The European Union (EU) has granted CE mark certification to Medtronic's Sentrant Introducer Sheath for the endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms. Designed for use with the company's Endurant II AAA and Valiant Captivia Stent Graft ...
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Aptus Endosystems has received CE mark approval from the European Union for its thoracic-length Heli-FX system for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) treatment. Featuring a longer delivery device with additional tip configurations, the ...
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Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3-D ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates has announced European launch of improved GORE DrySeal Sheath with hydrophilic coating which allows for easier insertion and removal from blood vessels while performing endovascular repair procedures. The CE-marked ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark to W L Gore & Associates' GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis new lower profile 31 mm diameter trunk-ipsilateral leg and 32 mm aortic extender components. Inserted through a catheter-based delivery ...
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Cosmotec, a distribution partner of Endologix in Japan, has obtained Shonin approval from Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for its IntuiTrak Delivery system. Featuring a simplified deployment mechanism and hydrophilic ...
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Aptus Endosystems, a developer of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) technology, has completed $25m series BB equity financing. Aptus will use the finance to expand commercialization of its HeliFX Aortic Securement system in the US and ...
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Medtronic has introduced the Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval. The Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system is designed for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms ...
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Blockade Medical has reported that the first patients have been treated with the Barricade Coil system to treat cerebral aneurysms. The Barricade Coil system, an embolization coil line, is designed to remove or endovascularly occlude ...
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ProTron Technologies has developed a new diagnostic apparatus, Stethotron cerebral stethoscope, for detecting cerebro-vasacular diseases such as aneurysms or atherosclerotic plaque. Stethotron cerebral stethoscope inventor Leon Dondysh ...
Endologix, a developer of cardiovascular devices, has obtained CE mark approval for its Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing system. The system is designed to simplify endovascular procedures and to treat patients with abdominal aortic ...
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Blockade Medical has obtained CE mark for its Barricade coil system, designed to remove or endovascularly occlude blood flow in vascular abnormalities of the neurovascular and peripheral vessels. The Barricade coil system, which includes ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark to Sequent Medical's VIA Microcatheter, which is available in VIA and the VIA PLUS models. The VIA Microcatheter is designed for the delivery and deployment of the company's low porosity ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark to W.L.Gore&Associates'endovascular stent-graft with a new 35 mm trunk-ipsilateral leg and 36 mm aortic extender. Inserted through a catheter-based delivery technique,the GORE EXCLUDER AAA ...
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Nfocus Neuromedical has reported positive one-year follow-up results from an ongoing clinical study of its Luna Aneurysm Embolization system (AES). CE-marked Luna AES is an oval shaped self-expandable, multi-layer, Nitinol alloy-based ...
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