Osteotech Receives 13485:2003 ISO Certification; Company Meets International Standards for Medical Device Manufacturing

...form. Osteotech recently initiated a pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety of the DuraTech BioRegeneration Matrix for dura mater repair during craniotomy procedures. During the third and fourth quarters of 2009, the Company intends to file regulatory applications with the United States Food and Drug Ad...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

.... Coit woke up one morning with numbness in her mouth and in one of her hands. Her surgeon was able to remove more than 90 percent of the AVM during a craniotomy three years ago, but a small, worm-shaped portion about one-inch long remained. It caused her constant migraine headaches, but was located so deep in ...

Platinum Coils To Replace Brain Surgery

...ly to result in survival without disability at one year when compared to neurosurgical clipping. // The traditional neurosurgical treatment involves a craniotomy and clipping of the aneurysm to stop further bleeding. The coiling treatment is performed by way of a tiny puncture wound in the groin and through the...

Craniotomy in Medical Technology

Eisai's Commitment to Oncology Demonstrated by Clinical Data to be Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting

...d not be given to individuals who have demonstrated a previous hypersensitivity to carmustine or any of the components of Gliadel. Patients undergoing craniotomy for malignant glioma and implantation of Gliadel should be monitored closely for complications of craniotomy, including seizures, intracranial infecti...

Craniotomy in Medical Products

CranioFix2 Titanium Clamp System

Features:...suture (B.Braun PremiCron, USP 2/0) High biocompatibility Cranitomy Gap Pins Simplifies positioning and centering of implants in craniotomy gap No Cleaning, Reprocessing or Sterilization of Additional Instrumentation Product is delivered sterile All components are dis...
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Craniofix Titanium Clamp

Features:... Fits into craniotomy gap. Securely fixes the cranial bone flap to the cranium. Slight concave shape flattens against the cranial vault. Fast and easy application. Provides...
Company:AESCULAP

Craniotomy in Medical Dictionary

Craniotomy

A craniotomy is a surgical operation in which part of the skull, called a bone flap, is removed in order to access the brain. Craniotomies are often a critical operation performed on patients suffering from brain lesions or traumatic brain injury (TBI), and can also allow doctors to surgically ...

Craniotomy in Biological News

Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function

...lectrical activity. The NeuroPort TM System can contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions in patients who have undergone a craniotomy by providing neurologists and neurosurgeons a new resource to detect, transmit and analyze neural activity. Cyberkinetics' BrainGate TM System is...