Ascent Healthcare Solutions Receives 510(K) Clearance to Reprocess Biosense Webster SoundStar[TM] 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter.PHOENIX -- Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today announced that it has received the industry's first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) to reprocess re·proc·ess tr.v. re·proc·essed, re·proc·ess·ing, re·proc·ess·es To cause to undergo special or additional processing before reuse. Verb 1. the Biosense Webster SoundStar[TM] 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound diagnostic ultrasound n. Use of ultrasound to obtain images for medical diagnostic purposes. Catheter. With this new clearance, Ascent continues to lead the charge in bringing sustainability to healthcare. Ascent's clearance represents an immediate savings opportunity of up to 51% of the cost of the original device, providing hospitals with a solution for more effectively managing device costs associated with their technology investment. In reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
The SoundStar 3D Ultrasound Catheter is a 90 cm 10F Intra Cardiac Echo (ICE) Catheter with an acoustic array. The catheter has a location sensor (providing location information to the CARTO CARTO Cartographic Information Division [R] EP XP Navigation System A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. ) and an ultrasound transducer transducer, device that accepts an input of energy in one form and produces an output of energy in some other form, with a known, fixed relationship between the input and output. (acquiring real time ultrasound images) embedded in the tip. Rick Ferreira, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Ascent Healthcare Solutions, stated, "The engineers and medical professionals in our research and development teams work diligently to identify those devices that can be safely reprocessed - and that can bring substantial savings to the hospital's bottom line using environmentally sound practices. "Despite the recession, we found hospitals that prioritized investment in this new technology among their shrinking capital purchases. We knew that the ability to reprocess the device would be a valuable source of savings to help offset the cost of the investment and allow hospitals to continue to leverage these cutting-edge technologies to improve the healthcare experience." ABOUT ASCENT HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS By continuously pioneering sustainability initiatives in healthcare, Ascent Healthcare Solutions has become a leader in the medical device industry. Ascent's programs target inefficient practices to reclaim and redirect consumable and financial resources to promote healthy and responsible hospitals. Today, Ascent's medical device sustainability programs deliver remanufactured and/or reprocessed medical devices as well as comprehensive recycling and redistribution initiatives. Ascent has been recognized as a "Champion for Change" by Practice Greenhealth in recognition of the dramatic environmental benefits its remanufacturing and reprocessing programs provide to U.S. hospitals and surgery centers. Ascent's more than 1,800 hospital partners include most of the U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. "Honor Roll" hospitals. The company has agreements with all leading national group purchasing organizations as well as numerous nationally recognized hospital integrated delivery networks. For more information about Ascent Healthcare Solutions, visit www.ascenths.com. |
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