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• Coronary artery disease treatment map

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  As an exercise, I found it worthwhile to map out the various options available or under development for the treatment of coronary artery disease. We assess the emphasis of current, near-term and future possible options for treatment in the color-coded scheme: Bold, black:  Current, dominant treatment options ...
  5 days ago

• DES and other coronary artery disease treatment tech trends

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  A steady rate of technology development in coronary stents, producing an equally steady stream of new stent market introductions, is focused on expanding aggregate stent caseload (through penetration of what would otherwise be coronary artery bypass caseload) or shifting the balance even further toward concentration ...
  5 days ago

• Medtech: Where is the opportunity?

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  The areas of greatest opportunity in medtech are those which have already demonstrated they have plenty of upside, even if a robust number of competitors have already begun targeting them. Areas of the strongest market growth in medical technologies that we are seeing have emerged out of the major segments we have ...
  1 week ago

• Coronary artery disease: stents, bypass — and plenty of other options

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  Because of the invasive nature of cardiac surgery, medical therapy will always be the preferred treatment protocol favored by many clinicians. To that end, device and pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to explore methods of treating atherosclerosis that will render surgery unnecessary. For instance, researchers ...
  1 week ago

• Coronary stent market opportunity

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  Stenting is not ideal for all patients with coronary heart disease, such as those with left main or three (or more) vessel disease. However, the vast majority of cardiovascular disease patients can benefit from the benefits of PCI, not the least of which include a shorter recovery period and less trauma to the ...
  1 week ago

• Technologies at medical technology startups

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  Medical technology startup companies that we identified during the month of October 2009 are developing the following specific technologies: Diagnostic imaging in urology and oncology. Endoscopic tissue management technology. Esophageal monitoring device to replace peripheral artery catheter. Products for ...
  1 week ago

• New DES More Effective To Reduce Restenosis Than First-Generation Stents: Dr Mitchell Krucoff

  
  Sathya Sai Baba - Life, Love & Spirituality — Authority: 127
  New DES More Effective To Reduce Restenosis Than First-Generation Stents: Dr Mitchell Krucoff Monday, October 26, 2009 08:00 IST Our Bureau, Bangalore Newer drug eluting stents (DES) are proving to be significantly more effective and safer compared to the ‘first-generation’ drug eluting stents. DES is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Growth of coronary stent market in Japan, China

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  (The global market for coronary stents worldwide is assessed in the MedMarket Diligence report #C245 , "Worldwide Market for Drug-Eluting, Bare Metal and Other Coronary Stents, 2008-2017.") The market for coronary stents in Asia and the Pacific region contains both China (early technology adopters) and Japan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Suffering from ED – Medtronic May Have A Stent for That – Clinical Trials

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  A total of 50 men is the target for enrollment.  If this works Viagra could be in danger.  We keep seeing more and more devices being developed to take the place of drugs and this is one more.  Here’s a device in the works to take the place of Warfarin, the blood thinner for one example.  There are many ...
  4 weeks ago

• Viagra Failed? Let Medtronic Prop You Up

  
  Pharmalot — Authority: 596
  The little blue pill may not work for everyone, so what’s a guy to do? Maybe get a stent in order to, you guessed it, get a lift. Medtronic is conducting a small study to see if using a stent to prop open arteries near the penis can help men with erectile dysfunction, according to the device maker (here’s the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Medical Device Startups Getting Squeezed by Recession, Lawmakers, Says E&Y Report

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 710
  Biotech , Devices , startups Luke Timmerman wrote: People who make a living creating innovative medical devices—whether it’s an ultrasound diagnostic tool, a stent to prop open clogged arteries, or an MRI machine—are an unhappy bunch these days. Let us count the ways, as described in the second ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cook Medical Suing Endologix for Patent Infringement

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  News release below.  If you have read this blog long enough there’s quite a bit of information relative to Cook and their pulmonary medical devices and stents.  Not only in devices, but also in drugs we are seeing many patent challenges/infringements taking place, as with Merck and Teva battling over ...
  4 weeks ago

• Laser Processes Promise Better Artificial Joints, Arterial Stents

  
  The X-Journals — Authority: 440
  Researchers at Purdues Center for Laser-Based Manufacturing are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than now possible.
  8 weeks ago

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