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Sentry Bioconvertible IVC filter two-year results show zero tilt or migration
Two-year results for the SENTRY trial were presented at the Vascular Interventional Advances conference (VIVA; 5–8 November, Las Vegas, USA). The prospective, multicentre trial...
VERNACULAR trial 12-month data show successful use of Venovo stent in...
The 12-month results from the VERNACULAR trial have shown that the Venovo venous stent (BD Interventional) is successful when deployed in obstructive iliac and...
BTG to begin European distribution of EKOS Control unit 4.0
BTG has announced that the first EKOS Control Unit 4.0 have been shipped from BTG’s facility in Bothell (Washington, USA) to Europe, where full...
Cambridge study calls for improvement to care pathways for leg ulcer...
A Cambridge study has found that most inpatients with leg ulcers were not referred to a vascular surgery team, indicating a need to improve...
Venclose completes Series B financing, announces new appointments
Venclose has announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series B round of financing from new and existing investors. Proceeds from the financing will be...
EchoNous Vein receives FDA approval
EchoNous Vein (EchoNous), an ultrasound-based tool designed specifically for nurses to improve peripheral IV catheter placements, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Alun Davies
Alun Davies is a Welsh-born leading expert in the venous field, one of the Editors-in-Chief of Venous News, and currently in the spotlight as...
Early ultrasound surveillance key to predicting risk of re-intervention in deep...
An analysis of post-thrombotic disease patients who received a nitinol stent has found that ultrasound surveillance should occur at frequent intervals up to two...
PERT Consortium and BTG form strategic partnership
BTG has announced a strategic partnership with the PERT Consortium to advance the science of pulmonary embolism treatment and promote the implementation of PERT...
Europe braces for harder times in medical device innovation while US...
Countries in the European Union have long been the first to receive new innovations in medical technology, as the EU’s Medical Device Directive (MDD)...
Vesper Medical completes US$10.5m Series A financing
Vesper Medical, Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, has announced that it completed its Series A financing, totaling...
Landmark EVRA trial provides first Level 1 evidence for early endovenous...
The first full results of the Early Venous Reflux Ablation (EVRA) ulcer study were presented at the Charing Cross Symposium (CX; 24-27 April, London,...
blueflow Venous Stent receives CE mark approval
The blueflow Venous Stent (plus medica) received the CE mark in January 2018.
The news was announced via a company release in March.
The blueflow Venous...
IDE study to evaluate Abre Venous Self-Expanding Stent in patients with...
Medtronic has announced the initiation of its investigational device exemption (IDE) study for the Abre venous self-expanding stent system. The ABRE IDE Study will...
Identifying standard practices of antithrombotic therapy post-venous stenting
Venous stenting has evolved over the last 15 years, quickly becoming an established procedure, with Class II recommendations from the American Heart Association and...
Nick Morrison
Nick Morrison chose venous medicine as he wanted a challenging career. Although he initially worried that he would become bored working in the venous field,...
ManaMed launches PlasmaFlow digital and tubeless DVT prevention device
ManaMed has introduced PlasmaFlow, the first US Food and Drug Administrator-approved portable and tubeless deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention device throughout the USA.
"We at...
VIDIO trial results published
The VIDIO study, led by Paul Gagne, Southern CT Vascular Center, Darien, USA, showed that intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) is more sensitive for assessing treatable iliofemoral vein stenosis compared...
Clearing the clot: New horizons in deep vein thrombosis treatment
In this supplement: Life post-ATTRACT: The new challenge of DVT treatment --The future of DVT intervention in Europe: what needs to happen next --"With...
Venous Stenting Training Day (6 July), London, UK
6 July 2016
Venous Stenting Training Day
Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
http://vascularnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/06/Final-Flyer-stent-course-SB-2016.pdf
European Union agrees new rules for approving medical devices and in...
The Netherlands presidency of the European Council and representatives of the European Parliament have reached a political agreement on two draft regulations for medical...