PAVmed LogoPAVmed (Nasdaq:PAVM) announced today that it successfully completed the first human implants of its PortIO intraosseous infusion system.

New York-based PAVmed designed its PortIO system with an implantable intraosseous vascular access device and insertion kit. Instead of a catheter located in a vein, the system has a short extension from the device inserted by a physician into a bone, leaving the device to reside completely beneath the skin.

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