Radiology

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 […]

Merit Medical Coughs Up $100M for Bard, BD’s Biopsy Assets

Shares of Merit Medical Systems have jumped more than 9 percent this morning after the company announced it plunked down $100 million for two product lines belonging to Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). BD is selling the assets in connection with its acquisition of C.R. Bard Inc.(Bard). Merit will acquire soft tissue core needle biopsy products currently […]

Medline to Acquire Centurion Medical Products for Undisclosed Sum

NORTHFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Medline and Centurion Medical Products today announced an agreement for Medline to acquire the Williamston, Michigan-based medical supplies manufacturer in a transaction that will close later this year. Once the acquisition closes, Medline will have a full set of vascular access products that complement its minor procedure tray offerings and its […]

Inari Medical Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment in the FLARE Study for the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Inari Medical, Inc., a privately held venture backed medical device company dedicated to the development of innovative catheter-based technologies for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (“VTE”), announced today it has completed enrollment of its Investigational Device Exemption (“IDE”) study. The FlowTriever Pulmonary Embolectomy Clinical Study (“FLARE”) […]

Coming soon: Spotlight on image-guided patient care at SIR 2018

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Online registration is open for the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. The meeting takes place March 17–22, 2018, at the Los AngelesConvention Center in Los Angeles, Calif. SIR 2018 brings together more than 5,000 interventional radiology physicians, fellows, trainees and related health care professionals to explore […]