Acclarent, Inc. Completes Office-Based Study Using Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) Technology
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclarent, Inc., a leading medical technology company dedicated to designing, developing, and commercializing products that address conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat (ENT) today announced the completion of a study evaluating the treatment o...ATR: Obama's VAT Trial Balloon Dusts Off Bill Clinton's 1993 Playbook
VAT trial balloon also floated by President Clinton in 1993 to pay for government run health care WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it comes to finding a way to finance government-run health care, the administration of Barack Obama is floating a VAT trial balloon echoing that...Acclarent, Inc. Granted Key Patent Covering Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) Technologies
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Acclarent, Inc., the pioneer of Balloon Sinuplasty (TM) technologies for use in the treatment of chronic sinusitis, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded U.S. Patent Number 7,500,971, entitled "Devices, Systems and Methods for ...Abbott Launches VOYAGER(TM) NC Coronary Balloon Catheter
Latest Innovation in Balloon Technology, Designed to Optimize Treatment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott ( NYSE: ABT ) today announced the launch of VOYAGER(TM) NC Coronary Dilatation Catheter, a next-generation balloon di...Using a Balloon to Repair a Broken Back
Technique called kyphoplasty may benefit those with vertebral fractures, study finds,, WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A minimally-invasive procedure called kyphoplasty reduces disability and back pain for people with acute vertebral fractures, according to researchers who studi...Horse Drawn Hearse and Ash Scattering by Balloon - Hello LAFuneralGuide.com!
First-ever Online Funeral Planning Guide for Los Angeles SEATTLE, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Brides planning a wedding have over eight online wedding guides to help them explore ideas and connect with local Los Angeles vendors. On the other hand, families planning a funeral have none -- u...Study reports Double Balloon Endoscopy useful for diagnosis and treatment of obscure GI bleeding
OAK BROOK, Ill. October 31, 2008 A study by researchers in Japan concludes that Double Balloon Endoscopy™ (DBE) was very useful in the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and had a therapeutic impact on the majority of patients. The study appears in the October issue of G...Studies Confirm Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) Helps Chronic Sinusitis Patients
Research Verifies Technology Is Safe, Patient-Friendly, Economical MENLO PARK, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Two independent studies published this week in American Journal of Rhinology and Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology confirm Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) technology safely opens...New Studies Confirm Safety, Effectiveness of Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) Technology for Chronic Sinusitis
Patients show significant improvement through 2-year follow-up MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Two multicenter studies published this week in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery confirm Balloon Sinuplasty(TM) technology is safe and effective when used by physicians to trea...Fort Worth Surgeon Chosen as Investigator in Clinical Trial for Weight-Loss Device
...r "A Research Study of BioEnterics(R) Intragastric balloon (BIB) System to Assist in the Weight Management of...the safety and effectiveness of BIB, an inflatable balloon inserted into the stomach, in conjunction with a b...ving a 1,000-1,500 calorie diet. He will place the balloon in 50 percent of the patients, chosen at random, t...Vascular ClearWay Irrigating PTFE Balloon Catheter
Description: The new Vascular ClearWay Irrigating PTFE Balloon Catheter is a revolutionary micro-porous PTFE balloon catheter designed for the removal of fresh, soft emboli and thrombi, and for intraluminal irrigation....Intra-Aortic Balloon (IAB) / iPulse
Description: Abiomed introduces its new intra-aortic balloon (IAB); an easy-to-insert, minimally invasive technology designed to enhance blood flow to the heart and other organs for patients with diminished heart function....Quantum™ Maverick™ Balloon Catheter
Description: Two high performance technologies - Quantum™ LEAP® balloon material and our Maverick® shaft platform - unite in the Quantum™ Maverick® Balloon Catheter to provide a high dilatation force balloon with exceptional deliverability. Easier to Deliver - Laser bonded Maverick® ...Flextome Cutting Balloon Device
Description: Flextome Cutting Balloon Device consists of a new balloon with three to four microsurgical blades (atherotomes) mounted lengthwise on its outer surface. When the device is inflated, the atherotomes score the plaque by severing the elastic and fibrotic continuity of the vessel with tiny incisions. ...AutoCAT 2 WAVE Series Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Description: Continuing to lead the market in New Technology, the Arrow International AutoCAT 2 WAVE IABP is a whole new first and only IABP system that uses fiber optic technology coupled with a physiologically based timing algorithm, WAVE, to deliver beat specific support with unprecedented timing accuracy. ...NephroMax High Pressure Nephrostomy Balloon Catheter (Kit)
Description: NephroMax High Pressure Nephrostomy Balloon Catheter (Kit) allows one-step, atraumatic dilatation of the nephrostomy tract....NephroMax High Pressure Nephrostomy Balloon Catheters
Description: NephroMax High Pressure Nephrostomy Balloon Catheter allows one-step, atraumatic dilatation of the nephrostomy tract....Ultraxx Nephrostomy Balloon and Set
