Category Archives: Press Releases

Bluegrass Vascular Announces Publication of Surfacer System SAVE Registry Results

  San Antonio, TX – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of the results from the company’s prospective, multicenter SAVE (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions) Registry in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Announces Publication of Surfacer System IDE Study Results

San Antonio, TX – July 16, 2020 – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of the results of its prospective, multicenter SAVE-US (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions – United States) study in the […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Technologies Announces First U.S. Commercial Cases with the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, is pleased to announce that the first U.S. commercial cases using the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System were completed at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. The procedures were performed by Ehab Sorial, […]

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BVT Welcomes National Kidney Foundation’s Revamp of the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vascular Access

Updated 2019 guidelines emphasize vessel preservation, aligns with the Surfacer® System’s “Don’t Go Left™” approach.   Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, welcomes the recent publication of the 2019 Update to National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) […]

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FDA Grants De Novo Clearance to Bluegrass Vascular Technologies for the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System

SAN ANTONIO, TX – February 11, 2020 – Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a De Novo classification order for its Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System. The Surfacer […]

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American Journal of Kidney Diseases Publishes Positive Clinical Results in First Independent, Multicenter Study of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today the publication of positive results associated with a clinical study involving the use of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Kidney Diseases. The publication highlights the […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Enrollment Completion And Positive Results In U.S. Pivotal IDE Trial

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today it has successfully completed enrollment of the SAVE-US (Surfacer® System to Facilitate Access in VEnous Occlusions – United States) pivotal trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System in […]

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Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System to be Featured at 2019 Charing Cross (CX) International Annual Symposium

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies (Bluegrass Vascular), a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today events taking place at the Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium this week in London, United Kingdom on April 15-18, 2019. Leading clinicians will discuss experience with the Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System. The Surfacer […]

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Bluegrass Vascular Announces Positive Results from Independent Study – Building on Growing Body of Evidence for Clinical Application of the Surfacer System

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access, announced today its Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System has demonstrated positive commercial use, consistently achieving central venous access in patients with upper body occlusions.

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