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.

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June 3, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced CE mark and launch of the NC Euphora noncompliant balloon dilatation catheter ...

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May 23, 2014 — The first drug-eluting balloon to go up for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be ...

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May 14, 2014 — OrbusNeich announced the launch of the Sapphire II NC coronary dilatation catheter, a non-compliant ballo ...

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April 23, 2014 — Interim results from The Chocolate Bar Registry conducted in the United States demonstrate that use of ...

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April 16, 2014 — Patients with peripheral artery disease in the upper leg experienced significantly better outcomes at ...

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March 6, 2014 — Despite good immediate results, in up to 40 percent of patients, obstructed arteries in the leg treated ...

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March 3, 2014 — Biotronik announced the release of its Passeo-18 Lux drug-releasing balloon (DRB) in all countries ...

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February 28, 2014 — Cordis Corp. announced an agreement with TriReme Medical Inc. that grants the company exclusive ...

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January 30, 2014 — Experts presented six-month LEVANT 2 trial results for C. R. Bard Inc.’s Lutonix drug coated balloon ...
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December 23, 2013 — Intact Vascular Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular ...
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November 14, 2013 — AngioScore, Inc., a developer of angioplasty catheters for use in the treatment of cardiovascular ...
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Herbert Aronow, M.D., MPH, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, and an active member of ACC and SCAI, explains the top ...

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November 1, 2013 — A clinical trial comparing the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and drug-eluting balloons (DEB) in ...
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November 1, 2013 — The first clinical trial in the United States to study the use of drug-coated balloons (DCB) for ...
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