Articles in Cardiovascular Innovations Historical

 

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CardioTech signs agreement for CardioPass clinical trial

September 2006: CARDIOTECH INTERNATIONAL has signed an agreement with a principal investi...[more]

Glimpse into the future - new stent technologies

September 2006: As ever, EuroPCR is never far from the latest technologies and advances a...[more]

Enrolment completed in landmark PCI vs. CABG clinical trial

Boston Scientific has announced that it has completed enrolment in its SYNTAX clinical trial. SY...[more]

ev3's SpideRX EPD approved for SVG angioplasty in the US

September 2006: The FDA has cleared ev3's SpideRX Embolic Protection Device (EPD) to cont...[more]

CE mark approval for Cruiser Guide Wire

September 2006: Biotronik's new Nitinol Guide Wire Cruiser receives CE mark Biotronik's n...[more]

Vessel harvesting systems introduced in US

September 2006: A new ultrasound imaging system, developed by Boston Scientific Corporati...[more]

Innovative device confirms success for AF treatment

September 2006: AFfirm, an atrial fibrillation (AF) conduction block verification probe h...[more]

Heart valve receives European approval

September 2006: ATS Medical has received CE approval for its new ATS Open Pivot AP360 Mec...[more]

New cardiology device receives European regulatory approval

September 2006: Medical Ventures Corporation, a medical devices company specialising in p...[more]

Successful retrieval of the Option Vena Cava Filter

Rex Medical has announced the successful retrieval of the Option Vena Cava Filter from a femor...[more]

Cypher Select Plus combines performance with deliverability

September 2006: Cypher Select Plus, from Cordis Corporation, has become the first third-g...[more]

Medtronic sues Guidant

June 2006: Medtronic has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Guidant in the High ...[more]

The 'Holy Grail' of synthetic CABG could be just around the corner

June 2006: CardioTech International (Wilmington, MA) is attempting to do what has long be...[more]

Lack of long-term data and pricing restrict DES penetration in Europe

June 2006: Despite the widespread availability of numerous drug-eluting stent (DES) syste...[more]

Percutaneous valve technologies

June 2006: Helene Eltchaninoff from Rouen gave attendees an outline of the latest percuta...[more]

Boston-Guidant merger finally approved

June 2006: It may have been 21 days later than planned, but Boston Scientific has finally...[more]

AVI BioPharma and Cook enter licensing agreement

June 2006: AVI BioPharma has entered into agreements with Cook Group for the development ...[more]

Bioheart and Cleveland Clinic to focus on repairing heart tissue

June 2006: Bioheart has signed a patent-licensing deal with the Cleveland Clinic to devel...[more]

Conor MedSystems licenses pimecrolimus from Novartis

June 2006: Conor MedSystems has exercised its option to obtain a worldwide, non-exclusive...[more]

Sorin: Janus Flex and Chrono stent systems released in Europe

June 2006: Sorin Group has announced the release of two new coronary stents in Europe. Th...[more]

Kensey Nash: European clearance for TriActiv ProGuard EPS

June 2006: The TriActiv ProGuard system, Kensey Nash's third-generation embolic protectio...[more]

Conor MedSystems: A CoStar is born in Europe

June 2006: The CoStar cobalt chromium paclitaxel-eluting stent has received European appr...[more]

Medtronic: Medtronic launches Performer CPB in the US

June 2006: The FDA has approved the Medtronic Performer cardiopulmonary bypass system (CP...[more]

More drug-eluting stents but European penetration still slow

March 2006: In the past quarter the number of drug-eluting stent (DES) systems that have ...[more]

Boston Scientific bid gets Guidant

March 2006: The battle for Guidant that has been raging between Johnson & Johnson (J&J) a...[more]

What's best for AF?

March 2006: Treating atrial fibrillation (AF) is an emerging part of cardiac surgery and ...[more]

The Xtent of coronary stent technology

March 2006: Medical device start-up Xtent (Menlo Park, CA) has implanted the longest whol...[more]

'New' stent patent could spell trouble

March 2006: Eighteen years after it was first filed - and 22 years after the inventor cla...[more]

ATS Medical strengthens heart valve portfolio with 3F purchase

March 2006: ATS Medical has announced a definitive plan to acquire all the outstanding sh...[more]

Siemens and CAS innovations agree navigation electromagnetic tracking pact

March 2006: Siemens Medical Solutions and CAS innovations have signed a co-operative agre...[more]

