A study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting noted that mechanical thrombectomy, a standard treatment for adults with a large vessel occlusion, a ...

Endovascular robot developer XCath said it has successfully completed its first remotely operated stroke procedure, linking a neurosurgeon with a patient more than a hundred miles away.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Around the world, people are observing a day to bring awareness to a medical condition. World Thrombectomy Day is observed annually on May 15th and is a global awareness ...

XCath today announced the completion of the first telerobotic stroke case using its Iris surgical robotic system.

MIAMI, Oct. 29, 2020 /CNW/ -- Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ (MT2020+), a global campaign of SVIN (Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology), has just published "Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute ...

An innovative procedure called endovascular thrombectomy may be a game changer for those who have a stroke. Getty Images/iStockphoto For decades, there has been scant progress in treating one of the ...

"This experience shows us that our clot-sensing guidewire has the potential to become the guidewire of choice for any medical robotic system that steers a wire," said Franz Bozsak ...

Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes.

Positioning patients with large vessel ischemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot resulted in significant improvements in neurological ...

Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Northside Hospital Gwinnett is the first hospital in Georgia, and the first in the U.S. outside a clinical trial, to use Emboline’s embolic protection catheter during a ...

MINNEAPOLIS, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ Initiative (MT2020+) will announce the first annual World Stroke ...