Tag: brain aneurysms
US Brain Aneurysm Foundation announces 2023 research grants
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF) has announced the recipients of its 2023 research grants, providing support to academic researchers studying the underlying biology of aneurysms or...
Brain Aneurysm Foundation launches ‘Stop the Pop’ campaign
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF) has announced the launch of ‘Stop the Pop’—a new campaign intended to increase awareness of the prevalence and impact...
Researchers uncover ‘mutant origin’ of intracranial aneurysms and report promising drug...
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Wako, Japan have discovered a set of related mutations that lead to intracranial aneurysms....
US and Chinese experts introduce new aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage guidelines
Expert groups from the USA and China have separately introduced new guidelines relating to the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). The updated guidelines—spearheaded...
Cerenovus announces commercial availability of Cerepak detachable coils in USA
Cerenovus has announced that the new Cerepak detachable coils are now commercially available in the USA, and that the first patient cases have been...
Brain Aneurysm Foundation welcomes Carolina Maier to its board of directors
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF), a leading global research and advocacy organisation committed to improving treatment and care for brain aneurysms, has announced the addition...
Five-year project sets out to improve brain aneurysm treatments with customisable...
A team from the University of Oklahoma (Norman, USA) has embarked on a five-year research project with the intention of designing a device that...
LuSeed Vascular appoints Robert Stern to board of directors
LuSeed Vascular has announced that Robert Stern, an experienced medical device executive and investor, has been nominated as the vice chairman of the company’s...
Aidoc gains FDA 510(k) clearance for AI-supported triage and notification of...
Aidoc has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the triage and notification of brain aneurysm—which affects one in 50 people...
Medtronic receives CE mark approval for radial artery access portfolio
Medtronic today announced it has received CE mark approval for its radial artery access portfolio, which includes the Rist radial access selective catheter and the Rist...
Medtronic recalls Pipeline Flex embolisation devices over risk of delivery system...
Medtronic has issued a recall of its Pipeline Flex embolisation device and Pipeline Flex embolisation device with Shield technology products due to a risk...
Fluid Biotech raises US$4.7 million in oversubscribed seed funding round
Fluid Biotech, a medical device start-up company based in Calgary, Canada, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed seed fundraising round totalling US$4.7 million—and...
Research shows new surgical technology may help reduce brain aneurysm regrowth
A new tool for treating brain aneurysms may protect artery blood flow during surgery and reduce the risk of aneurysm regrowth, according to a...
Kaneka announces sales expansion of brain aneurysm embolisation coils in the...
Kaneka Corporation has announced the signing of a sales alliance agreement with Asahi Intecc USA, through which—from August 2021 onwards—the company intends to further...
Flow diverter study with virtual participants “as effective as traditional clinical...
A study involving virtual participants—rather than real patients—was “as effective as traditional clinical trials” in evaluating the treatment of brain aneurysms using a flow...
PreSize Neurovascular software launched at first UK NHS hospital
Doctors at St George’s Hospital in London, UK are set to become the first within the UK National Health Service (NHS) to begin using Oxford Heartbeat’s...
