Radiology

Bluegrass Vascular Announces Enrollment of First Patients in U.S. Pivotal Trial

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, today announced the enrollment of its first patients in the SAVE-US (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions – United States) pivotal trial. The SAVE-US clinical trial is a pre-market […]

Beverly A. Huss Joins Accuray Board of Directors

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today the appointment of Beverly A. Huss to the company’s Board of Directors, effective January 7, 2018. Ms. Huss also currently serves on the boards of Qool Therapeutics, Inc., Surefire Medical, Inc., and Madorra. Her prior public company board experience includes Artes Medical, Wright […]

Guerbet announces its acquisition of Accurate Medical Therapeutics, an innovative company that develops microcatheters for interventional radiology

Villepinte (France), January 8, 2018 (17:45 CET) – Guerbet (FR0000032526 GBT), a global specialist in contrast agents and solutions for medical imaging, announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire Israeli company Accurate Medical Therapeutics (“Accurate”), which specializes in the development of microcatheters used in […]

Teleflex Surpasses 200,000 Successfully Reprocessed ClosureFast® Catheters

WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, today announced that more than 200,000 ClosureFast® Catheters have been successfully reprocessed by the company’s partner, Northeast Scientific, Inc. (NES), since NES received FDA clearance for reprocessing the popular vein ablation catheter in 2011. […]

Centerline Biomedical Completes Fifth Preclinical Study

CLEVELAND, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — As Centerline Biomedical, Inc. prepares to meet with investors, strategic partners and companies in the healthcare industry during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, it successfully completed a fifth preclinical study at Cleveland Clinic facilities evaluating its surgical navigation system, IOPS, the Intra-Operative Positioning System. This study […]

Toshiba Medical Systems Officially Becomes Canon Medical Systems

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Canon Inc. and Canon Medical Systems Corporation today announced the official corporate name (trade name) change of Canon Group Company Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation to Canon Medical Systems Corporation (hereafter referred to as Canon Medical Systems). Since joining the Canon Group in December 2016, Canon Medical Systems has been undertaking the procedures for obtaining regulatory approval […]

BTG plc: Northwestern University Adopts Y90 TARE with TheraSphere® as First-Line Treatment for HCC

LONDON, December 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BTG plc (LSE: BTG), a global specialist healthcare company, today announced that following positive results of its 15-year experience between 2003 and 2017 with TheraSphere®, Northwestern University, Illinois has adopted Y90 transarterial radioembolisation (TARE) with TheraSphere® as the primary trans-arterial loco-regional therapy (LRT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) limited to the […]

MIM Software Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Post-Treatment Dosimetry of Yttrium-90 Microspheres

CLEVELAND, Nov. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — MIM Software Inc., a leading global provider of medical imaging software, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for post-treatment dosimetry of Yttrium-90 (Y90) microspheres. Yttrium-90 microspheres deliver local radiation as permanent brachytherapy implants to tumors in the […]

Healthcare Facilities Around the Country Are Providing Enhanced Oncology and Interventional Care Using Toshiba Medical’s Hybrid IR and CT System

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Healthcare centers around the country are realizing a new realm of clinical efficiency with the InfinixTM-i 4D CT system, which seamlessly integrates Interventional Radiology (IR) and CT. Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company, will showcase the cutting-edge imaging system at this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting (Booth #7330, North […]

Arterys Receives FDA clearance for Arterys MICA, its web-based medical imaging analytics platform

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Arterys Inc., the leader in intelligent cloud-based medical imaging software solutions, has announced the unveiling of their Arterys MICA platform at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting (RSNA), November 26 – 30 in Chicago. Visitors to the Arterys Booth (#8361 McCormick Place-North Hall B), will be able to […]