Atrium Initiates Voluntary Recall Action Regarding HYDRAGLIDE(TM) Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters Used for Autotransfusion During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

HUDSON, N.H., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Atrium Medical Corporation today announced that it is initiating a voluntary and precautionary recall of selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE(TM) Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters. Limited lots of Atrium heparin-coated Hydraglide Thoracic Catheters we...

Haemonetics Reports Double Digit Growth in Revenue, Operating Income, and EPS for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2009

...rter and year-to-date. The TEG business contributed $5 million in the quarter and $15 million year-to-date. OrthoPAT(R) orthopedic perioperative autotransfusion system disposables revenue was $9 million for the quarter, level with the third quarter of fiscal 2008. Year-to-date OrthoPAT disposables revenue is ...

Haemonetics(R) Reports Strong Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 with Continued Double Digit Growth in Sales

...lows blood bank customers to automate applications in their manufacturing and distribution operations -- OrthoPAT(R) orthopedic perioperative autotransfusion system disposable unit growth of nearly 20% QUARTERLY PRODUCT LINE GROWTH Brian Concannon, Haemonetics' Chief Operating Officer, said, "A dive...

Umbilical cord clamping should be delayed, says expert

...l blood volume and three quarters of the transfusion occurs in the first minute after birth. For babies born at term, the main effect of this large autotransfusion is to increase their iron status. This may be lifesaving in areas where anaemia is endemic. In the developed world, however, there have been concer...

Transfusion-Free Surgical Program Helpful for Liver Transplantation Patients

...s patients has had a positive impact on reducing the overall blood use in non-Jehovah's Witness patients," the authors note. According to the authors, autotransfusion decreases some of the complications of transfusions, such as transmission of unknown pathogens, and also helps to preserve blood bank resources, which...

Autotransfusion in Medical Products

autoLog™ Autotransfusion System

Description: The autoLog™ Autotransfusion System processes blood collected from a surgical site to produce washed red blood cells for return to a patient at a later time. This is achieved with only one kit and one program. An innovative bowl design, coupled with sophisticated software, provides an effecti...
Company:Medtronic Inc.

Magellan™ Autologous Platelet Separator

Description:... Medtronic has been a key participant in the area of blood component therapies for more than a decade. Previous Medtronic autotransfusion systems allowed clinicians to implement applications for concentrated platelets, as well as to determine requirements for a new, dedicated system for ...
Company:Medtronic

Solcosept Microfilter Blood Transfusion Sets

Description:... Simple, cost-effective microfiltration for your transfusion needs. A recognized leader in autotransfusion also brings you an easy and economical way to add the safety of microfiltration for a variety of transfusion needs. Whether for intraoperative or post...
Company:Davol, Inc.

SURETRANS System

Description:...utologous blood to patients. With the introduction of the SURETRANS System, autotransfusion reaches new levels of simplicity while helping to ensure patient and clinic...ing in new levels of confidence for surgeons and nurses. The SURETRANS autotransfusion unit is an easy-to-use system designed to allow the simultaneous collection...
Company:Davol, Inc.

OrthoPAT System

Description:...th the OrthoPAT system means a reduced need for donor blood and a lowered risk of receiving excess fluids and contaminants often associated with other autotransfusion techniques....
Company:Haemonetics

Autotransfusion in Biological Technology

Global Blood Resources' On-Line Calculator Reveals Wasted Blood Costs by Blood Salvage Machines During Heart Surgery to be in the Billions

...ed in the United States. Over 50% of patients having heart surgery receive at least one transfusion from a volunteer blood donor. The paper "On-Line autotransfusion Waste Calculator" published in the Journal of The American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology describes how GBR's calculator uses a spreadsheet to ...