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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On the 2025 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics® (TCT) Convention, Dr. Jarrod Frizzell of The Christ Hospital (Cincinnati, OH) introduced real-world studies¹,² demonstrating that the EggNest™ Full Radiation Safety System from Egg Medical, Inc. (Roseville, MN) dramatically reduces radiation publicity for all members of the interventional crew — together with physicians, nurses, and technologists — in comparison with conventional shielding strategies. Throughout X-ray–guided cardiovascular procedures, scatter radiation poses a well-documented occupational hazard for Cath lab personnel, contributing to elevated dangers of most cancers, cataracts, and heart problems. Typical lead aprons, whereas providing some safety, have led to a excessive prevalence of orthopedic accidents amongst operators and workers.
EggNest Full
Within the research introduced, the typical operator scatter radiation dose throughout coronary and PCI procedures utilizing the EggNest Full System was solely 0.16 mRem per case. For context, the annual occupational publicity restrict within the U.S. is 5,000 mRem—that means an operator would wish to carry out over 31,000 circumstances earlier than nearing that restrict. With the standard interventionalist performing 300–500 circumstances yearly, this expertise allows a profession’s price of procedures with minimal publicity, usually with out the necessity for heavy lead aprons.
Teamwide safety was additionally demonstrated: nurses and technologists recorded common exposures of simply 0.03 mRem per case, additional confirming the EggNest System’s capability to safeguard your complete room.
“Having a radiation safety system that persistently protects my whole crew in addition to or higher than the heavy lead we wore previously means we’re taking good care of sufferers and ourselves,” mentioned Dr. Jarrod Frizzell.
Dr. Robert Riley, Chief Scientific Advisor for Egg Medical and interventional heart specialist at Overlake Medical Heart (Seattle, WA), added:
“These real-world outcomes reinforce what prior research have proven — the EggNest Full System is the one answer confirmed to considerably cut back radiation publicity for each member of the crew. By enabling workers to carry out procedures with ultralight or no lead aprons, we are able to additionally dramatically cut back orthopedic accidents related to conventional safety.”
Dr. Frizzell and colleagues are persevering with their analysis of the EggNest System in structural coronary heart and electrophysiology procedures, increasing the proof base for its use throughout a broad vary of X-ray–guided interventions.
References
- Comparability of Customary Shielding versus Subsequent-Era Radiation Shielding System with Gentle Lead Apron. Raviteja Guddeti, MD, Korey Haddox, DO, Stephen Rudick, MD, Jarrod Frizzell, MD, Christian W. Schmidt, MS, PhD, Sitaramesh Emani, MD, Timothy D. Henry, MD, Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, Robert Riley, MD, MS, Puvi Seshiah, MD, James Kong, MD, John D. Corl, MD, Samantha Tribble, RN, Becca Harper, DNP, Ashley Bias, RN, Santiago Garcia, MD. Introduced October 26, 2025 at TCT 2025.
- Comparative Effectiveness of a Novel Scatter Radiation Shielding System Versus Customary Shielding. Jarrod Frizzell, MD, Sergey Gurevich, MD, Christian W. Schmidt, MS, PhD, Sitaramesh Emani, MD, Raviteja Guddeti, MD, Korey Haddox, DO, Robert Riley, MD, MS, Timothy D. Henry, MD, Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, James Kong,MD, Stephen Rudick, MD, Samantha Tribble, RN, Becca Harper, DNP, Ashley Bias, RN, Santiago Garcia, MD. Introduced October 26, 2025 at TCT 2025.
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About Egg Medical
Egg Medical is a world chief in radiation safety applied sciences. Headquartered in Minnesota, the corporate was based with the objective to scale back the scatter radiation publicity of physicians, surgeons, nurses, technicians and others who use x-ray imaging to carry out life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for sufferers. The EggNest Full System supplies complete, table-mounted shielding that integrates seamlessly into current workflow to guard your complete crew with out compromising procedural effectivity. Extra details about Egg Medical is out there at https://eggmedical.com.
