Renal Business Today - Vascular Access

First Patient Receives Vascular Access Graft in Study

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—The first patient in a clinical study evaluating the self sealing Gore Acuseal Vascular Graft in patients on hemodialysis has been surgically implanted with the device, according to W. L. Gore & Associates. ...More

August 13, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Fistula Placement More Likely with Federal Insurance Programs

WASHINGTON—Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national healthcare organizations are more likely to receive a fistula for vascular access during dialysis than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing online Aug. 12 in ...More

August 13, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Pre-Dialysis Care Often Delayed in Poorer Areas

WASHINGTON—Kidney disease patients in poorer communities are less likely to receive optimal pre-dialysis care than patients in wealthier communities, according to a study appearing online Aug. 5 in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). ...More

August 6, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

Univ. of Cincinnati Opens Vascular Access Center

CINCINNATI—The University of Cincinnati (UC) Health Surgical Hospital in West Chester has opened a new vascular access center to help specialists teat dialysis patients vascular access issues. ...More

August 3, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Practice Management

Vasc-Alert named an Indiana 'Company to Watch'

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Vasc-Alert LLC has been named one of Indiana’s 41 “Companies to Watch” by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. ...More

July 30, 2010

Posted in News, Business

Cincinnati Researchers to Look into Fistula Placement

CINCINNATI—Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center have received funding to study the care processes that lead to placement of arteriovenous fistulas in patients beginning dialysis. ...More

June 8, 2010

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FDA Clears Redsense Safety Device for Home Hemodialysis

HALMSTAD, Sweden—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Redsense safety device for home/self-use and is consequently available to all patients with home hemodialysis in the United States, according to Redsense Medical. ...More

May 18, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

U.S. Vascular-Access Device Market to Reach $4.6 Billion by 2016

According to a new global report series by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), the leading authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories was valued at just over $3 billion in 2009 and ...More

March 25, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

New Dialysis Catheter Reduces Thrombus Accumulation

MAPLE GROVE, Minn.—r4 Vascular has released its new Duraspan Biomimetic Coated long-term hemodialysis catheter, which has a coating on the catheter surface that mimics the glycocalyx layer found on natural endothelial tissue surfaces in vessel walls. ...More

March 16, 2010

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Politicians Extend Support for Transonic Dialysis Test

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Michael Arcuri, D-24th District, have written to Center for Medicare and Medicaid services administrator Charlene Frizzera, in request that she provide incentives for clinics to use dialysis tests such as those produced by Transonic ...More

March 8, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

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