Catheter

Philips announced the FDA approved the 160 cm version of its endovascular navigation wire that uses fiber optic technology.

Patients on hemodialysis require functioning access sites, yet all access sites are at risk of stenosis and subsequent failure.

East Side Vascular Access (East Side) is a member of St. Clair Nephrology, a specialty medical practice with offices across the greater Metro-Detroit area. At East Side, the access center has an average of five patient encounters per day and about 1,100 encounters each year. St Clair Nephrology physicians are medical directors at multiple dialysis centers. Our role within the network is to provide access-related services to the patients who are referred by all the dialysis centers in our area.

Biotronik announced it received FDA labeling approval of its stylet-driven lead and delivery catheter system for left bundle branch area pacing.

A clinical scale was validated for early detection of infections at the exit site of central venous catheters for hemodialysis in patients with kidney disease, according to a study.

During a 20-year period, patients with end-stage kidney disease treated with hemodialysis saw a reduction in mortality worldwide, study results show. The biggest gain in survival was among patients the United States.

Twelve months after indwelling pleural catheter insertion vs. chemical pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions, the average cost of health care was lower, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

PHILADELPHIA — Innovation and collaboration in nephrology may help combat organ scarcity and improve care, former HHS Secretary, the Honorable Alex M. Azar II, said at the American Transplant Congress.

Advanced image-guided percutaneous and advanced laparoscopic techniques are both acceptable options to place peritoneal dialysis catheters, published data show.

Cook Medical announced its hydrophilic selective catheter is available again for use in the U.S. and Canada.