Cordis today announced the initiation of a global registry to track real-world outcomes for the Selution SLR drug-eluting balloon (DEB). Miami Lakes, Florida-based Cordis expects the SELUTION Global Coronary Registry to enroll up to 10,000 patients worldwide. It says that would make it one of the largest coronary DEB registries to date. Investigators plan to […]
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Orchestra BioMed wins FDA IDE for sirolimus-angioballoon
Orchestra BioMed (Nasdaq:OBIO) announced today that it received FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for its Virtue drug-coated balloon. It marks the second major regulatory milestone for Orchestra BioMed in just a week. The company last week picked up FDA breakthrough device designation for its atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy. FDA IDE enables the company to […]
Cordis shares positive study results from multiple drug-eluting balloon studies
Cordis announced new data from two major peripheral studies evaluating its Selution SLR drug-eluting balloon. The Miami Lakes, Florida-based company presented 12-month results from the SUCCESS PTA study at the Charing Cross Symposium in London. It then shared SELUTION SFA Japan three-year results today at the Japan Endovascular Treatment Conference in Osaka. According to Cordis, the studies […]
Data backs Boston Scientific drug-eluting stent
Boston Scientific today shared study data supporting the use of its Eluvia drug-eluting stent for treating PAD. The company shared multiple new clinical data sets at Charing Cross 2025 in London today. Findings reinforced the growing body of evidence supporting the Eluvia stent for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD) — particularly in the superficial femoral […]
R3 Vascular reports first patient treated in next-gen drug-eluting scaffold study
R3 Vascular announced today that a doctor treated the first patient in the ELITE-BTK pivotal trial of its drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold. Dr. Brian DeRubertis of New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine treated the first patient. The trial evaluates the company’s next-generation Magnitude drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold for below-the-knee peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Mountain View, California-based R3 […]
Data supports Medtronic Prevail paclitaxel-coated balloon
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) announced results from a registry highlighting the effectiveness of the Prevail drug-coated balloon (DCB). Dr. Sacharias von Koch of the dept. of cardiology and clinical sciences at Lund University, Skåne University Hospital in Sweden presented findings from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) at Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2025 in […]
Abbott reports sustained benefits with Esprit drug-eluting stent
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) today announced data demonstrating the long-term effectiveness of its Esprit BTK drug-eluting stent. The everolimus-eluting resorbable scaffold system treats chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) below the knee (BTK). Abbott designed it to keep arteries open and deliver everolimus to support vessel healing prior to completely dissolving. The first-of-its-kind stent provides support to the vessel […]
R3 Vascular wins FDA IDE for drug-eluting scaffold
R3 Vascular announced today that the FDA granted investigational device exemption (IDE) to evaluate its Magnitude drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold. Mountain View, California-based R3 Vascular designed Magnitude for treating below-the-knee (BTK) peripheral arterial disease (PAD). With the FDA granting IDE, it can now initiate the ELITE-BTK pivotal trial for the next-generation bioresorbable scaffold. R3 Vascular makes […]
FDA approves IDE for Medtronic Prevail drug-coated balloon
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) announced today that it received FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for its Prevail drug-coated balloon (DCB). The medtech giant can now begin a pivotal clinical trial for the coronary paclitaxel DCB for in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo small vessel disease. It plans to use data from its Prevail Global Clinical Program […]
Medinol has first human implant of drug-eluting peripheral stent in Australia
Medinol today announced the successful first-in-human implantation of its ChampioNIR drug-eluting peripheral stent. Dr. Gerard S. Goh and Dr. Thodur Vasudevan of the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, completed the stent implant. The company says it introduces a “revolutionary advancement” in the mechanics, durability and drug delivery of peripheral drug-eluting stents. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Medinol […]
