Publications | Site Map     Research Surgery Critical Care Hemodialysis Radiology OEM About Contact FAQ's             Transonic News The Global Newsletter from The Flow Measurement Specialists     The Vascular Issue - October 2005 Upcoming Events Why Measure Flow? Flow-Assisted Vascular Surgery Flow-Guided Angioplasty Endovascular Publication References What We're Working on Next     Upcoming Events ^ October 7 Dutch Association of Thorax Surgery Nieuwegein, The Netherlands November 17-20 VEITH Vascular Symposium NYC, NY November 20-23 Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia Manila, Philippines     Why Measure Flow? ^ Surgical Benefits Surgeon Testimonials Hospital Benefits     In Focus ^ Flow Assisted Vascular Surgery - A New Handbook In many surgical disciplines, blood flow (or the lack thereof) has a profound impact on surgical success and long-term patient health. As a consequence, flow should be measured during such surgeries to assure the quality of surgery, and improve surgical outcomes. AV Access Flow measurements are instructive during creation of an autogenous (fistula) or non-autogenous (graft) vascular access as well as during an intervention. Peripheral bypass Surgery Intraoperative graft flow measurements forecast the patency of a bypass and detect occlusion or technical error during peripheral bypass reconstruction. Carotid Endarterectomy Flow-QC quality control after carotid endarterectomy is recommended since early occlusion or embolization from the operative site may result in stroke. Global recognition of importance of flow measurement during vascular surgery At the invitation of Dr. Shoei-Shen Wang, Prof. and Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at the National Taiwan University Hospital, Transonic President Cornelis Drost was a featured speaker at the formational meeting of the new “Taiwan Society for Vascular Surgery.” He shared this honor with Dr. Tadahiro Sasajima, Prof. of Surgery at Asahikawa Medical University in Japan and Vice President of the International College of Angiology,  and Dr. Yew-Pung Leong of Sunway Specialist Hospital, Malaysia.  The title of Mr. Drost’s talk was: “Flow-assisted Vascular Surgery, especially in AV fistula and lower-extremity bypass surgery.”  Session Chairman Dr. Min-Zhang Hsieh, Vascular Surgeon at Kao Hsiung Chang Geng Hospital and organizing member of the Taiwan Society for Vascular Surgery, applauded Mr. Drost’s contributions to the field of blood flowmetry. Mr. Drost thanked the Taiwan society for inviting him to speak, and continued, “Transonic was founded to help surgeons and researchers measure blood flow whenever it may help resolve questions of organ health. Inviting me to participate in the formation of the Taiwan Society for Vascular Surgery demonstrates your society’s dedication to flow measurement and recognition of the need to measure flow in surgeries.”  Mr. Drost took the occasion to launch the first edition of Transonic’s new surgical training guide: “Flow Assisted Vascular Surgery” by presenting all meeting participants with a complementary copy.      New Product ^ Flow Guided Angioplasty with Endovascular Flowmeters Evaluate Angioplasty Success Increase Access Longevity Avoid Reintervention     Publications ^ Endovascular Publication References Levine, M.I., Rismeyer, A.E., Wallach, J.D., "The AngioFlow catheter (TC) (Transonic, Inc.) predicts increases in AV access (AVA) blood flow (Qa) Post (p) Angioplasty (A) measured using the Transonic HD01 flow monitor (TM)," JASN Abstracts,Vol. 12, p. 294A, A1509, 2001. HD223A Vesely, T., Gherardini, D., Starostin, D., Krivitski, N., "Preliminary Experiences Using Intravascular Blood Flow Monitor (IBFM) during Vascular Access Angioplasty," JASN Abstracts, Vol. 10, p. 221A, 1999. HD10T Vesely, T.M., Gherardini, D., Gleed, R.D., Kislukhin, V., Krivitski, N.M., "Use of a catheter-based system to measure blood flow in hemodialysis grafts during angioplasty procedures," Journal of Vascular Intervention Radiology, Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 371-378, 2002. R1V     In the Works ^ The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (of the National Institutes of Health) awarded Transonic a Phase-I SBIR grant entitled “A Flow Monitor for Pediatric Hydrocephalic Shunts”. The goal is to greatly improve outcomes and reduce patient/parental stress by non-invasively measuring shunt tubing CSF flow to assess shunt patency and shunt under/overdrainage. 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