Ablation technologies are a growth medtech field driven as much by physicians pursuing larger caseload as manufacturers developing innovative technologies, according to a new global report from MedMarket Diligence. (PressMethod) – Surgical procedures focus on a wide range of clinical endpoints — the creation of a lesion to block aberrant cardiac rhythms, the destruction of [...]
The largest application for energy-based ablation devices is in cancer therapy, primarily using the radiation therapy modality. Following that is general surgery with its use of electrocautery and electrosurgical devices, RF ablation, cryotherapy, etc. Cardiovascular is thought to be third, even though cardiovascular is making the most noise in the medical press with RF and [...]
Technologies that destroy tissue for therapeutic benefit are collectively known as ablation technologies. By a wide range of energy types or other mechanical methods, they are used to destroy, excise or otherwise treat tissue for therapeutic benefit, from the radiation of cancer, the destruction of the endometrial lining of the uterus causing endometriosis, the creation [...]
The applications of energy-based technologies for the ablative treatment of tissue are numerous and diverse as a result of the effectiveness of these technologies — which vary widely by energy type (electrosurgery, radiosurgery, gamma knife, brachytherapy, cryogenic therapy, fluidjet/hydrotherapy, microwave ablation, radiofrequency ablation, laser, thermal ablation, and ultrasonic ablation) — and their integration into routine [...]
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 09, 2010 – The practice of surgery has long employed energy-based technologies to excise, cut, ablate, cauterize, destroy or otherwise manipulate tissue to produce therapeutic results. Various energy modalities — from cryotherapy to microwave to radiofrequency to ultrasound to radiation and others — have proven their ability to effect healthy or diseased tissue [...]
Energy-based ablation devices are powered by a wide variety of sources, resulting in a plethora of devices. These include electrical, radiation, light, radiofrequency, ultrasound, cryotherapy, thermal, microwave and hydromechanical. This array of technology enables the physician, with the appropriate device in hand, to pinpoint and destroy almost any kind of tissue, almost anywhere in the [...]
Medgadget highlighted a new treatment option that is in clinical trials for the treatment of coronary artery disease, an ultrasound system to stimulate blood vessel formation in ischemic areas of heart muscle. Extracorporeal Shockwave Myocardial Revascularization (ESMR) is under development by Medispec, a Germantown, MD, company. The technology in its Cardiospec system uses Extracorporal Shockwaves [...]
Angioplasty and the use of drug-eluting stents are being compared to coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a study reported in the April 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. Due to the invasiveness of bypass surgery, which most often involves the use of a sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), both of which are [...]
As a follow-up to the recent decision by the FDA to approve Nycomed's TachoSil absorbable fibrin sealant patch for cardiovascular applications, we wanted to highlight that the cardiovascular arena offers one of the more promising areas for expanded use of surgical sealants and glues. Cardio applications represent a significant volume of procedures in which the [...]
Cell therapy holds huge potential for the future of treatment of a wide range of disorders and conditions, but what is less obvious is the extent to which cell therapy, and tissue engineering in general, is already in current clinical practice, and how close a wave of new products is to gaining regulatory approval and [...]
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