Technique to prep calcified plaque produces good results on imaging ...

On July 30, 2008, CMS issued its final rule regarding the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). CMS elected to allow healthcare service providers until October 1, 2009 to restructure ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The interventional answer to heavily calcified coronary lesions could reside in a balloon catheter that blasts calcifications with bursts of acoustic energy, suggests an early-stage ...

SonoMotion, a venture-backed medical device company developing non-invasive solutions for kidney stones, announced today that ...

Government authorities of several nations worldwide are providing attractive reimbursement policies for lithotripsy procedures, according to a TMR study that offers in-depth knowledge on the ...

When it comes to treating kidney stones, less invasive may not always be better, according to new research. In a direct comparison of shock wave lithotripsy vs. ureteroscopy -- the two predominant ...

NEW ORLEANS — Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, once the gold standard for removing smaller kidney stones, has fallen out of favor, in part because it might be less effective than ureteroscopy, ...

The demand for lithotripsy procedures is expected to increase in the coming years. This expected increase is supported by a review of the Global Lithotripsy Devices Market. It is forecasted to grow at ...

SonoMotion announced today that the company picked up updated FDA clearance for its Break Wave lithotripsy platform.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

Cagent will use the funds to complete a pivotal trial of its Serranator SONIC IVL system and support commercial necessitates ...