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On Oct. 10, Boston Scientific sent an urgent medical device advisory to all affected customers with recommendations. FDA classifies recall of Boston Scientific catheters as 'most serious' Skip to ...
An investigation showed that Boston's device, Obsidio Embolic, when used with a specific technique posed a higher risk of bowel ischemia during procedures to stop gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding ...
Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC), headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts and incorporated in Delaware, [2] is an American biotechnology and biomedical engineering firm and multinational manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties, including interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular ...
Shares of the medical device maker rose 1.5% in afternoon trading. The approval makes the device, branded Agent, the first drug-coated balloon catheter in the U.S. to treat coronary in-stent ...
On March 13, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Watchman LAAC Implant, from Boston Scientific, to reduce the risk of thromboembolism from the left atrial appendage in patients with non-valvular AF who are at increased risk of stroke have an appropriate reason to seek a non-drug alternative to blood thinning medications.
Boston Scientific's Lotus Valve system was awarded CE approval in October 2013. It allows the final position to be assessed and evaluated before release and has been designed to minimise regurgitation. [12] Boston Scientific has since retired the device as of January 11, 2021. [13]
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a small mesh tube that is placed in the arteries to keep them open in the treatment of vascular disease.The stent slowly releases a drug to block cell proliferation (a biological process of cell growth and division), thus preventing the arterial narrowing that can occur after stent implantation.
Medtronic Plc (NYSE: MDT) has announced a voluntary global recall of its Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system after a patient death was reported in a clinical trial. The company has informed ...