The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the Philips CavaClear Laser Sheath, the first laser-based device to facilitate removal of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters when ...

First use of Philips' breakthrough CavaClear solution to help patients with embedded IVC filters, including an athlete suffering from a 16-year old penetrating filter Only FDA-cleared solution for ...

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Philips has scored a de novo clearance from the FDA for the first laser-based device for removing blood vessel filter implants that aim to strain out traveling blood clots before they damage the lungs ...

The excimer laser sheath (CavaClear, Philips), cleared in 2021 for removing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters when other methods have failed, was safe and effective in a multicenter study. "Excimer ...

Excimer laser sheaths can safely and successfully allow chronic indwelling inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to be retrieved, a retrospective study shows. Results were similar no matter whether the ...