The patent pending Flexicath FirmGrip(TM) is designed to meet the market
needs for the largest segment of IV catheterizations, those lasting up
to 29 days. FirmGrip(TM) may save the need for a sterile sheet by enclosing
the catheter in a special self-contained package that permits insertion
without removing the catheter from the sterilized coating sleeve until
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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 »

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Federal health advisers will weigh in this week on whether a catheter from Johnson & Johnson should be approved to treat irregular heart rhythms that often cause stroke.
The New Brunswick, N.J.-based health care conglomerate has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve its Thermocool family of catheters to treat atrial fibrillation, a heart problem that effects more than 2.3 million adults in the U.S.
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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 »

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.
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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 »

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Corp. out of Irvine, California, maker of intravascular heating/cooling systems powered by the company’s proprietary Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM™) technology, has received 510(k) FDA clearance to market the first heat exchange catheter designed for jugular insertion. The catheter is indicated for temperature management of cardiac and neurosurgical procedures, and for patients in critical Read the rest of this entry »