Description: The Ultraxx Nephrostomy Balloon is used to dilate the musculofacscial tract and renal capsule establishing a nephrostomy tract during a percutaneous procedure. The Ultraxx balloon has a short transitional taper from the balloon to the catheter shaft at the tip. This short tip provides close approxi...New drug may reduce heart attack damage
..., trials in preclinical models have found. The drug also reduces incidental cell and tissue death resulting from life-saving interventions such as balloon angioplasty and stent placements, or from the delivery of clot-busting drugs. Significantly, the heart's pumping action is protected by the drug, ...Heart protein regulates blood vessel maintenance
...vSMCs), which line blood vessels. Vascular smooth muscle cells undergo a process in diseases such as atherosclerosis or normal tissue damage caused by balloon angioplasty where they transition between a resting and proliferative state. The ability to transition between the two states is necessary for the nor...Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents
...solution to the limitations of endovascular treatment of PAD patients with critical limb ischemia," he added. An interventional radiologist performs a balloon angioplasty to open a clogged blood vessel and then places a drug-eluting stent in that artery. The stent acts as scaffolding to hold the narrowed art...Oh baby, interventional radiology makes childbirth safer
...l radiologists controlled excessive bleeding in women with a combination of balloon catheters inserted into uterine arteries predelivery (that could be inflate...isciplinary team with obstetricians. The interventional radiologists guided balloon catheters into a woman's left and right uterine artery (preoperative prophy...No quick or easy technological fix for climate change, researchers say
...or the first time, the actual injection processes that might be used, focusing on the early evolution of the injection plumes created from aircraft or balloon platforms. They used an advanced computer model developed by Yu to calculate the detailed microphysical processes that ensue when reactive, particle-f...Expanding cell girth indicates seriousness of breast cancer
...pores opened in the cell membrane, allowing fluid from the microchannel into the cell itself. Just like a person gaining a lot of weight, the cells balloon in size, with the biggest deformity appearing in the metastatic cells. "Our approach - microfluidic electroporative flow cytometry - can exactly ch...Studying volcanoes with balloons
...lcano, one of three on Hawaii. After the first balloon was released into strong winds left over from trop... flight lasted for just under two hours before the balloon crashed into the mountain north of the launch site...ile Durant worked remotely in the field to fly the balloon using Google Earth. The...Findings released from 1 of the largest percutaneous coronary intervention trials ever
... who are at high risk for death or disability, Dr. Stone said. As the first multicenter randomized primary angioplasty trial since the introduction of balloon angioplasty to show improved survival, we expect HORIZONS-AMI to have an immediate impact on which drug therapy cardiologists choose for their patient...New study increases concerns about climate model reliability
...he climate change forecasts from the 22 most widely-cited global circulation models with tropical temperature data collected by surface, satellite and balloon sensors. The models predicted that the lower atmosphere should warm significantly more than it actually did. Models are very consistent in forecast...Device helps patients survive, regain function til transplant
...sting technologies including pacemakers and implanted defibrillators to regulate their heartbeats; 41 percent had pre-surgery help from an intraaortic balloon pump. In all, 100 of the patients had successful outcomes by the end of six months, with 56 receiving transplants, 43 remaining on the device and ...CU scientists create world's thinnest balloon -- just one atom thick
Using a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, Cornell researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong enough to contain gases under several atmospheres of pressure without popping. And unlike your average party balloon -- or even...FlowCardia, Inc. Appoints Chris Barys to Chief Operating Officer
...rtery. Once the CROSSER Catheter passes through the occlusion and a guidewire is advanced distally, physicians can then perform standard atherectomy, balloon angioplasty and/or stent placement to optimize the longer term outcomes. For many patients, this minimally invasive approach to CTO recanalization ca...New Report Just Published: World Endoscopy Systems Market Report
...ique Product for Endoscopy II-41 Olympus Develops Latest Technology Multispectral Video Endoscope System II-42 Olympus Releases New Single balloon Enteroscope System II-42 Olympus Launches Two Innovative Gastrointestinal Video-Scopes II-42 Solos Endoscopy Launches Solos Breast Endoscopy S...Prolifiq Further Expands Into Medical Markets With New Hire Maureen A. Shaffer
... routes for approval, and tracks customer receipt and response in real time." Shaffer's extensive career includes launching the first angioplasty balloon with Cordis Corporation; introducing a market-changing product to replace vascular sutures at United States Surgical as director of marketing; and bri...Hebrew University scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries
... due to plaque-rupture in an atherosclerotic (hardened) coronary artery. In angioplasty, a cardiologist dilates the blocked artery by inserting a balloon that is inflated at the point of blockage. This is usually followed by coronary stent implantation to protect the artery and prevent restenosis (reocc...CorNova(R) Expands Management Team with Appointment of Robert Gallahue as Chief Financial Officer
...FiberHalo(TM) stent deployment and post-dilatation balloon catheter, the FiberHalo(TM) pre-dilatation balloon catheter and the advanced Valecor Platinum(TM) Cor...FiberHalo(TM) stent deployment and post-dilatation balloon catheter is designed for stent deployment, lumen a...