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The FDA approval is based on results from a multicenter study comparing catheter ablation to drug therapy for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib). In this randomized clinical trial, catheter ablation was shown to significantly outperform anti-arrhythmic drug therapy for the treatment of drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal AFib.
The approval by the FDA also includes the EZ Steer Thermocool navigational catheter, which is a bi-directional Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated
his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Alan Paolucci, 52, says the San Mateo County-run hospital should have known that a catheter being used to treat his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had broken off from a port in his chest after he began treatment in Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2008)
— Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found.
One year after undergoing a treatment called catheter ablation, 75 percent of patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation were free of symptoms. By comparison, only 21 percent of those treated with drugs were symptom-free. Results Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Alan Paolucci, 52, says the San Mateo County-run hospital should have known that a catheter being used to treat his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had broken off from a port in his chest after he began treatment in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
Interrad Medical has developed a completely new and innovative method
for catheter securement called SecurAcath. The SecurAcath System
utilizes a small anchor that deploys in the subcutaneous tissue just
beneath the skin to hold an indwelling catheter securely in place. There
are over 12 million venous access catheters placed each year worldwide.
Currently, catheters are secured on the surface of a patient’s Read the rest of this entry »
Johnson & Johnson said late Thursday a panel of government advisers recommended that its catheter system be approved for a new use in treating irregular heart rhythms.
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical device experts unanimously voted in favor of approving the Thermocool family of catheters for the new use, with certain conditions. Panelists said the company should be required to educate physicians on proper use of the device and operate Read the rest of this entry »
FDA Clearance Of World’s First Catheter With Subcutaneous Securement System, Interrad Medical
Interrad Medical, Inc. a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its SecurAcath(TM) PICC with Subcutaneous Securement System.
Interrad Medical has developed a completely new and innovative method for catheter securement called SecurAcath. The SecurAcath System utilizes a small anchor that deploys Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Alan Paolucci, 52, says the San Mateo County-run hospital should have known that a catheter being used to treat his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had broken off from a port in his chest after he began treatment in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors at the San Mateo Medical Center left a five-inch catheter inside a Foster City man’s heart, causing an infection that complicated his fight against cancer, then tried to cover up the mistake, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
Alan Paolucci, 52, says the San Mateo County-run hospital should have known that a catheter being used to treat his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had broken off from a port in his chest after he began treatment in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 09, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) –
— Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson company, has received marketing approval from the FDA for its Navistar Thermocool catheter for the treatment of drug refractory recurrent symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, when used with compatible three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping systems.
The FDA approval is based on results from a multicenter study comparing catheter ablation to drug therapy Read the rest of this entry »