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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October 31, 2014 — Metro Health (Michigan) cardiovascular specialist Jihad Mustapha, M.D., is one of the first ...

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October 29, 2014 — Restenosis, the recurrence of narrowing of the arteries after stenting, is a common risk of this ...

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October 14, 2014 — Presented for the first time at the 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference ...

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October 13, 2014 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Lutonix 035 ...

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September 26, 2014 — A new clinical trial comparing the use of everolimus-eluting stents (EES) and drug-eluting balloons ...
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September 11, 2014 — Medtronic announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and launch of the ...

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August 12, 2014 — Teleflex Inc.’s subsidiary Hotspur Technologies Inc. received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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Boston Scientific Corp. CE mark Ranger Ranger Paclitaxel-coated PTA Balloon Cath
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July 28, 2014 — Boston Scientific Corp. received CE mark for the Ranger Paclitaxel-coated PTA Balloon Catheter. The ...

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July 25, 2014 -- Continuing to advance the development of innovative treatment options for coronary artery disease ...
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July 11, 2014 — Cordis Corp. announced the launch of its Saber PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) dilatation ...

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FDA Recommendation Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon Catheter
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June 16, 2014 — C. R. Bard Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Circulatory System Devices ...

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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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