St Jude completes Savacor acquisition

March 2006: St Jude Medical has completed the acquisition of privately held Savacor. Sava...[more]

Thoratec Corporation: HeartMate II awarded the CE mark

March 2006: Thoratec has received approval to CE-mark its HeartMate II LVAS (left ventric...[more]

Sorin: Sorin Group releases the world's smallest ICD

March 2006: ELA Medical, a Sorin Group company, has launched the Ovatio implantable cardi...[more]

Abiomed: Impella Recover devices granted re-imbursement in Germany

March 2006: The governmental authority for reimbursement in Germany (InEK) has granted th...[more]

Edwards: Edwards introduces Ascendra aortic heart valve replacement system

March 2006: Edwards Lifesciences has successfully completed the first minimal-access, bea...[more]

ATS Medical: ATS Simulus gains FDA approval

March 2006: ATS Medical has gained FDA approval and market release of the ATS Simulus ann...[more]

Medtronic: Medtronic's ICD updates

March 2006: Medtronic has released the 2006 CRM Product Performance Report (volume 54), d...[more]

Boston Scientific makes hostile bid for Guidant

December 2005: The largest merger in medical device industry history has taken yet more d...[more]

PCI procedures continue to rise in the UK

December 2005: At the recent British Cardiovascular Intervention Society's Autumn Meeting...[more]

Boston wins latest patent infringement case

December 2005: An appeals court in the Netherlands has overturned a lower court ruling an...[more]

Atrium Medical/Isotechnika agree licensing deal

December 2005: Isotechnika and Atrium Medical have signed an exclusive worldwide licensin...[more]

Paieon and Volcano establish cath-lab development pact

December 2005: Volcano and Paieon have reached agreement to jointly-develop products allo...[more]

Trials initiated in battle against AF

December 2005: AtriCure has begun enrolment and has treated the first patient in its REST...[more]

CABG Medical provides update on Holly Graft System clinical trial

December 2005: CABG Medical has completed recruitment in the first arm of its internation...[more]

Boston Scientific: European approval for the first next-generation DES system

December 2005: Boston Scientific Corporation has received the CE mark for its Taxus L...[more]

Cardiogenesis: Systems cleared to treat angina and AF

December 2005: Cardiogenesis has gained European approval for the commercial sale of the ...[more]

Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific recalls two devices

December 2005: Boston Scientific has announced the voluntary recall of two devices. The c...[more]

Haemonetics: Haemonetics first with cardiac blood salvage system

December 2005: Haemonetics' redesigned cardioPAT surgical blood salvage system has receiv...[more]

Edwards: Edwards' heart valve system in the ascendant

December 2005: Edwards Lifesciences has successfully completed the first minimal-access, ...[more]

Cook: First patient receives Cook's new retrievable vena cava filter

December 2005: Physicians in Australia have successfully completed the first human implan...[more]

One, two, three, four, five - European DES market comes alive

September 2005: The lucrative European drug eluting stent (DES) market is set to change d...[more]

Heart valve replacement: Tissue or mechanical valves? Data from the European Cardiovascular Monitor

September 2005: A lot has been said about the move from mechanical to tissue valves for h...[more]

DES market in Europe: New players start to make an impact

September 2005: BIBA Medical presents its periodic detailed look at the market dynamics o...[more]

Green light for Guidant and Cordis merger in Europe

September 2005: Johnson & Johnson has received approval from the European Commission to p...[more]

Accelerated healing Genous platform set to transform stent market: Interim results from the HEALING II study

September 2005: Interim results from the Healthy Endothelial Accelerated Lining Inhibits ...[more]

St. Jude Medical and HemoSense to assist mechanical heart valve patients

September 2005: St Jude Medical has signed exclusive agreement in most European countries...[more]

Cordis and Boston Scientific continue court room battles

September 2005: Cordis and Boston Scientific have resumed their litigation battles at bot...[more]

Estracure to utilise MediVas' delivery technology

September 2005: Estracure, a subsidiary of Duravest, Inc., and MediVas LLC, have signed a...[more]

Biophan concludes licensing agreements

September 2005: Biophan Technologies has completed the signing of two agreements concerni...[more]

CardioMind to utilise Surmodics' Encore polymer matrix in complex lesion applications

September 2005: SurModics and CardioMind have entered into a licence agreement for the us...[more]

Orqis Medical completes $22.7 million financing

September 2005: Orqis Medical Corporation has closed a $22.7 million Series D financing. ...[more]

