Tag: Atherectomy
AngioDynamics announces CE mark approval in Europe for the Auryon system
AngioDynamics today announced European CE mark approval of the Auryon atherectomy system, designed for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), including chronic limb-threatening...
Claudication: Long-term Medicare study highlights “critical” need for value-based care
A newly published US Medicare cohort study illuminates trends and factors associated with peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs)—including a sharp rise in the use of...
AngioDynamics announces US FDA 510(k) clearance of Auryon XL radial access...
AngioDynamics today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Auryon XL catheter, a 225cm radial access catheter, for use with...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of October 2023
Interventional News’ most read stories in October included significant data releases from TCT 2023 (23–26 October, San Francisco, USA); results from a study investigating sex...
Cardio Flow announces US FDA 510(k) clearance for its FreedomFlow orbital...
Cardio Flow recently announced it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the company’s FreedomFlow orbital atherectomy peripheral platform.
The company...
Cardiovascular Systems enrols first patient in Japan for KAIZEN clinical study
Cardiovascular Systems Inc (CSI) recently announced initiation of the KAIZEN clinical study of its Diamondback 360 peripheral orbital atherectomy system (OAS) for the treatment...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of October 2022
Interventional News’ most popular content last month featured a report on the need for greater interventional radiology (IR) service coverage in rural areas of...
“Significant” increase in atherectomy use in the USA largely driven by...
In the USA, atherectomy use in peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) “more than doubled” from 2010 to 2019, with office-based procedures a “major driver” of...
Northeast Scientific receives 510(k) for Turbo-Elite laser atherectomy catheter reprocessing
Northeast Scientific, a company that reprocesses single-use peripheral vascular catheters, announced recently in a press release that it has received US Food and Drug...
Medtronic recalls HawkOne directional atherectomy system due to risk of tip...
According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medtronic is recalling its HawkOne directional atherectomy system.
The FDA has identified the recall as a...
Avinger announces FDA clearance of Pantheris for the treatment of in-stent...
Avinger recently announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new clinical indication for the...
BD announces 510(k) clearance of expanded indications for the Rotarex atherectomy...
BD recently announced it has received 510(k) clearance for expanded indications from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Rotarex atherectomy system.
The...
First patient treated with Cardiovascular Systems’ ViperCross peripheral support catheter
Cardiovascular Systems recently announced that the first patient has been successfully treated with its ViperCross peripheral support catheter.
Billy J Kim (The Surgical Clinic, Nashville,...
Biotronik expands range of peripheral introducer sheaths
Biotronik has announced the expansion of the Fortress reinforced introducer sheath line, which is now available in 7- and 8Fr-compatible sizes in the USA...
Directional atherectomy prior to IN.PACT DCB effective out to one year,...
A vessel preparation treatment strategy of directional atherectomy prior to drug-coated balloon angioplasty with Medtronic’s IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) in long, calcified femoropoliteal...
Straub Medical announces first patient treated in USA with Rotarex S atherectomy device
Straub Medical (United States), the US direct-sales subsidiary of Straub Medical AG (Switzerland), has announced the launch and first intervention performed with the Rotarex S...
Cardiovascular Systems introduces peripheral orbital atherectomy system with GlideAssist in Europe
Cardiovascular Systems announced today that the first patient in Europe has been treated with its Stealth 360 peripheral orbital atherectomy system (OAS) 1.25mm Micro...
VIVA 2019: Revolutions system meets primary and safety endpoints in REVEAL...
Findings from the REVEAL study confirm a favourable safety and effectiveness profile through six months for the Revolution peripheral atherectomy system from Rex Medical....
First European patients treated with Peripheral Orbital atherectomy system
The first patients in Germany have been treated with its Stealth 360 Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS; Cardiovascular Systems Inc). The German cases represent...
Consider intravascular lithotripsy when treating calcified femoropopliteal arteries
Treating severely calcified arteries by endovascular means is still a challenge, although atherectomy, stents and lithotripsy are all techniques that are employed. Lithotripsy (also...
IVUS outperforms angiography in dissection detection post-PTA
The iDissection Classification trial results published in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology have shown that with the use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) investigators were...
LIMBO-ATX trial studying Bullfrog device in critical limb ischaemia patients completes...
Mercator MedSystems has announced completion of enrolment in the company’s LIMBO-ATX (Lower-limb adventitial infusion of dexamethasone via Bullfrog to reduce occurrence of restenosis after...
Ra Medical receives approval in Europe for Dabra atherectomy system
Ra Medical has announced receiving CE mark approval for the Dabra atherectomy system with catheter.
Atherectomy is the removal of the plaque from the arteries,...
