Catheters can be used to deliver medications, drain fluids, ... During cardiac catheterization, the physician inserts the catheter, a long thin, flexible tube, into an artery or vein.

Dr. William Ganz, who survived a Nazi labor camp to become an internationally recognized cardiologist who co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter for monitoring heart conditions and who was one of the ...

“The FlexAbility catheter is the only ablation catheter with a flexible tip available to electrophysiologists in the United States today. For the past several years we’ve been looking for a ...

Grand Rapids; Magnet-guided flexible catheter at Spectrum Health's Heart Center cures teen's rapid heartbeat. Published: Aug. 24, 2009, 10:54 a.m. Aug. 24, 2009, 10: ...

WILLIAM GANZ, 1919 - 2009 : Cardiologist co-invented flexible balloon catheter. By Thomas H. Maugh II . Nov. 13, 2009 12 AM PT . Share via Close ... The catheter and the devices are now used by ...

The Cleveland Clinic said on Wednesday a new generation of flexible catheters that allows surgeons to manipulate tiny instruments within the body will be the biggest medical innovation of 2008.

St. Jude Medical is hoping to strengthen its franchise in ablation catheters--thin, flexible wires inserted non-surgically into the heart to treat cardiac arrhythmia. Its FlexAbility irrigated ...

Irregular heartbeats affect more than 4 million Americans, and for many, the treatment is cardiac ablation—a procedure that uses long, flexible catheters inserted through blood vessels to modify ...

A healthcare professional uses a soft, flexible catheter to insert the medication, which then stays in the bladder for up to 2 hours. The drugs cause the bladder lining to separate from the tissue ...