January 12, 2016 — NuCryo Vascular LLC announced that they have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) ...
Balloon Catheter
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for angioplasty balloon catheters (PTA). These are used in arteries with atherosclerotic lesions to compress the plaque expand the artery lumen to reopen occluded or heavily stenosed atherosclerotic lesions. Balloons are often used in combination with a stent to prop the treated vessel segment open. In addition to plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA), this section includes news about drug-coated balloon (DCB), valvuloplasty balloons and specialty cutting balloon.
November 24, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning this week that hydrophilic and/or ...
Todd Brinton, M.D., clinical associate professor and consulting associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford ...
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
October 22, 2015 — Results from the ISAR-DESIRE 4 trial indicate that use of a scoring balloon plus a paclitaxel-coated ...
October 18, 2015 — Two-year results from the IN.PACT SFA study found the use of a drug-coated balloon was superior to co ...
October 15, 2015 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced the presentation of the 12-month results from the Lutonix Global Real-World ...
October 9, 2015 — Cardinal Health is launching its expanded portfolio in the cardiovascular space including the latest ...
October 1, 2015 — Intact Vascular Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted conditional approval ...
August 26, 2014 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced the late-breaking trials and first report ...
July 8, 2015 - C.R. Bard Inc. announced the publication of results from the LEVANT 2 study in the June 24, 2015, online ...
June 11, 2015 - C.R. Bard Inc. announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has improved the ...
June 5, 2015 - Medtronic announced the launch of the Euphora semicompliant balloon dilatation catheter in countries that ...
May 27, 2015 — Shockwave Medical announced $40 million in funding, co-led by returning investor Sofinnova Partners and ...
May 22, 2015 — New clinical data from two different studies show the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon from Medtronic ...