreement

...orates powerful freezing technology and revolutionary 17-gauge cryoablation needle design. Galil Medical's systems enable minimally invasive, targeted ablation of benign and cancerous tumors while ensuring rapid recovery and enhanced quality of life for patients. The Presice(TM) Cryoablation System features m...

Atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes still poses problems for sports cardiologists

...now being directed towards sports cardiology and the prevention and treatment of rhythm disorders. 1. Efficacy of the circumferential pulmonary vein ablation of atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes. CPVA is a recently introduced technique which identifies the signals causing the atrial fibrillation and...

Big disparities in the treatment of arrhythmias across Europe

... pacemaker therapy and the penetration of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is very different. Data sh...e field of invasive electrophysiology and catheter ablation for supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias t...han 450/ million. The same is true for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation which varies tremendously, ...