An excellent addition to any IR departments’ shelf, the Terumo Glidewire Advantage is a combination wire consisting of a distal 25cm hydrophilic component fused with a stiff proximal shaft (resulting in increased pushability) with spiral PTFE coating.

The Pogo Screw is a spring loaded device which is inserted over a guide wire. It is designed to apply constant compression across an operative fracture site, encourage bone remodelling and reducing problems with screws backing out. Apparently, it removes the need to have a full inventory of...

The Solapur Condylar Screw is a compression screw developed in India by Dr Shivashankar, Orthopaedic Surgeon as a modification of an ASNIS type of screw. The design of the screw allows compression from both sides with a washer, for example when fixing a tibial plateau fracture. The screw is...

The CoreValve system, designed to replace a diseased aortic valve without open-heart surgery or surgical removal of the native valve, has now been implanted in more than 10,000 patients worldwide in 32 countries outside the US. Typically delivered through the femoral artery, CoreValve is used in...

The Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve is an investigational device which is placed either through a transfemoral or transapical approach. The Edwards SAPIEN valve is being evaluated in the treatment of patients with severe calcific aortic stenosis who are considered to be high-risk or...