FDA Approves Magnetically-Tracked MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters

St. Jude Medical has received FDA nod for its MediGuide Enabled ablation catheters.

The MediGuide Enabled ablation catheter employs magnets to follow up vascular access devices in real time and in 3D, and conveys this data over fluoroscopic images. Radiation exposure is much less for both patient and clinicians.

Clinical Trials and Its different Phases
Clinical trials serve as a vital component for improving the treatment of medical conditions as they lead to higher standards of patient care.

The new ablation catheters help in creating lesions within cardiac tissue to compensate for the difference in the rate at which the heart’s chambers beat compared to each other.

The catheters can create ablations without the use of X-rays to help with the procedure.

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters's Safety Tied to Patient Population
Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) do not reduce the risk of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in hospitalized patients, reports a new study.

Source-Medindia

Eurocor GmbH to Make Catheters for Heart Diseases
Eurocor GmbH has entered into a licensing agreement with Biosensors International Group Ltd to manufacture catheters for treating heart diseases