Formed in 1989, Excelsior manufactures, markets and sells pre-filled saline flush syringes, pre-filled heparin flush and lock syringes, and syringe pump systems to customers throughout the world.

A port, also known as a port-a-cath, among other names, is a device that is surgically implanted under a patient’s skin, typically on the right side of the chest. This allows cancer teams to draw ...

Right after my stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis, something seemed odd: I was advised to have an immediate, voluntary surgery in order to get chemotherapy. But my port-a-cath implant surgery—also ...

Complications of PAC placement and maintenance occur in 5-15%. Few studies have commented on the interval between catheter accession, flushing, and subsequent complication. As the number of patients ...

Ports vary in catheter and reservoir material, reservoir configuration, septum size, and density. An implanted port is recommended for patients requiring episodic treatment over a longer period of ...

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Adults beginning a course of intravenous chemotherapy at two university-affiliated hospitals were randomly allocated to have venous access using a surgically implanted venous ...

Flushing of port-a-caths for cancer patients is now also taking place in certain health centres, Health Minister chris Fearne has said. A port-a-cath system consists of two parts, the port ...

NEPTUNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Excelsior Medical, one of the leading manufacturers of pre-filled catheter flush syringes and syringe pump systems, announced that it has launched a major new ...