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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Technology | December 04, 2014
December 4, 2014 — Covidien announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its...
News | November 14, 2014
Nov. 14, 2014 — Covidien releases 12-month results of the DEFINITIVE AR study, the first randomized study designed to...
News | November 13, 2014
Nov. 13, 2014 — Optimizing the treatment of coronary artery disease with a new foundation for future stent innovations...
News | November 12, 2014
Nov. 12, 2014 — Catalist-listed QT Vascular Ltd. has acquired a novel technology platform called Java, and all...
Before and after images of a heavily calcified peripheral artery disease (PAD) lesion treated with Shockwave's lithoplasty technology.
Feature | November 11, 2014
Nov. 11, 2014 — Shockwave Medical announced positive clinical results from Disrupt PAD trial, a single-arm multicenter...
Feature | November 10, 2014
Nov. 10, 2014 — For the treatment of peripheral artery disease in leg arteries above the knee, the IN.PACT Admiral drug...
News | November 04, 2014
November 4, 2014 — Shockwave Medical announced that the company will present clinical results from DISRUPT PAD, a...
News | October 31, 2014
October 31, 2014 — Metro Health (Michigan) cardiovascular specialist Jihad Mustapha, M.D., is one of the first...
News | October 29, 2014
October 29, 2014 — Restenosis, the recurrence of narrowing of the arteries after stenting, is a common risk of this...
News | October 14, 2014
October 14, 2014 — Presented for the first time at the 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference...
Technology | October 13, 2014
October 13, 2014 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Lutonix 035...
Feature | September 26, 2014
September 26, 2014 — A new clinical trial comparing the use of everolimus-eluting stents (EES) and drug-eluting...
Technology | September 11, 2014
September 11, 2014 — Medtronic announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and launch of the...
Technology | August 12, 2014
August 12, 2014 — Teleflex Inc.’s subsidiary Hotspur Technologies Inc. received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA...
Feature | July 28, 2014
July 28, 2014 — Boston Scientific Corp. received CE mark for the Ranger Paclitaxel-coated PTA Balloon Catheter. The...