Picarus NV and Medivas to collaborate

September 2005: Picarus NV has agreed to the use of MediVas' biomaterial drug delivery te...[more]

Study validates use of ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve

September 2005: A study published in the May edition of The Journal of Heart Valve Diseas...[more]

Biotronik: PRO-Kinetic Cobalt Chromium coronary stent gains EC mark

September 2005: Biotronik's Cobalt Chromium coronary stent, PRO-Kinetic, designed to maxi...[more]

Sonsonite

September 2005: SonoSite has launched its MicroMaxx ultrasound system, the company's thir...[more]

Jarvik

September 2005: Jarvik Heart has received European approval for its Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker...[more]

CryoCath Technologies: CryoCath launches Arctic Front in battle against AF

September 2005: CryoCath Technologies has received the European approval for three key pr...[more]

Conor Medsystems: PeriPatch EQ Sheet cleared to assist cardiac repair

September 2005: Medical Ventures' subsidiary, PM Devices, has gained European approval fo...[more]

Conor Medsystems: UniStar cobalt chromium stent gains CE mark

September 2005: Conor Medsystems' UniStar cobalt chromium bare-metal coronary stent has r...[more]

Edwards: Edwards releases GeoForm Mitral Heart Valve

September 2005: Edwards Lifesciences has released the new mitral valve repair therapy des...[more]

CorCap: CorCap CSD not recommended for approval

September 2005: The Circulatory System Device panel of the FDA has recommended against ap...[more]

Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific launches Chilli II Cooled Ablation Catheter

September 2005: Boston Scientific has launched the Chilli II Cooled Ablation Catheter, th...[more]

St Jude Medical: Biocor valves receive US clearance

September 2005: St Jude Medical has received FDA approval for the SJM Biocor and Biocor S...[more]

New TAA stent grafts launched at Charing Cross

June 2005: Following on from Gore's TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis, Jotec's E-vita TAA Stent...[more]

New valve and AF technologies showcased at AATS

June 2005: At the 85th annual scientific meeting of the American Association for Thoracic...[more]

Arrow drops out as rivals up the pace in artificial heart race

June 2005: The race to develop an artificial heart increased a beat this quarter. Just as...[more]

Cox-maze alternatives for atrial fibrillation

June 2005: BIBA Medical reports on the latest alternative developments to treat this debi...[more]

Myoblast results

June 2005: Three year follow-up data from a Phase I study of myoblast cell transplantatio...[more]

Avanta and Vanguard

June 2005: Medrad showcased its Avanta Fluid Management Injection System and the Vanguard...[more]

Artificial coronary artery graft submitted for CE mark

June 2005: CardioTech International, Inc. has submitted to its European Notified Body an ...[more]

Rubicon Embolic Protection Filter cleared in the EU

June 2005: Embolic protection system that traps and removes debris that may be dislodged ...[more]

Skylor Cobalt Chromium receives CE mark: Coronary stent system

June 2005: The Skylor Cobalt Chromium coronary stent system has obtained the CE mark for ...[more]

MOMENTUM trial receives unconditional approval

June 2005: Orqis Medical Corporation has gained FDA unconditional approval for researcher...[more]

Study validates use of ATS Open Pivot Heart Valve

June 2005: A study published in the May edition of The Journal of Heart Valve Disease, en...[more]

Edwards Lifesciences delays US heart valve trials

June 2005: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation is delaying enrollment in its percutaneous ao...[more]

MIVT expands portfolio with acquisitions

June 2005: MIV Therapeutics (MIVT) has continued its expansion with two acquisitions, str...[more]

Conor MedSystems

June 2005: Novartis Pharma AG has granted Conor MedSystems the right to evaluate three of...[more]

Boston Scientific purchases bifurcated vessel and AAA companies

June 2005: Boston Scientific strengthened its product portfolio with two acquisitions in ...[more]

Edwards Lifesciences and 3F Therapeutics restructure percutaneous heart valve agreement

June 2005: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and 3F Therapeutics have restructured the developmen...[more]

Abiomed to acquire Impella CardioSystems

June 2005: Abiomed has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Impella CardioSyste...[more]

Sorin unveils new business plan

June 2005: Sorin Group has announced an integration plan for its Cardiopulmonary business...[more]

Boston Scientific in triple acquisition

June 2005: Boston Scientific has completed the final phase of the acquisition of Rubicon ...[more]

