W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its GORE VIABAHN endoprosthesis for the treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusion at the venous anastomosis of synthetic arteriovenous ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its 25cm GORE VIABAHN endoprosthesis with heparin bioactive surface. The 25cm Gore Viabahn endoprosthesis is intended to treat ...
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Medtronic, a US-based manufacturer of implantable heart-rhythm devices, has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Complete SE (self-expanding) vascular stent for use in superficial femoral artery (SFA) and ...
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Abbott has completed its acquisition of Idev Technologies, a privately held firm that manufactures next-generation medical devices for use by interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and cardiologists, for $310m. Abbott believes ...
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Medtronic has submitted its first pre-market approval (PMA) module to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IN.PACT Admiral drug-eluting balloon designed to treat atherosclerotic lesions in the superficial femoral artery ...
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US-based Riverside Methodist Hospital has implanted the first US patient with Cook Medical's Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent, designed for use in above-the-knee femoropopliteal artery. The stent, which is coated with paclitaxel ...
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Cook Medical has received the regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent, designed for treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery. ...
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Cook Medical has presented three-year data from Zilver PTX trial, which demonstrated 70.7% primary patency in the superficial femoral artery at 36 months using Paclitaxel-eluting stents. The controlled, randomized trail compares to ...
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Cordis has obtained regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its S.M.A.R.T. CONTROL Vascular Stent systems in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and/or the proximal popliteal artery (PPA). The Stent ...
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Terumo Interventional Systems has completed enrolling patients in its Occlusive/Stenotic Peripheral Artery REvascularization StudY (OSPREY). The MISAGO stent comprises a nitinol stent pre-mounted on the distal portion of a rapid-exchange ...
Tags: OSPREY Trial, Misago Stent system, superficial femoral artery