Event was punctuated by several product introductions and a live case demonstration of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty using a drug-eluting balloon
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan 30, 2009 - (HSMN NewsFeed) - In a live case transmitted from The Heart Center Leipzig/Park Hospital in Leipzig, Germany, a new drug-eluting balloon was used as part of a clinical trial during one of the live case demonstrations at last week’s ISET 2009 International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy. Advance PTX is designed to increase long-term patency in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is one of the first PTA balloon catheters to be coated with paclitaxel, an antiproliferative drug that has been used successfully to reduce the risk of arterial restenosis following angioplasty in coronary disease patients.
“Bringing together converging technologies—like devices with pharmaceuticals in the case of the Advance PTX balloon—is a critical step in developing advanced medical devices to improve outcomes in specific patient populations,” said Rob Lyles, vice president and global leader of Cook Medical's peripheral intervention division.Cook also introduced several products from its premier line of diagnostic and peripheral interventional devices at ISET 2009, including its Approach™ CTO microwires. The Approach CTO microwires are the first .014-inch wires designed specifically for crossing chronic total occlusions and extremely tight lesions in the peripheral arteries, including the SFA, popliteal and tibial arteries.
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