Endovascular aneurysm repair looks like it can be supported in ruptured aneurysms, but other factors need to be taken into account as real-world studies from two Swiss Centres don’t harmonise.
Vascular
CE Mark For Novel Tack-it Endovascular Stapler™ Device
Intact Vascular tells us a bit about its newly CE marked product and even refers us to its website for more information. Of which there is very little at this stage. How does it work, and what’s the plan for commercialisation? We’re looking forward to hearing because it sounds promising.
Crux Vena Cava Filter Clinical Trial Results Favourable
Crux’s Vena Cava Filter is looking like a winner with good investigator feedback and clinical results as reported at last week’s Society of Interventional Radiology meeting in San Francisco.
New Backstop® Gel Stops Stone Migration In Urologic Procedures
Pluromed’s Rapid Transition Polymer™ technology finds another home in the prevention of stone migration during lithotripsy for urinary stone removal. Boston Scientific is worldwide distributor for the company’s Backstop® product.
AngioDynamics And Microsulis Get Together
AngioDynamics and Microsulis Medical are looking lovingly at each other as they enter into what we romantics call a “multi-faceted strategic relationship”. Possibly more.
Cook’s Zilver® PTX™Peripheral Stent Gains Australian Approval
Vascular Surgeons in Australia now have access to a new technology, with the approval of Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent for treatment of peripheral artery disease.
Sanofi Adds LeGoo® To Its Biosurgery Portfolio With Pluromed Acquisition
Sanofi’s acquisition trail continues with announcement that it is to buy US company Pluromed, developer of LeGoo® polymer for temporary endovascular occlusion.
Kensey Nash And St Jude Friends Again Following Mediated Settlement
St Jude agrees to a fixed forward royalty payments and to ongoing exclusive use of Kensey Nash’s Collagen in its AngioSeal device following mediated settlement.
Everflex: FDA Releases Summary Documents
FDA has now released summary information relating to last week’s newly US-cleared Everflex peripheral vascular stent from Covidien.
Endologix European Initiative Bearing Fruit
Not yet a household name, but Endologix is making progress with its Endoscopic Aneurysm products in Europe.
Medical Device Alert: LeMaitre’s AlboGraft “Uncontrolled Bleeding” Cases
What’s the appropriate course of action when a sealed vascular graft is found on several occasions to suffer uncontrolled bleeding and the manufacturer doesn’t know the cause?
FDA Clearance For Covidien’s Everflex™ Long Peripheral Stent
Covidien’s past acquisitions keep coming up trumps. EV3’s Everflex™ device has now been cleared for US marketing by FDA, bringing a useful new long stent option to peripheral vascular surgeons.
CX Vascular Symposium, London, April 14-17
It’s almost time for the 33rd running of the CX Vascular Symposium and the full programme can now be viewed.
Abbott’s Absolute Pro® Vascular Stent Receives FDA Approval For Iliac Artery Disease
Abbott’s Absolute Pro Stent for Iliac Disease has gained FDA clearance. The product is designed for precise stent placement and Optimal Flexibility to Conform to Challenging Lesions.
FDA Issues Guidance On TriVascular Ovation EndoGraft For Patients With Small Access Vessels And Small Aortic Anatomy
After granting approval for TriVascular to sell its Ovation Endograft in USA under Humanitarian Exemption, FDA now issues guidance for consumers.
FDA Clears Covidien’s Solitaire™ FR Revascularisation Device
With a certain inevitability following rave reviews in its pivotal clinical study, Covidien’s revascularisation device for removing clots from occluded vessels in stroke patients has now gained FDA 510(k) clearance.