Guidant shareholders approve J&J takeover

June 2005: Guidant shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the agreement whereby Johnso...[more]

Medical Ventures agrees PeriPatch Sheet distribution agreements

June 2005: Medical Ventures Corporation has signed its first distribution agreements and ...[more]

Raytel Cardiac Services/St Jude Medical promote self-testing of anti-coagulated valve patients

June 2005: Raytel Cardiac Services has expanded its alliance with St Jude Medical, Inc. to incre...[more]

CardioTech

June 2005: CardioTech International's wholly owned subsidiary, Gish Biomedical Inc. (Gish...[more]

Medtronic

June 2005: Medtronic has launched the Cardioblate BP2 Surgical Ablation System, which off...[more]

Kensey Nash

June 2005: Kensey Nash Corporation has received FDA clearance for its TriActiv System, al...[more]

Volcano

June 2005: Volcano Corporation has launch its patented VH IVUS system, which the company ...[more]

Edwards: Edwards launch cardiac output monitor

June 2005: Edwards Lifesciences has launched its unique, minimally invasive heart monitor...[more]

New generation DES hit Europe

March 2005: JANUS soared to €1 million in its first month in Europe, with Endeavor poised...[more]

LeMaitre Vascular acquires Endomed

March 2005: LeMaitre Vascular, a privately-held medical device company, has acquired Endo...[more]

Breakthrough for thoracic endografting

March 2005: Gore Receives FDA Advisory Panel recommendation for conditional approval of t...[more]

Percutaneous aortic heart valve replacement the future of surgery

March 2005: New innovations in percutaneous heart valve surgery was a hot topic at the ST...[more]

ISET soaks up latest on absorbable metal stents

March 2005: Absorbable metal stents were also a hot topic at ISET 2005, with 12-month res...[more]

Biophan nears development of MRI-compatible stents following Amris purchse

March 2005: Biophan Technologies has been awarded two new patents by the US Patent and Tr...[more]

Boston Scientific treat bifurcated vessels with AST acquisition

March 2005: Boston Scientific has completed its acquisition of Advanced Stent Technologie...[more]

DES penetration moves forward in Western Europe

March 2005: 2004 was a steady year of progress in the world of drug-eluting stents (DES)....[more]

DES war moves to the courts

March 2005: The battle for DES supremacy may be decided in the courts afters Angiotech Ph...[more]

Enrolment completed in first clinical trial for a dedicated bifurcated coronary stent system

March 2005: Devax Inc. has completed enrolment in the AXXESS PLUS Clinical Study for the ...[more]

FlowCardia's CROSSER catheter prepares for US feasibility trial

March 2005: FlowCardia, a developer of catheter-based systems to treat Chronic Total Occl...[more]

MIVT and SMT to create drug eluting coronary stent company

March 2005: MIV Therapeutics, a developer of next-generation biocompatible coatings and d...[more]

On-X Prosthetic Heart Valve launched at Japanese meeting

March 2005: Medical Carbon Research Institute's (MCRI) On-X Prosthetic Heart Valve has be...[more]

Orbus Neich to bring 'world class' innovative therapies to the coronary market

March 2005: Neich Medical has acquired Orbus Medical Technologies, a developer of the cor...[more]

ReValving System non-surgically replaces diseased aortic heart

March 2005: Corevalve's Proprietary percutaneous ReValving system, which features a peric...[more]

St Jude Medical expands Cardiology Business with Velocimed acquisition

March 2005: St Jude Medical Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the busines...[more]

US Relay TAA stent graft trial approved

March 2005: On December 8 2004, Bolton Medical announced that it had received authorizati...[more]

Cook

March 2005: A clinical trial is underway at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvani...[more]

EV3

March 2005: Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion (PLAATO) Therapy c...[more]

The new wave of DES

December 2004: The next wave of drug-eluting stents are continuing to gather data and beg...[more]

Hot Line Sessions: New agents and drug-eluting stent updates

December 2004: Recent clinical trials of agents and devices generating strong current int...[more]

Medtronic: Cougar Guidewire

December 2004: The launch of the Cougar guidewire product line marks a milestone in Medtr...[more]

Medtronic in deal with Genzyme

September 2004: Medtronic and Genzyme have formed a joint venture to accelerate the devel...[more]

Drug-eluting stent penetration in Europe

September 2004: There has been an explosion in the market for drug-eluting stents (DES). ...[more]

