A new endovascular catheter, recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is paving the way to more effective and safe treatment for acute pulmonary embolism. Already shown to be ...

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an advanced clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing anti-microbial products, today announced positive top-line results from its recently completed Phase 2 ...

The Mount Sinai Hospital is first in the United States to use the first and only FDA-approved, drug-coated balloon to open blocked arteries in the leg. The device is used during an angioplasty ...

Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET propose a new method for inflating urinary catheters-which could avoid common problems of encrustration and blockage of the catheter.

EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:NBY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing its first-in-class, anti-infective Aganocide ® ...

Riyaz Bashir, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Director of Vascular and Endovascular Medicine in the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple ...

Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram will soon start treating 100 per cent blocked arteries (CTO) with new technology device called the CrossBoss Catheter. The CrossBoss Catheter is being introduced ...

Between last summer and the start of this year, Medtronic racked up two Class I tags from the FDA for a pair of recalls that first concerned 1 million hemodialysis catheters and then another 359,000, ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NovaBay ® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NBY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing non-antibiotic, topical antimicrobial products, today ...

Carotid angioplasty and stenting can help open up blocked carotid arteries. It’s often used to help prevent strokes, and your doctor might recommend it if you have a blocked artery. If you’re feeling ...

Study design: Retrospective single centre study. Objectives: To evaluate a low-dose radioisotope imaging procedure for assessment of implanted intrathecal drug delivery and to compare the radiation ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Stents help open blocked blood vessels in the heart, but what happens when those stents get blocked? It usually requires open heart surgery. However, a new new procedure is much ...