Tag: thrombectomy device
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Despite the popularity that aspiration-first stroke thrombectomy has gained in recent years, the approach has its limitations—and, on occasions...
Anaconda begins enrolment in ATHENA trial with first US patient treatment
Anaconda Biomed has announced the enrolment and treatment of the first US patient by Shahram Majidi (Mount Sinai, New York, USA) in its ATHENA...
Rapid Medical announces enrolment in “first-ever” study on cognitive benefits of...
Rapid Medical has announced enrolment of the first patient in its COGNITIVE study—which, according to the company, is the first study to examine a...
Physician feedback makes CEREGLIDE 71 a new gold-standard contender among stroke...
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“If you take all the good things about...
Toro Neurovascular announces first patient treatment in clinical trial of SuperBore...
Toro Neurovascular has announced the successful treatment of the first patient using its Toro 88 SuperBore aspiration catheter as part of a first-in-man clinical...
Cost-flexible devices and boosting thrombectomy uptake in the developing world
The growth of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) coupled with the advent—and ongoing expansion—of mechanical thrombectomy has seen acute stroke transform from “a diagnosable and hardly...
Gravity launches Supernova stent retriever and Neutron aspiration catheter for global...
Gravity Medical Technology has announced the launch of its next-generation stroke treatment devices: the Neutron aspiration catheter and the Supernova stent retriever. Early adoption...
Sensome signs exclusive commercial distribution agreement for clot-sensing guidewire in Japan
Sensome has announced an exclusive distribution agreement in Japan with Cosmotec, an M3 Group company, for its smart clot-sensing guidewire used in mechanical thrombectomy....
Rapid Medical completes successful stroke procedures with “world’s first” robotic thrombectomy...
Rapid Medical has announced what it claims is the first successful robotic thrombectomy, in Medellín, Colombia. Two patients were treated with the robotic Tigertriever—an...
Newly published PROST trial results find Preset non-inferior to Solitaire in...
Final results from the PROST randomised controlled trial (RCT) have been published in JAMA Neurology and—according to the study’s leading investigators—provide evidence that thrombectomy...
INSPIRE-S registry offers comprehensive, real-world data on acute ischaemic stroke devices
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As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to offering physicians access to high-quality clinical data and, subsequently, enabling evidence-based...
Route 92 announces positive clinical findings with Tenzing 7 delivery catheter
Route 92 Medical has announced new results from a multicentre clinical study evaluating the efficacy, safety and efficiency of the Tenzing 7 delivery catheter as a...
PROST represents “epitome” of scientific rigour, but future trials may follow...
There are multiple components of the PROST randomised controlled trial’s (RCT) design that set it apart from prior studies and make it somewhat unique...
Anaconda Biomed granted additional patents for novel stroke thrombectomy technology
Anaconda Biomed has announced that the European Patent Office has granted the company a European patent for “A device and a thrombectomy apparatus for...
Rapid gains Chinese NMPA regulatory approval for Tigertriever thrombectomy device
Rapid Medical has announced Chinese National Medical Product Administration (NMPA) approval for its adjustable Tigertriever revascularisation device, making it the first device to offer...
Study indicates filter-tip stent retrievers may improve first-pass thrombectomy rates
Research presented at the ongoing Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) annual meeting (31 July–4 August, San Diego, USA) has shown that different types of...
Imperative gains US FDA clearance for Zoom 88 support and announces...
Imperative Care has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Zoom 88 large distal platform (LDP) support, a portfolio expansion...
Recruitment in iVascular’s SEMTIC study passes halfway point
iVascular has announced that the SEMTIC study, evaluating the safety and efficacy of its comprehensive stroke thrombectomy treatment, is one step closer to providing...
Microvention announces commercial availability of ERIC retrieval device in the USA
Microvention, a wholly owned subsidiary of Terumo, has announced that the ERIC retrieval device is now commercially available in the USA for ischaemic stroke treatment, having...
US physicians publish “first reported use” of Indigo aspiration system for...
Physicians in the USA have published details of—to their knowledge—the “first reported use” of the Indigo aspiration system (Penumbra) to treat cerebral venous sinus...
Wallaby/Phenox announces presentation of PROST trial data at ISC 2023
Phenox, a Wallaby Medical company, has today announced the presentation of the primary results of the PROST (Preset for occlusive stroke treatment) randomised clinical...
Wallaby/Phenox announces US FDA clearance of Preset thrombectomy device
Phenox, a Wallaby Medical company, has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Preset thrombectomy device for the treatment...
Vesalio appoints VP of US sales, announces publication of “impressive” first-pass...
Vesalio has today announced the appointment of a new vice president (VP) of US sales, Bob Bushok, who will oversee commercial strategy and execution...
Vesalio gains CE-mark approval for new “one-of-a-kind” NeVa NET thrombectomy device
Vesalio has today announced receipt of CE-mark approval for commercialisation of its new NeVa NET, which the company claims is the “first and only”...
Rapid Medical gains US FDA clearance for “smallest and only” adjustable...
Rapid Medical announced at the ongoing Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 19th annual meeting (25–29 July, Toronto, Canada) that it has recently received US...
MIVI Neuroscience names Waleed Brinjikji as new medical director
Next-generation neurointerventional medical device innovator MIVI Neuroscience has announced that Waleed Brinjikji (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA) has joined the company as its medical director.
“The...