Self-expanding stented aortic heart valve implanted

September 2004: CoreValve announced that its proprietary self-expanding stented aortic he...[more]

SonoSite

September 2004: SonoSite, leading manufacturer of high-performance, hand-carried ultrasou...[more]

ev3

September 2004: ev3 Inc., a privately held endovascular medical device company, has recei...[more]

Agfa: IMPAX for Cardiology

September 2004: For over 100 years, Agfa has pioneered the science of medical imaging [more]

Boost for thoracic aorta endografting: Gore announces launch of improved TAG Endoprosthesis

June 2004: Following the enthusiasm for endoluminal grafting for the treatment of abdomin...[more]

Zenith TX2 starts US trial

June 2004: A team of physicians at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia h...[more]

Innovations at JIM

June 2004: Martin Leon and Carlo di Mario opened the first session of the JIM 2004 meetin...[more]

Cordis/GenVec clinical trial

June 2004: Cordis and GenVec have announced that they have entered into a research collab...[more]

GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis

June 2004: For over 25 years, Gore & Associates (Gore) has been recognised as the leading...[more]

Sorin Biomedica is official distributor for Acrostak Corp. for the Grip & CTO balloon in the main European Countries

June 2004: The 'CTO' is the lowest profile balloon and is the highest pressure balloon on...[more]

Cordis: CYPHER approved for marketing in Japan

June 2004: Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, has received approval from th...[more]

Edwards buys PVT

March 2004: Edwards Lifesciences has completed its acquisition of Percutaneous Valve Tech...[more]

The first absorbable metal stents

March 2004: Biotronik GmbH is developing absorbable metal stents for the treatment of cor...[more]

On the horizon

March 2004: Three drug-eluting stents are currently on the market in Europe. These are th...[more]

Dexamet stents, a solution for unstable angina patients

March 2004: At the Advanced Angioplasty 2004, Germano Di Sciascio, Professor and Chairman...[more]

Zenith TX2 starts US clinical trial

March 2004: Cook has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Investig...[more]

Quality of life drives move towards tissue valves

March 2004: Mechanical heart valves may last a lifetime, but more and more surgeons appea...[more]

Drug-eluting stent penetration in Europe increases as reimbursement hurdles fall

March 2004: Recent research done by BIBA Medical suggests that there has been a large inc...[more]

Medtronic

March 2004: The Sprinter Rapid Exchange balloon is the latest in balloon technology and i...[more]

Sorin

March 2004: The last generation of Carbostent, produced by Sorin Biomedica, is called Tec...[more]

Orbus starts EPC-capture stent trial

March 2004: Orbus Medical Technologies has started its Healthy Endothelial Accelerated Li...[more]

Cordis to introduce CYPHER Select

December 2003: Following receipt of CE mark, Cordis has announced plans to introduce CYPH...[more]

FUTURE II

December 2003: Guidant's CHAMPION drug-eluting stent system with a bioabsorbable polymer ...[more]

ENDEAVOR drug-eluting stent trials

December 2003: ENDEAVOR clinical trial programme is designed to collect data on the Endea...[more]

Percutaneous aortic valve implantations

December 2003: Alain Cribier, the Director of Cardiology at Charles Nicolle Hospital, Uni...[more]

CORDIS to launch ANGIOGUARD RX in Europe

December 2003: Incorporating a new rapid exchange system for ease of use ANGIOGUARD RX Em...[more]

W. L. Gore

December 2003: 'New generation' device enables permanent transcatheter closure of atrial ...[more]

Edwards Lifesciences: Launch of EMBOL-X System in the US

December 2003: Edwards Lifesciences has announced the US launch of its EMBOL-X intra-aort...[more]

Abbott Vascular Devices: Clinical updates with Dexamet(tm), the unique anti-inflammatory drug-eluting stent approach from Abbott Vascular Devices

December 2003: Inflammation, acute and chronic, is key to the restenosis process. Modulation, th...[more]

Abbott acquires Jomed business line

December 2003: Abbott Laboratories has bought the coronary and peripheral interventional ...[more]

MO.MA trial

September 2003: EuroPCR, during the late-breaking trials session, Horst Sievert presented...[more]

Emerging technologies at EuroPCR

September 2003: During the 14th European Paris Course on Revascularization (EuroPCR), a s...[more]

Capturing EPCs

September 2003: Michael Kutryk, a cardiologist and clinical scientist with St Michael's H...[more]

Sorin's Janus Carbostent

September 2003: Currently available drug-eluting stents are characterised by surfaces int...[more]

