Heart Disease

Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Sprinter(R) Legend Balloon Catheter for Use in Angioplasty

Published in Physician Law Weekly, November 14th, 2007

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the Sprinter(R) Legend Semicompliant Rapid Exchange Balloon Dilatation Catheter for use in coronary angioplasty procedures. The launch of the product will begin immediately in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The Sprinter Legend balloon catheter is not approved for use in the United States.

During angioplasty procedures, a balloon catheter is threaded through the femoral artery to the lesion and inflated, compressing the plaque associated with coronary artery disease against the vessel wall and restoring blood flow. A semicompliant balloon, such as the Sprinter Legend balloon, is...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2007-11-14)

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