March 29, 2009 — Medtronic Neurologic Technologies and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have notified healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall for BioGlide ventricular snap shunt ...

A 0.55-mm optical probe imaged stents and plaque while reducing rotational distortion inside curved cerebral vessels.

Cerebral Oximetry is an optical technique that allows for noninvasive and continuous monitoring of brain oxygenation by determining tissue oxygen saturation (SctO 2). In conjunction with pulse ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the brain's arteries and ...

A large international team of micro-engineers, medical technologists, and neurosurgeons, has designed, built and tested a new type of probe that can be used to take pictures from inside arteries in ...

A transradial approach (TRA) for cerebral angiography was less effective than the transfemoral route in achieving an accurate diagnostic success rate. Study investigator, Wei Ni, MD, Huashan Hospital, ...

Paul Santerre recently flew to Boston to help launch a cerebral catheter that incorporates an anti-clotting polymer additive created by Interface Biologics, the company he co-founded nearly two ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emboline™, Inc., developer of total embolic protection technology for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), today announced completion of enrollment in ...

The cognitive deficits that may emerge after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (Afib) appeared short-lived in a small randomized trial, providing some reassurance. Cognitive testing showed ...

Saccular intracranial aneurysms, abnormal focal outpouchings of cerebral arteries, cause substantial rates of morbidity and mortality. Recently, major changes have occurred in the way we think about ...