W. L. Gore: Clinical trial confirms superiority of Nirflex(tm)stent

September 2003: W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Gore) and Medinol, Ltd. have reported the r...[more]

Abbott Vascular Devices: Latest clinical data on Dexamet, the unique anti-inflammatory drug-eluting stent approach

September 2003: Inflammation, acute and chronic, is a culprit in the restenosis process. ...[more]

Medtronic announces release of Micro-Driver Coronary Stent in Europe

September 2003: Medtronic has announced the European launch of its new Micro-Driver Coron...[more]

Guidant reintroduces cobalt chromium stent

September 2003: Guidant has received a CE Mark for the MULTI-LINK VISION Coronary Stent S...[more]

US approval for CYPHER

September 2003: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cordis' CYPHER sir...[more]

TAXUS launched in Europe

June 2003: In February 2003, Boston Scientific launched its TAXUS paclitaxel-eluting sten...[more]

Transcatheter closure of PFO

June 2003: Professor Rainer Schräder talked to us about percutaneous closure of Patent Fo...[more]

W.L. Gore: NOA(tm) Coronary Stent System

June 2003: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Medical Products Division, in alliance with Med...[more]

Medtronic's Driver Coronary Stent uses unique modular technology and cobalt-based alloy

June 2003: Launched in late January throughout the European Union, the Driver coronary st...[more]

Jomed suspends its shares

March 2003: On the 13th January, Jomed suspended trading in its shares, which are listed ...[more]

Guidant-Cook deal called off: Preliminary results of DELIVER trial disappointing

March 2003: Guidant's plans to buy Cook have floundered following the preliminary results...[more]

Drug-eluting stents begin to replace bare metal: PTCA supplies market undergoes significant change

March 2003: The interventional cardiology percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty ...[more]

Snia acquires Carbomedics: $116 Million deal completed in Janaury 2003

March 2003: Snia has acquired Carbomedics, a US-based manufacturer of mechanical and biol...[more]

Renaissance of the tissue heart valve

March 2003: Many cardiac surgeons will remember when tissue heart valves were first intro...[more]

Gore: NIRflex(tm) Coronary Stents take stent performance to the next level

March 2003: A recently announced product development and distribution alliance between tw...[more]

ClearStream: Expansion to coronary and peripheral angioplasty product ranges

March 2003: ClearStream Technologies Ltd., the specialist manufacturer of angioplasty pro...[more]

Medtronic announces first in next generation of guide catheters for angioplasty

March 2003: Medtronic, Inc. has announced achievement of another technological milestone ...[more]

Straub Rotarex(r) Thrombectomy System

March 2003: Acute and subacute thromboembolic and local thrombotic ischemia of the limbs ...[more]

Abbott Vascular Devices: Dexamet is a new drug-eluting stent from Abbott Vascular Devices

March 2003: Dexamet utilises the drug compound Dexamethasone, which is a corticoid with a...[more]

Endomed: A New ePTFE Stent Graft Design from ENDOMED Inc

March 2003: ENDOMED(tm) specialises in the production of customised Aortic Endovascular G...[more]

Stille: New image-guided table

March 2003: The newly developed image-guided table Stille imagiQ(tm) has been designed es...[more]

'...and then there were two'

December 2002: Dexamet, the new coronary stent coated with PC Technology preloaded with D...[more]

CE Mark for ACHIEVE but...

December 2002: Guidant has received CE Mark approval for its ACHIEVE drug-eluting coronar...[more]

Medtronic AVE launches the new low-profile GuardWire 2-5

December 2002: Expanding the range of vessel sizes that can be protected: The new Medtron...[more]

Medinol and Gore announce that they have entered into a broad collaborative alliance

December 2002: During TCT 2002 in Washington, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) and Me...[more]

Phytis obtains CE Mark for 13mm Diamond Sidebranch stent

December 2002: Phytis Medical Devices GmbH extends their range of Diamond Sidebranch Sten...[more]

Medinol - new products and a new solo approach

September 2002: BIBA Medical spoke to Jacob (Kobi) Richter and Judith Richter of Medinol...[more]

Technological advances are aiding treatment of bifurcation lesions

June 2002: Bifurcations remain today one of the toughest challenges for interventional ca...[more]

Orbus: First experience with the Orbus covered R stent

June 2002: At EuroPCR 2002, there was a preliminary look at one of the products Orbus Med...[more]