Medline Industries will pay $167.5 million to acquire the Namic fluid management business from AngioDynamics (NSDQ:ANGO), the companies announced today. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the summer. It will allow Medline to acquire the manifolds, contrast management systems, closed fluid systems, … [Read more...] about Medline Industries buys Namic business from AngioDynamics
Catheters
Insera Therapeutics wins CE Mark for Clear thrombectomy device
Insera Therapeutics (Sacramento, Calif.) recently announced that it has received CE Mark approval for its Clear Aspiration System. The system is designed for blood clots and has been indicated for use in patients who have acute ischemic stroke secondary to intracranial large vessel occlusive disease, secondary to cerebral venous sinus thrombosis … [Read more...] about Insera Therapeutics wins CE Mark for Clear thrombectomy device
Pursuit Vascular wins CE Mark for ClearGuard HD caps
Pursuit Vascular announced that it has received CE Mark approval and Medical Device Single Audit Program certificates for its ClearGuard HD caps. "The CE Mark and MDSAP approvals are significant accomplishments for Pursuit Vascular as it allows the company to expand sales to Europe and other key international markets," Doug Killion, president and … [Read more...] about Pursuit Vascular wins CE Mark for ClearGuard HD caps
How Freudenberg Medical is enabling catheter system innovation
Freudenberg Medical at this year’s MD&M West touted its Composer deflectable catheter handle platform. The Composer platform provides a way to take the handle out of the equation for catheter system creators, according to Bernie Kaeferlein, director of portfolio management at the company. Watch Medical Design & Outsourcing's video from … [Read more...] about How Freudenberg Medical is enabling catheter system innovation
Compounding Solutions launches new tie-layer resin
Compounding Solutions (Lewiston, Maine) recently announced that it has launched a new tie-layer resin for the medical device industry. ReZilok Rx is meant for the manufacturing of multilayer co-extruded medical films and catheter tubing, the company said in a February announcement. Compounding Solutions' R&D team developed ReZilok Rx as a … [Read more...] about Compounding Solutions launches new tie-layer resin
Biocoat achieves ISO 13485:2016 certification
Biocoat (Horsham, Pa.) announced today that is has received a certification of registration for the ISO 13485:2016 quality management system. Company officials described the certification as reflecting an ongoing commitment to quality. Biocoat specializes in supplying lubricious hydrophilic coatings for medical devices used in a range of … [Read more...] about Biocoat achieves ISO 13485:2016 certification
Could this old-school manufacturing technology enable better catheter designs?
Excimer lasers have taken a back seat to femtosecond and picosecond lasers when it came to catheter manufacturing, but it may be time for medical device creators to give this decades-old technology a second look. A serial medical device manufacturing entrepreneur in the Twin Cities, Brady Hatcher still remembers the moment years ago when he first … [Read more...] about Could this old-school manufacturing technology enable better catheter designs?
How innovative pump designs power intelligent balloon catheters
The next generation of intelligent balloon catheters depends on novel designs of ball-screw-driven pumps. Bruce Gretz, Steinmeyer Balloon catheters have long seen widespread use in cardiovascular applications. One of the first, decades ago, was intra-aortic. A balloon was implanted into the descending aorta and pressurized via a percutaneous … [Read more...] about How innovative pump designs power intelligent balloon catheters
MD&M West: Here are 4 things you may have missed
From 3M's adhesive-finding tool to help wearable designers to OnRobot's energy-efficient vacuum gripper, there were plenty of useful tools for medical device creators to discover at this year's MD&M West in Anaheim, Calif. As managing editor of Medical Design & Outsourcing, I toured the show floor to point out some of the highlights, which … [Read more...] about MD&M West: Here are 4 things you may have missed
FDA clears Safe Medical Design’s urethral catheter
Safe Medical Design (San Francisco) said that FDA has cleared its Signal Catheter for commercialization in the United States. The 100% silicone foley catheter features a novel hub design allowing the catheter to reduce excessive balloon pressure in the event the catheter is improperly placed. Each year in the United States there are as many as … [Read more...] about FDA clears Safe Medical Design’s urethral catheter