Today's Medical Developments: Ascent Helps EP Labs to Further Reduce Waste (06/15/10): The addition of a new product to the extensive roster of single use devices (SUDs) for reprocessing from Ascent, EZ STEER Bi-Directional Catheters, manufactured

Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology: Bi-Directional EP Catheter Cleared for Reprocessing (06/10/10): The single-use EZ Steer bi-directional catheters are now cleared for reprocessing through Ascent. The reprocessing of this device enables electrophysiology (EP) labs to save

iData Research Inc.: Surge in Cardiac Ablation Procedures to Treat Atrial Fibrillation Fuels Total CRM Market to Over $8 Billion (06/08/10): Increased incidence of cardiac disease and improved diagnostic technology will drive growth in cardiac

Catholic Healthcare West: CHW Partners with Ascent Medical Device Reprocessing and Recycling to Advance Its 'Go Green' Initiative (06/08/10): For more than a decade, Catholic Healthcare West’s (CHW) hospitals have woven environmentally conscious programs and

Outpatient Surgery Magazine: Who's Afraid of Reprocessed Single-Use Devices? (June 2010): Education plays a key role in acceptance of reprocessed devices, says Marcia Patrick, RN, MSN, CIC, director of infection prevention at MultiCare Health System,

SurgiStrategies: Reprocessing of Medical Devices Can Be a Smart Business, Clinical Decision (06/10/10): The organization Practice Greenhealth says that the healthcare industry ranks among the largest users of energy and the highest producers of waste,