InterVene announced today that it raised $13 million in a Series A financing round to support its Recana catheter system.

Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm for executions by lethal injection if attempts to ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech (NYSE: JNJ) today announced the first completed commercial case with its Varipulse platform in ...

The FDA approved an early feasibility study of Medtronic’s Affera mapping and ablation system and Sphere-9 catheter in patients with ventricular tachycardia, an abnormal heart rhythm.

Catheters are used for several reasons. The most common is urinary retention, or being unable to empty your bladder.

The growing use of embolization in minimally invasive surgical procedures is a key driver for the increased demand for peripheral micro catheters. These catheters are becoming an essential tool in ...

Figure 1 shows the variation in the percentages of inappropriate catheter use in the different hospitals. In the majority of the hospitals (n = 21), the percentage of inappropriate catheter use at ...

[1–4] Placement of urethra catheters is often uncomfortable. [5] Previous studies showed that up to 80% of all nosocomial UTI are related to the use of urethra catheters. [6–9] Moreover ...

If you hear the phrase “bionic pancreas,” you might flash back to those 1970s sci-fi TV shows. You may picture a cartoon ...

T-DOC ® Air-Charged™ disposable catheters use tiny pressure-sensing air balloons to assess internal pressures. Barely larger than the diameter of the catheter itself, these balloons offer ...

allowing her to use a catheter to drain urine. "My appendix was big enough, so they didn’t need my intestines," she said. "But if it’s too small, they use part of the intestines." She takes ...