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Globefish‐Inspired Balloon Catheter with Intelligent Microneedle Coating for Endovascular Drug Delivery

open access: yesAdvancement of science, 2022
Balloon catheters exhibit important values in treating cardiovascular diseases, while their functions are still under improvements. Here, inspired by the thorn‐hiding and deflating–inflating characteristics of globefish, intelligent balloon catheters ...
Xiaoxuan Zhang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Microneedles Balloon Catheter for Endovascular Drug Delivery

open access: yesAdvanced Materials & Technologies, 2021
Disorders of the inner parts of blood vessels have been significant triggers of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Different interventional methods have been employed, from complex surgeries to balloon angioplasty techniques to open the narrowed blood ...
Khalil Moussi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cryoballoon Versus Laserballoon: Insights from the First Prospective Randomized Balloon Trial in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.

open access: yesCirculation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 2021
Background - Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) represents the cornerstone in atrial fibrillation ablation. Cryoballoon (CB) and laser balloon (LB) catheters have emerged as promising devices but lack randomized comparisons.
J. Chun   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A light-reflecting balloon catheter for atraumatic tissue defect repair

open access: greenScience Translational Medicine, 2015
Ellen T. Roche   +18 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Double‐vs single‐balloon catheter for induction of labor: Systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Evidence comparing double‐balloon vs single‐balloon catheter for induction of labor is divided. We aim to compare the efficacy and safety of double‐vs single‐balloon catheters using individual participant data.
Morgan D. Peel   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes

open access: yesContinence, 2023
Purpose:: Evaluation of a catheter design which protects its tip with the retaining balloon when inflated, and has eyeholes at the base of the balloon to improve drainage. Materials and methods:: Preclinical tests included assessment of retaining balloon
Marcus J. Drake   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Initial Experience in Transvenous Implantation of a Left Ventricular Lead With a Novel Venogram Balloon Catheter

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
AimThe most challenging and time-consuming stage of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation is coronary sinus (CS) cannulation and left ventricular epicardial electrode implantation.
Jiangbo Duan   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ureteric orifice obstruction by catheter balloon Post-TURP: A rare cause of obstructive uropathy

open access: yesUrology Case Reports, 2022
A 50-year-old male underwent small volume TURP for median lobe prostatic hypertrophy. Post-procedure, a 3-way urethral catheter was placed. He subsequently developed flank pain, anuria and creatinine rise.
Kirby R. Qin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adjunctive strategies in the management of resistant, 'undilatable' coronary lesions after successfully crossing a CTO with a guidewire. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Successful revascularisation of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the greatest challenges in the era of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Fairley, SL   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Loop formation by an aortic occlusion balloon catheter during resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2019
A 77-year-old man was transferred to our hospital for endoscopically uncontrollable active bleeding from a duodenal ulcer. Soon after his arrival, he became hemodynamically unstable and resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta was ...
Yasuyuki Onishi, MD   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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