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Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair > Under severe regulatory body scrutiny > Cost effectiveness as a function of cost and clinical benefit > National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE > Unfit for open repair and not high risk > Endovascular Aneurysm Repair EVAR Trials > Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management DREAM > Open Versus Endovascular Repair OVER trial > Multi-center experience > Cook > Medtronic > Gore

Friday, July 11, 2008

Are there two populations of patients considered for EVAR, those fit for open repair and those unfit? Is there ever more evidence that the fitness of the patient is of crucial importance in the decision-making? Are trial results pointing toward EVAR being of poor or even no benefit in the very sick patients?

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Medical Device Start-up companies > Global Markets and Related Challenges > Think act and network globally > Expanding Economic Development Activities > Top ten states by employment for medical device companies

Friday, June 13, 2008

Do U.S. Medical Device Start-up companies take advantage of less restrictive regulatory and reimbursement regimes outside the United States? Are most start-up companies challenged by the need for international clinical trials and initial product launches? Is the development of advanced medical technologies from countries such as India, Singapore and China fueled by substantial government incentives […]

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Medtronic > Kyphon acquisition > Disc-O-Tech sale due to anti-trust > Expansion in orthopedics market > Rimon Medical Boston Scientific acquisition > Heart failure monitoring > Israeli serial entrepreneur Yossi Gross > Developed electrical device for preventing obesity by stimulating stomach > Future development project is to regulate atrial fibrillation > Solutions for stroke > CareLink disease and telemedicine monitoring system

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Is Medronic making a transition from a medical device treatment company to a disease management company? Will Medtronic products play a role in disease diagnosis and monitoring and in providing treatment? Will more changes be possible due to closer development links between communications, computing, and biology?
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FDA Update > Based on the latest information supplied by Medtronic > Mortality rate associated with the initial stent-graft surgery of 2.3 % > Not 1.5% originally calculated for the AneuRx stent-graft patient > Greater than with open AAA surgery > Risk-benefit profile for stent-graft patients

Thursday, March 20, 2008

What will be the recommendation of your AAA surgeon based on these findings? Is the FDA recommendation that the AneuRx® Stent Graft be used only in patients who can be treated in accordance with the instructions for use and who meet the appropriate risk-benefit profile? Do most stent-graft patients underestimate the effort it takes to […]

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Video > Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA > Harper University Hospital > Patients receives endoluminal repair > Endovascular stent-graft require periodic follow-up > Check for migration and endoleaks

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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> Performed by Ali Kafi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.hief of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Harper University Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (WSU)
PRIMARY HOSPITAL: Harper University Hospital
SPECIALTY: Cardiothoracic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic surgery, valvular surgery, endovascular grafting, balloon angioplasty & stenting, treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery, American Board […]

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Neurotechnology is the new frontier > Changing the way medicine is practiced > Cyberkinetics’ Andara OFS System > Treatment of acute spinal cord injury > Cyberonics’ VNS Therapy > Pulsed signals delivered to the brain via the vagus nerve > Dramatic quality-of-life changes for patients > Micrus Endovascular in San Jose CA > ACT MicroCoil Delivery System > Treat hemorrhagic stroke victims > Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology CIMIT > Clinicians at Harvard teaching hospitals and Boston Medical Center > Medtronic > St. Jude Medical > Neurotechnology Industry Organization NIO San Francisco > National Neurotechnology Initiative > Accelerating translational neurotech innovation > Improving the timeliness of the FDA review

Friday, February 8, 2008

What are the treatment options for stroke or traumatic spinal cord injury? Can treatments influence the deteriorating effects of diseases such as Alzheimer’s or even severe depression? Will advances in neurotechnology bring the medical device industry new revenue and profit potential while helping to improve patients’ quality of life?

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As neuromodulation grows […]

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Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Medicare Population > The largest study to date with 45,000 Medicare recipients > Search is on for new treatment options > Endovascular endoluminal repair limited and complex > Less invasive and permanent way to repair AAA might be hybrid > Endo Vascular Laparoscopic Surgery EVLS

Thursday, January 31, 2008

How does the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore PC evaluate the continued failure rates of stent-graft repair? Why do most practitioners feel that choosing between endovascular repair with endoleaks or EVAR graft migration and open surgical repair is a toss up considering the complexity of EVAR? Is it time for a combination […]

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