Tag: carotid

AVS completes US$36 million Series B financing ahead of IVL US...

Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS) recently announced that it has completed a Series B round of financing of US$36 million. The funding will support the...

Medtronic expands US carotid market presence with exclusive Contego distribution agreement

Medtronic announced today that it has entered into an exclusive US distribution agreement with Contego Medical. Under the agreement, Medtronic will be the sole...

Contego Medical’s Neuroguard IEP system receives US FDA approval for carotid...

Contego Medical today announced the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) premarket approval (PMA) of the Neuroguard IEP system for carotid revascularisation.  The company shares...

LINC 2024: C-GUARDIANS data represent lowest event rates in published trials...

New data from the C-GUARDIANS pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) trial support consideration of carotid artery stenting (CAS) with the CGuard embolic prevention stent...

CMS confirms broadened Medicare coverage of carotid stenting in final decision...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final decision regarding National Coverage Determination (NCD) 20.7 covering carotid artery stenting (CAS),...

Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting

Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...