A peripherally-inserted central catheter (PICC) line, is a long, soft, flexible tube inserted into a vein in the upper arm. Doctors use it to administer intravenous (IV) drugs, for instance, in ...

Changes in catheter system design are necessary to prevent serious complications caused by injection of drugs into the wrong location, according to an editorial in the March issue of Anesthesia & ...

The number of diagnosed cases of myocardial infarction in the US population is estimated to be nearly 7,800,000. 1 Following a myocardial infarction, the cardiomyocytes that are starved of oxygen and ...

Breast cancer treatments such as chemotherapy usually require frequent blood tests and usually need to be given through your vein, or through IVs. It can become painful to be repeatedly poked with ...

Gelatin hydrogel microspheres (GHMs) have been reported as novel non-viral vectors for gene or protein delivery (GHM therapy). However, the components of an effective catheter-based delivery strategy ...