Navigating hypotony challenges with XEN gel implantation
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024 Mar 7:1-8. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2327529. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The XEN Gel, a hydrophilic tube meticulously crafted to adhere to the principles of the Hagen - Poiseuille law, is designed to facilitate efficient aqueous shunting without inducing hypotony. Implantable ab interno or ab externo, with or without conjunctival opening, the device shows no significant outcome differences. Despite numerical hypotony signaling failure, patients may fare well below 6 mmHg.AREAS COVERED: This review provides insights into device variability, challenges related to hypotony, assoc...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - March 8, 2024 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Khaled A Elubous Source Type: research

Hydrophilic biomaterial intravenous hydrogel catheter for complication reduction in PICC and midline catheters
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024 Mar 6:1-10. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2324885. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: More than 30% of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and midline catheters experience complications. Most complications are related to thrombotic cellular adherence to catheter materials.AREAS COVERED: This manuscript outlines PICC and midline catheter complications, the need to reduce complications and how hydrogel catheters may provide a solution to address these unmet needs based on available evidence.EXPERT OPINION: Patients commonly require PICC or midline catheters for treatment to esta...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - March 6, 2024 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Moureau Source Type: research

Thoraflex hybrid prosthesis (THP): the profile
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024 Mar 2. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2326539. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: With the incidence of thoracic aortic disease on the rise, total arch replacement (TAR) with frozen elephant trunk (FET) remains the gold-standard management strategy due to optimal results. Several FET devices exist commercially on the global market. However, the mainstay and most commonly used and reported device is the Thoraflex Hybrid Prosthesis (THP), with several recent reports suggesting its superiority.AREAS COVERED: This review aims to collate and summarize the evidence in the literature on the clini...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - March 2, 2024 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Matti Jubouri Fatima Kayali Tiffany Agbobu Owais Tahhan Thurkga Moothathamby Eyad R Abdulwahab Bashi Velayudhan Idhrees Mohammed Mohamad Bashir Source Type: research

Towards an evaluation framework for medical device-integrated electronic medical record
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024 Feb 13:1-13. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2024.2315024. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Medical device (MD)-integrated (I) electronic medical record (EMR) (MDI-EMR) poses cyber threats that undermine patient safety, and thus, they require effective control mechanisms. We reviewed the related literature, including existing EMR and MD risk assessment approaches, to identify MDI-EMR comprehensive evaluation dimensions and measures.AREAS COVERED: We searched multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, ACM, Embase, IEEE and Ingenta. We explored various evaluation aspects of ...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - February 6, 2024 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Aeshah Alhammad Maryati Mohd Yusof Dian Indrayani Jambari Source Type: research