An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but an at-home catheter system from BD has the potential to keep the entire hospital away. The PeritX system allows patients with ascites to regularly drain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted premarket approval to Sequana Medical’s alfapump implantable device for the treatment of ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently announced receipt of the FDA’s 510(k) clearance for its PeritX Peritoneal Catheter System. The system is to be used for the drainage ...

Pleural Dynamics, an early-stage medical device startup developing solutions for the management of chronic, recurrent effusions and refractory ascites, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its ...

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. MMSI announced the launch of a new evacuated drainage bottle — Aspira Bottle — for use with its Aspira Drainage System. The Aspira Drainage System is indicated for use in ...

ZAVENTEM, Belgium, Sept. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SYNDEO Medical today announced a multi-year exclusive distribution agreement with Bearpac Medical for the Passio™ Pump Drainage System, granting ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(7):1198-1202. A fistulous communication arising from the duct could not be demonstrated in nearly one third of our patients. It could be argued that the fistulas had ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCB), a biotechnology company focused on developing cellular therapies for cancer, diabetes, and malignant ascites using its signature ...

Splenomegaly resulting from portal hypertension can be caused by cirrhosis, hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Both cirrhosis and hepatic venous outflow ...

Eight patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and ascites were studied. In 4 patients, urine was collected from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 12 noon to 3 p.m., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. for two successive ...