As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Covidien plc (Dublin, Ireland) has announced that FDA has approved its Apollo Onyx delivery microcatheter, the first detachable-tip microcatheter available in the United States. The new microcatheter is designed to mitigate the technical ...
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Vascular Solutions, a medical device company, has obtained Shonin approvals from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its GuideLiner guide extension catheter and the SuperCross FT microcatheter. Japan Lifeline, ...
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The Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter-a microcatheter for shrinking tumors or blocking aneurysms-has won FDA and CE Mark approval, Boston Scientific recently announced. The FDA granted the Direxion a 510(k) clearance because it retains ...
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Boston Scientific, a medical device company, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion torqueable microcatheter, designed to facilitate selective access and delivery of diagnostic, ...
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Volcano, a US-based developer of precision guided therapy tools, has introduced Valet microcatheter in the US and Europe. The high performance microcatheter is designed for use in highly stenosed lesions for guidewire support, wire ...
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Penumbra has introduced 5MAX DDC and 4MAX DDC distal delivery catheters for delivering various endovascular therapies to the brain. The distal delivery catheters feature an advanced polymer and nitinol coil reinforcement design at the ...
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Vascular Solutions has introduced a new flexible-tip SuperCross FT microcatheter to provide superior deliverability over a guidewire in tortuous anatomy. Available in 130cm and 150cm lengths, SuperCross FT has an embedded gold distal ...
Surefire Medical, a developer of infusion systems, has received CE mark approval for its new Surefire infusion system, designed for use in chemo and radioembolization procedures. The CE mark approval is based on a recent retrospective ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Surefire Medical's High-Flow Microcatheter. The Surefire Microcatheter, comprising of expandable tip, is designed to deliver therapy with higher infusion ...
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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