Stents

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stents, also called vascular scaffolds. Stents are used to help prop open a vessel treated by balloon angioplasty because of the barotrauma caused by the extreme stretching of vessel walls. The stent enables to vessel to heal in an open position with collapsing. Drug eluting stents (DES) are coated in anti-proliferative drugs to precent scar tissue growth which can cause restenosis and occlude the vessel. DES require antiplatelet therapy because the drug carrier polymer on DES can cause thrombus inside the stent, even years after treatment, which is why bare metal stents are still used in some patients. This page includes news on coronary stents, carotid stents, peripheral stents, bioresorbable stents, and renal stents. 

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May 24, 2011 – Tryton Medical Inc. announced positive results in three “real world” European registries of the company’s ...

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May 23, 2011 - One-year results from the 278-patient multi-center, prospective, single-arm study conducted at 16 sites ...

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May 23, 2011 - OrbusNeich announced that data from multiple clinical trials supporting the safety and efficacy of the ...

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May 23, 2011– A pooled analysis of the global Resolute clinical program presented today during a late-breaking clinical ...

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May 20, 2011 - Boston Scientific Corporation today announced 12-month results from its PLATINUM Small Vessel study ...

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May 20, 2011 – e-BioMatrix post-marketing surveillance (PMS) registry information presented at EuroPCR 2011 has ...

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May 19, 2011—Arterial Remodeling Technologies (ART) announced details of the state-of-the-art design of its polymer ...

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May 16, 2011 – In a coronary stent patent lawsuit, a jury said Cordis owes Boston Scientific approximately $19.5 million ...

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May 11, 2011 - Micell Technologies announced that positive preclinical data will be presented at the EuroPCR conference ...

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May 10, 2011 – Patients suffering from blockages of the arteries to the kidneys now have access to a new stenting ...

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May 6, 2011 – A substance secreted by the heart that is associated with congestive heart failure and renal failure is ...

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In a move that will likely have a significant impact on how many patients are treated for carotid artery disease, the U ...

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May 2, 2011 – The mid-point for enrollment was reached in of the international APPOSITION III study of Stentys self ...

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April 13, 2011 – Patient enrollment has begun for the SuperNOVA clinical trial. It will examine the safety and ...

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April 9, 2011 - The Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent using a new biocompatible polymer achieved a lower rate of ...

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