BioMimics 3D™ Stent

Veryan has developed three dimensional (3D) stent technology based upon a helical shape that may be applied to a self-expanding stent platform. The initial objective was to investigate the presen...

Skene's Duct Cyst

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders

Arterial Catheterization

Arterial Hypertension

Drug-Eluting Stent Approved for Peripheral Arterial Disease

THURSDAY, Nov. 15 -- The Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat peripheral arterial disease of a particular artery in the thigh. A...

Nasolacrimal duct stent cleared

FCI Ophthalmics has received 510(k) clearance for the Masterka pushed monocanalicular nasolacrimal intubation stent.

Arterial announces positive data from biodegradable stent study

Arterial Remodeling Technologies has reported positive results of its biodegradable stent from first-in-human Arterial Remodeling Transient DIsmantling Vascular Angioplasty (ARTDIVA) study.

FDA approves first drug-eluting stent to treat peripheral arterial disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (Zilver PTX Stent), the first drug-eluting stent indicated to re-open a particular artery in the thigh...

GW researchers discover biomarker for advanced bile duct fibrosis and bile duct cancer

(George Washington University Medical Center) GW researchers, along with colleagues from Khon Kaen University in Thailand, have determined that plasma interleukin-6 levels are an sensitive and specifi...

Cook Medical introduces minimally invasive salivary duct access products

Cook Medical, a US-based developer of health care devices, has introduced salivary duct access products to treat sialolithiasis, defined as obstruction by salivary duct stones.

Biodegradable stent proves non-inferior to drug-eluting stent

The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic...

Stent placement ‘effective alternative to IVT in stroke patients’

In stroke patients in whom intravenous thrombolysis is either contraindicated or has failed, intra-arterial revascularization with cerebral angioplasty and stent placement is an effective and well-tol...

Hemostasis using a fully covered self-expandable metal stent for marked bleeding from the bile duct following stent removal (with videos).

We describe a case of life-threatening hemorrhage from the bile duct following stent removal. Eventually, hemostasis was achieved by tamponade using a fully covered self-expandable metal stent.

Catheter interventions for "double steal" from isolation of the subclavian artery associated with patent arterial duct.

Isolation of the subclavian artery is associated with "steal" of blood from the carotid circulation to the arm, through the circle of Willis and the vertebral artery. When associated with a patent art...

Whereabouts of an internal short stent placed across the pancreaticojejunostomy following pancreatoduodenectomy.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: It is generally thought that an internal short stent placed across the pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) following pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) usually passes spontaneously through the rec...

Pancreatic duct stenting for the duration of ERCP only does not prevent pancreatitis after accidental pancreatic duct cannulation: a prospective randomized trial.

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic duct stent placement during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has been recommended in patients at risk for post-ERCP pancreatitis. However, the optimal durat...

Emergency stent-graft implantation for iatrogenic peripheral arterial rupture.

PURPOSE: We evaluated the experience with and efficacy of stent-grafting for iatrogenic peripheral arterial ruptures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 2005 to 2009 we performed stent-grafting on four male...