Aneurysm
Medtronic Submits Pre-Market Approval Application to the FDA for the Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System
Published in Medical Device Business Week, March 21st, 2007
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) said today that it has submitted the final module of its pre-market approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval to commercially market and sell the Talent(tm) Thoracic stent graft system. The Talent Thoracic stent graft provides a minimally-invasive treatment alternative to open surgery for patients who develop life-threatening aneurysms in the upper portion of the aorta, the body's largest artery.
Aneurysms are dangerous bulges or weaknesses in the aorta which, left untreated, can rupture without warning. Each year in America, thoracic aneurysms affect approximately 30,000 people, causing thousands of...
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