Confluent Medical Technologies specializes in advanced medical device components, and the company's latest Ultra Polyimide technology is setting new standards for catheter performance. At MD&M Midwest ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Of 1,196 tunneled catheters placed in nephrology services that use antibiotics, four resulted in bloodstream ...

IN WEATHER WATCH 12. WELL, IT MAY BE THE COUNTRY’S BIGGEST HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASE EVER. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS CLAIM THIEVES BILLED MEDICARE BILLIONS MAINLY FOR MEDICAL SUPPLY. NO ONE WANTED OR EVEN ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has released updated guidelines for preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CABSI). These guidelines ...

On June 9, 2025, a photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump spread online, claiming he was wearing a catheter under his suit while at an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event. The photograph in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Emboa Medical Inc., a medical device startup, has mimicked a snake’s evolutionary advantage to improve the retrieval of blood clots that cause stroke. The company has created a ...

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of early versus delayed catheter-based therapies (CBTs) on clinical outcomes in patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). This ...

New catheter materials for peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) may reduce the risk of device failure due to infectious, thrombotic, and catheter occlusion events. However, data from ...

Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday classified a recall of Boston Scientific's (BSX.N), opens new tab catheters used in a type of minimally invasive surgery as "most ...

Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular ...