Urolift Advanced Tissue Control to Treat Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Teleflex has launched the Urolift Advanced Tissue Control system, a product designed to treat patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The system can be used to open the urethra by inserting small implants that hold the lobes of the prostrate in a retracted position. The device is specifically tailored to treat those with challenging prostatic anatomy, including those with large lateral lobes and an obstructive median lobe.
BPH is a common condition affecting perhaps over 500 million men globally, and it often occurs with increasing age. For men who are affected, it can lead to a decreased quality of life. Trea...
Source: Medgadget - November 2, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Urology Source Type: blogs
aScope 4 Cysto Disposable Cystoscope Released by Ambu
Ambu, a Danish company, is releasing a single-use flexible cystoscope. Used for visualization within the bladder during diagnostic and interventional procedures, the Ambu aScope 4 Cysto comes ready to go in its sterile packaging and is disposed of once a procedure is complete.
There is no reprocessing involved, the device doesn’t need to be repaired, and a clinical practice simply needs to keep stock of the scopes to provide relevant services. The chance of transferring an infection between patients drops to essentially zero.
A urologist working within a hospital can simply take a scope and an accompanying...
Source: Medgadget - May 13, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Urology Source Type: blogs
Slowing Down: When You Need Time to Focus on Your Own Health
When most people think about E coli, the first thing that comes to mind likely is eating tainted food or as a result of improper handwashing. What came as a surprise to me was that it can also show up as a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) caused by kidney stones that back up in the urethra, which prohibits the flow of urine. It is more than an academic exercise that had me researching this all too common condition in men and women. As I am writing, I am less than 24 hours post-surgery to remove these pesky critters that have been backing up the works since 2014. It was my fourth go around that culminated in a cystoscopy, whi...
Source: World of Psychology - March 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Health-related Personal caregiving Source Type: blogs
Q & A with Dr. Daniel Rukstalis on prostatic urethral lift for enlarged prostates
A new procedure that relieves symptoms without causing sexual side effects
As men get older, their prostates often get bigger and block the flow of urine out of the bladder. This condition, which is called benign prostatic hyperplasia, causes bothersome symptoms. Since men can’t fully empty their bladders, they experience sudden and frequent urges to urinate. Treatments can relieve these symptoms, but not without troubling side effects: pharmaceutical BPH treatments cause dizziness, fatigue, and retrograde ejaculation, meaning that semen gets diverted to the bladder during orgasm instead of being ejected from the body. S...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: BPH Prostate Knowledge Q & A HPK Source Type: blogs
My Foley Balloon Won’t Deflate!
Sometimes when it's time to remove a Foley catheter, the balloon won't deflate. This problem occurs more commonly in patients with long-term Foley catheters. Even though we have all seen nursing home patients present with penile bleeding after pulling out their Foley catheter with the balloon still inflated, that is obviously not an option for emergency physicians. The problem is that the recalcitrant balloon is sitting out of reach, deep in the urinary bladder.The cause of the balloon malfunction can be anywhere along the catheter, but it's usually found in the balloon inflation port, the balloon drainage channel, or t...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - August 31, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Luminelle DTx, an Affordable Hysteroscopy/Cystoscopy System Cleared in U.S.
UVision360, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced that its Luminelle DTx hysteroscopy and cystoscopy system is now FDA cleared. The device is designed to give doctors an option to perform hysteroscopy procedures in the office, without having to rely on more expensive OR equipment.
“Since the best technology is typically only available in the operating room, many physicians and patients opt to skip the hysteroscopy and either perform a blind biopsy or go straight to surgery, without taking a good look inside of the uterus,” in a statement said Dr. Amy Garcia, MD, FACOG, Institute for Hysteroscopy Trai...
Source: Medgadget - August 23, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
A Caregiver ’ s Perspective on Patient Engagement
The following is a guest blog post by Michael Archuleta, Founder and CEO of ArcSYS, where he shares his experience as a caregiver for his father trying to navigate the healthcare system.
