Cordis Launches Saber PTA Dilatation Balloon for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Published date : 12 October 2014
Article date : 11 July 2014
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology reports that Cordis Corp. announced the launch of its Saber PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) dilatation catheter for the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The Saber catheter is cleared for use and now available in Europe, the United States and Japan. This new product offers crossability and a comprehensive offering of balloon sizes on the widely used 0.018-inch over-the-wire (OTW) platform.
Developed to complement the Cordis PTA portfolio as a next-generation, high-performance workhorse 0.018-inch PTA balloon catheter, Saber is intended to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infrapopliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae. The device is also indicated for post-dilation of balloon-expandable and self-expanding stents in the peripheral vasculature.
