Insulated microdiameter wire designs can be manufactured reliably down to sizes of around 0.001 in. (0.026 mm). Most applications currently use diameters within the range of 0.0025–0.0075 in. (0.064–0 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using a pulmonary artery catheter to help manage patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute heart failure was ...

Reusable catheters are just as safe for patients as single-use ones and do not increase the risk of urinary tract infections, a new study has found. Thousands of people use the devices to empty their ...

Advancements in medical technology have led to the development of innovative medical devices that are doing things once far out of reach for improved patient care and outcomes. Image Credit: Amphenol ...

When controlled electric power is added to the electrodes, a reaction occurs, converting salt water in the catheter hub to hypochlorous acid, the bacteria-killing disinfectant. "When you use a ...

Cardiac or coronary catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. Cardiac catheterization involves a doctor inserting a long ...

Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, has successfully treated two failing heart valves in a patient without repeat open-heart surgery, ...

A retrospective study evaluates the use of antibiotic lock therapy as a catheter-sparing strategy in pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream ...