Reference Articles

Articles and Presentations by Syntervention

Article published in Endovascular Today, October 2014:  Keeping the Room out of the Patient [pdf]

Article published in Endovascular Today, September 2012:  Foreign Body Contamination During Interventional Procedures [pdf]

Podium presentation at New Cardiovascular Horizons 6/9/12:  Microscopic Foreign Body Contamination during Interventional Procedures [pdf]

Poster presentation from CVPath: Pathologic Identification of Foreign Materials Associated with Cardiovascular Interventional Devices [pdf]

Review of fiber and lint contamination literature: Publication Review of Cotton Fiber Contamination 2025[pdf]

New fiber-free products address an under-recognized danger to patients: The Catastrophic Impact of Cotton Fiber Contamination in Surgical Procedures [pdf]

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