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AngioDynamics Launches New Hemodialysis Catheter

ALBANY, N.Y.—AngioDynamics has launched the next generation DuraFlow 2 chronic hemodialysis catheter and announced the upcoming launch of the DuraFlow 2 VascPak kit. ...More

2 days ago

Posted in News, Business

Researchers Creating New Ways to Fight Catheter Infections

COLLEGE PARK, Md.— Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, backed by funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, are developing tools to combat catheter-based and other infections without provoking bacterial resistance to ...More

4 weeks ago

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Phase One Receives Second Dialysis Catheter Patent

HINGHAM, Mass.— The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a second patent covering Phase One Medical's Distal Locking Hemodialysis Catheter Technology. ...More

December 13, 2011

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

FDA Approves B. Braun Closed IV Catheter

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved B. Braun Medical’s Introcan Safety 3 Closed IV Catheter. ...More

October 20, 2011

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

Phase One Announces Patent for Locking Hemodialysis Catheter

HINGHAM, Mass.—Phase One Medical LLC recently announced the issuance of the first in a family of patents for closing the distal end of a hemodialysis catheter. ...More

September 29, 2011

Posted in News, Business

Acne Antibiotic Cuts Catheter Infections in Dialysis Patients

WASHINGTON— An antibiotic commonly used to treat acne may help reduce catheter infections in dialysis patients, according to a study published online Aug. 18 in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ...More

August 22, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Arrow Recalls Dialysis Catheter

Arrow International Inc. has recalled the Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheters due to reports of breakage and/or separation of the stylet, according to an Aug 3 notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...More

August 4, 2011

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

DaVita Program Leads to Lower Catheter Rates

DENVER—DaVita Inc. announced July 13 that it has seen a reduction of catheter rates in dialysis patients due to a reduction program the company implemented in 2008. ...More

July 13, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Central Catheters Explain Higher Risk of Death in HD Versus PD

WASHINGTON—Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) typically have a higher early survival rate than patients on hemodialysis (HD). New data suggest that this difference may be explained by a higher risk of early deaths among patients undergoing HD with central venous ...More

April 21, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

AngioDynamics Launches New Dialysis Catheter

LATHAM, N.Y.—AngioDynamics announced April 5 that it has launched its next generation DuraMax stepped-tip chronic dialysis catheter and the DuraMaxVP (VascPak) kit. ...More

April 5, 2011

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

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