Dr Phil Haslam, Which Medical Device Editor-in-Chief, took a look at the Abre venous system at the BSIR 2017 annual scientific meeting held Birmingham's ICC (UK) in November.  It's a nitinol stent with an introducer size of 9F and a delivery system length of 90cm. CE mark indications are:...

This is the new balloon mounted stent from Abbott vascular. It has multilinked cobalt chromium stent struts and they say it is 6F compatible across all sizes, thats from 4mm to 10mm. The longest stent length is 59mm in all but the 10mm stent which is only 39mm in length. They claim the...

Dr Phil Haslam, Which Medical Device Editor-in-Chief, took a look at Merit Medical's Surfacer inside-out catheter system at the BSIR 2017 annual scientific meeting held at Birmingham's ICC (UK) in November.  The system is a novel approach to venous access from the inside-out thus restoring...

This slitted catheter is specifically designed for catheter directed thrombolysis. The patented slits are said to allow a more even distribution of thrombolytic compared with conventional side hole catheters used in thrombolysis. They also claim that slits rather than holes give a stronger...

Peripheral vascular cutting balloon from Boston Scientific This balloon has small cutting blades along its outer surface to help cut plaque and perform angioplasty. It uses a 0.018 inch wire and is available from 5 to 8mm diameters in a 2cm length. It requires a 6 or 7F sheath. There is...