June 11, 2009 — Evidence-based catheter-care procedures regarding hand hygiene may significantly reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), according to the results of a ...

Interventional cardiology is a specialized field of cardiology that focuses on catheter-based heart procedures. Catheter procedures use small, hollow tubes (catheters) inserted through your blood ...

First In-Man Experience Exceeds Expectations, Cited as “Game Changer” for Below-the-Knee Procedures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced today that the first-in-man ...

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation is easier, quicker and safer than the traditional method using landmarks, and should be the method of choice when treating critical care patients. In ...

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SAN FRANCISCO—At the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Microbot Medical unveiled a new device that aims to let physicians conduct a catheter-based procedure from outside the operating room, ...

In this procedure, a doctor may make a cut (incision) in a vein or artery above the clot to remove it. Or, they may insert a thin tube called a catheter into a vein in your groin or arm and thread it ...

Stereotaxis CEO David Fischel says the MAGiC catheter was designed "to overcome the natural limitations of manual pull-wire ...

The Farapoint device adds another tool to the company’s pulsed field ablation portfolio that could help increase or sustain ...