FDA Approves Philips CavaClear Laser Sheath device designed to facilitate detachment of firmly adherent Inferior Vena Cava filters from the IVC wall using ultraviolet laser energy to remove a small amount of the tissue

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of the first laser-based device for the removal of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters. The device is designed for patients who have an IVC filter, a small cage-like device inserted into the largest vein in the body to capture blood clots and prevent them from…