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 29, 2007 — Abbott announced positive results last week from ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial evaluating the ...

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May 29, 2007 — Medtronic Inc. has enrolled the first patient in the landmark PROTECT clinical study, the largest ...

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May 29, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. has received CE Mark for its TAXUS Liberte Long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent ...

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May 29, 2007 — The FDA has cleared the CORDIS ENTERPRISE Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System under ...

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May 23, 2007 — XTENT Inc. announced positive six-month follow-up data from the CUSTOM II clinical trial, which assessed ...

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May 23, 2007 — InspireMD has announced this week the enrollment of 19 patients in its First in Man study in a ...

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May 21, 2007 — OrbusNeich announced today it has received CE Mark approval for three interventional cardiology products ...

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May 18, 2007 — According to a report published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal and posted on UPI, the number of ...

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May 16, 2007 — Stentys has announced that the results of preclinical testing of its bifurcated stent will be reported on ...

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May 16, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. has announced that it has completed enrollment in the European and ...

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May 14, 2007 — Two renowned experts debated the role of PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the treatment ...

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May 14, 2007 — More than 25 leading heart advocacy groups have joined to form the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Coalition ...

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May 11, 2007 — Northwestern University in Chicago has published results of a one-year study of roughly 5,500 patients ...

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May 9 — Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Targeted Technology Ventures LLC have announced the creation of a ...

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The 6F Luminexx 3 Biliary Stent is the benchmark for self-expanding nitinol stent visibility under fluoroscopy ...

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