For patients with iliac artery blockages, treatment with a self-expanding stent provides better protection against restenosis at 12 months and no reduction in safety compared with a balloon-expandable ...

NATICK, Mass., Boston Scientific Corporation today announced that it has completed enrollment in the ORION clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the Company's EPIC™ Self-Expanding Nitinol ...

Self-expanding polyethylene terephthalate and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stents have been shown to decrease the need for repeat procedures in the iliac artery. [33] Similar to surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Approved by the FDA in late January, the first balloon-expandable stent graft with an ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Omnilink Elite ® Vascular Balloon-Expandable Stent System for the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abbott's Absolute Pro Vascular Self-Expanding Stent System for the treatment of iliac artery disease, a form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9r4nlm/medipoint) has announced the addition of the "MediPoint: Peripheral ...

Stents can make a life-saving difference for people with vascular problems, as they open up narrowing blood vessels. An experimental new one goes a step further, by actually transmitting blood flow ...

Transmission electron microscopic images show the structure of BioNanomatrix, a stent-coating material developed by Endomimetics to inhibit the proliferation of smooth muscle cells and prevent ...

Several balloon-expandable stents have been used in the iliac artery, however, they have not had a primary indication for iliac stenting. The Express® LD iliac premounted stent system (Boston ...