UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux.
University of Melbourne scientist Professor Graeme Clark has received the 2007 Klaus Joachim Zulch prize for his research into neuroscience and the Cochlear implant, giving hearing to deaf people.
Drug delivery systems have progressed from the teaspoon to time-release capsules to drug-eluting stents.
Over the last year, it’s been rare to utter the word “stent” without at least thinking “thrombosis,” an uncommon but serious complication that’s been on the minds of interventional cardiologists and patients alike.
New data reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, May 9-12, 2007, in Orlando, Fla., will offer clues to the fate of a new-generation drug-eluting stent that is vying for a place in the treatment of coronary artery disease.
Implanted pumps improved heart function enough in a small percentage of patients awaiting a heart transplant that they were able to leave the hospital without a pump and without a new heart, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The unique application of operations research to the treatment of prostate cancer allowed Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to better Fortune 500 companies last night and win an international competition for best project by an organization.
Lead researcher Associate Professor Andy Tan said the heart pump’s innovative design was based on a double-output centrifugal model that pushed the blood in a counter direction to ensure correct flow through both sides of the heart, and is the subject of a patent application.
Ventracor has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration to begin enrolment in the US Bridge To Transplant (BTT) Pivotal Trial of the VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
As the diagnostic capability of MRI continues to advance, and as the availability of MRI machines increases worldwide, so should the availability of implantable devices that are MRI safe. This advance is urgently needed says one executive.