Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are widely used in patients who cannot take blood thinners. The IVC is the largest vein in the body, running from the legs to the chest. IVC filters keep blood clots ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Royal Philips announced the FDA has granted breakthrough device designation for its laser-assisted inferior vena ...

First use of Philips' breakthrough CavaClear solution to help patients with embedded IVC filters, including an athlete suffering from a 16-year old penetrating filter Only FDA-cleared solution for ...

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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of the first laser-based device for the removal of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters.

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Over the years, Susan Karnstedt had gotten used to the intermittent pain in her abdomen, chalking it up to her diet, or perhaps to her physically active lifestyle, ...

Vascular. 2007;15(5):304-313. When a filter is originally placed for prophylaxis, there is an additional requirement that there should be no clinical or objective evidence of interval development of ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...

The FDA granted breakthrough device designation to Royal Philips NV for its laser-assisted inferior vena cava (IVC) filter removal device. The Amsterdam-based company designed the device to ablate ...