EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR: Evidence-Based Strategy in the Prevention of Complications due to Retained Blood

An Educational Webinar with Presenters: Marc Gillinov, MD, Marc Gerdisch, MD, and Alyson Mehringer, RN discussing the basic principles of Chest Tube Management, the results of a 1 year quality improvement study and the operational perspective from the ICU Nursing Staff.

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Clear Catheter Systems Wins Prestigious International Innovation Award

  2013 “Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions” Top Prize goes to Medical Device Start-up for PleuraFlow Clear Catheter Systems, Inc., announced today it has won the 2013 Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI) Best Start-Up Innovation Award for its medical device, PleuraFlow®, a novel system that optimally evacuates blood and fluid after surgery to speed recovery and improve patient outcomes in the ICU during the initial critical hours after heart…

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49th Annual R&D 100 Awards

The PleuraFlow®Active Tube Clearance® System was recognized as a one of the winners of the 49th Annual R&D 100 Awards, which salute the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.

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2011 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA)

The PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System was awarded a 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award. The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community. Entries are valuated on the basis of design and engineering features that improve healthcare delivery, change traditional medical attitudes or practices, and provide enhanced benefits to the patient.

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PleuraFlow® Awarded Medical Device Excellence Award

Bend, OR—April 6, 2011—Clear Catheter Systems, Inc., today announced that the PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System has been awarded a 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award. The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community. Entries are evaluated on the basis of design and engineering features that improve healthcare delivery, change traditional medical attitudes or practices, and provide enhanced benefits to…

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2009 EACTS TechnoCollege Innovation Award

The company was awarded the prestigious 2009 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Techno-College Innovation Award for its PleuraFlow® Active Tube Clearance® System. The Techno-College Award is a worldwide competition to identify innovations that have the potential to change the standard of care in heart and lung surgery. The award was established by the EACTS to recognize the most important technological breakthrough related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

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