Writing about medical devices on a daily basis without ever seeing the inside of a life sciences laboratory or a healthcare facility would be a bit like a sports writer who never steps foot inside a stadium. And yet many of us journalists rarely get the opportunity to see where all the magic happens in the industries we cover so faithfully. Recently I had an opportunity, for the second time, to visit nearly a dozen life...

Penumbra (Alameda, California) reported the launch and wide availability of the 5MAX ACE, a next generation clot extraction device that uses aspiration alone to engage and remove blood clots causing an acute ischemic stroke.