My dad is 99 years old. Having moved him to Utah 6 months ago into a retirement home, our first step was to get an appointment with a new primary care physician. I brought along a list of his medications and watched the nurse tediously look up and enter each into the EHR. Dad and the doctor got along great on that first visit. She assured us that she could help manage his medications. There was nothing realistically that could be done to r...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 20, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Health Care Healthcare Healthcare Interoperability HealthCare IT Patient Advocacy Patients ArcSys Michael Archuleta Patient Stories UpDox Source Type: blogs
KARL STORZ ’s Blue Light Flexible Cystoscopy Coming to U.S. for Bladder Cancer Detection
KARL STORZ is releasing its PDD (photodynamic diagnostics) Blue Light Flexible Video Cystoscopy in the United States for detection of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. The news is a result of the FDA’s regulatory green light that allows the company’s Blue Light Cystoscopy with Cysview to also be useful with the KARL STORZ PDD Blue Light Flexible Video Cystoscope.
The regulatory approval includes an indication for use of Cysview repeatedly on the same patient to spot Carcinoma in Situ, a difficult bladder cancer to diagnose. Of note, Cysview, an optical imaging compound that’s injected and fluoresce...
Source: Medgadget - May 22, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: News Urology Source Type: blogs
Uro-V, a Disposable Single-Use Diagnostic Cystoscope FDA Cleared
UroViu Corporation, a company based in Bellevue, Washington, won FDA clearance for its Uro-V single-use diagnostic cystoscope. The semi-flexible disposable device is intended for assessing the urethra and urinary bladder in women while reducing the chances of infection and increasing patient comfort.
The system consists of a reusable handle, video processor, and LCD touchscreen display, and a disposable cannula that’s swapped out for every patient. The approach avoids having to disinfect the system. The cannula is covered with a hydrophilic coating, helping to propel it easily through the anatomy while preventing th...
Source: Medgadget - March 19, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Urology Source Type: blogs
Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Now Cleared in EU for Robotic-Assisted Surgeries
Mauna Kea, a French firm, having recently made available its Cellvizio system in the U.S., now also won European CE Mark approval for the technology to be used during robotic-assisted surgeries. The Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) System allows urologists to analyze the cellular structure of tissues as part of retroscopic and cystoscopic procedures. No samples need to be taken, as the system’s probes feature a laser scanner and a detector that give a closeup look at the tissues in vivo.
The reusable probes are introduced through an endoscope and the tip placed against the tissue to be analyzed. Real-ti...
Source: Medgadget - October 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Pathology Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Mauna Kea ’s Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Released Through Cook Medical
Cook Medical has announced that it’s making available the Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) System from Mauna Kea Technologies, a company based in Paris, France. Using the system, urologists can microscopically analyze the cellular structure of tissues during ureteroscopic and cystoscopic procedures without taking any samples.
The system comes with a choice of reusable probes that integrate a scanning laser and a detector that records the close-up image produced. A probe is introduced through an endoscope and the tip placed against the tissue of interest. The generated image is then displayed as real-ti...
Source: Medgadget - September 8, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Urology Source Type: blogs
IDEA Labs: Medical Students Take The Lead In Healthcare Innovation
The post below originally ran on the Better Health blog on May 5th.
It’s no secret that doctors are disappointed with the way that the U.S. healthcare system is evolving. Most feel helpless about improving their work conditions or solving technical problems in patient care. Fortunately, one young medical student was undeterred by the mountain of disappointment carried by his senior clinician mentors and had the courage to tackle the problem head-on. Three years ago, Avik Som organized “Problem Day” at his medical school (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO) and invited his professors to an unres...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Innovation Source Type: blogs
IDEA Labs: Medical Students Take The Lead In Healthcare Innovation
People's Choice Winning Idea: NephroZip
It’s no secret that doctors are disappointed with the way that the U.S. healthcare system is evolving. Most feel helpless about improving their work conditions or solving technical problems in patient care. Fortunately, one young medical student was undeterred by the mountain of disappointment carried by his senior clinician mentors and had the courage to tackle the problem head-on. Three years ago, Avik Som organized “Problem Day” at his medical school (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO) and invited his professors to an unrestricted “open mic” v...
Source: Better Health - May 5, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Expert Interviews Research American Resident Project Collaboration DemoDay Engineers Healthcare Innovation IdeaLabs Medical Students Washington University School of Medicine Source Type: blogs
