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Pleural Dynamics reports positive data for automatic effusion shunt

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Pleural Dynamics today announced positive results from a prospective, multicenter study evaluating its ACES (automatic continuous effusion shunt) device. Plymouth, Minnesota-based Pleural Dynamics developed ACES to treat chronic pleural effusions. It describes it as the first and only fully implantable automatic effusion shunt that uses the motion … [Read more...] about Pleural Dynamics reports positive data for automatic effusion shunt

Pleural Dynamics earns Medicare win for effusion shunt

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Pleural Dynamics announced today that it received a new CMS code for its ACES (automatic continuous effusion shunt) device. CMS issued a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code and New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (NTAPC) assignment for ACES, a device designed to treat chronic pleural effusions. The new code, … [Read more...] about Pleural Dynamics earns Medicare win for effusion shunt

Pleural Dynamics completes enrollment in shunt study

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Pleural Dynamics announced today that it completed enrollment in a post-market clinical study for its ACES system. Minneapolis-based Pleural Dynamics designed the ACES (automatic continuous effusion shunt) system as the first and only fully implantable automatic effusion shunt that uses the motion of normal breathing to remove fluid from the … [Read more...] about Pleural Dynamics completes enrollment in shunt study