According to the manufacturer, the Corsair is a hybrid catheter designed for crossing tortuous microchannels and easing the approach to complex lesions.  We have found it useful due to its tapered tip which helps to cross CTOs.

In the last 18 months Paclitaxel coating technology has advanced. Platform 14 use smaller drug crystals for a higher drug uptake and SV (sustained value) meaning the drug being active in the vessel wall for over a month. The comapany claims that no one has a more effective drug...

The Cormet 2000 hip resurfacing is manufactured from cast cobalt chromium molybdenum. The acetabular component has a plasma sprayed titanium coating (Corin’s Bi-coat) and has an equatorially expanded geometry with anti-rotation fins. The femoral component comes in both cemented and...

This is a small low profile gastrostomy tube designed to be less obtrusive beneath clothing than the usual ‘Foley’ type of tube. It is balloon retained and available in lengths between 1.0 and 4.5cm and diameters of 14,16,18 and 24F. It was originally designed as a replacement...

The CoreValve system, designed to replace a diseased aortic valve without open-heart surgery or surgical removal of the native valve, has now been implanted in more than 10,000 patients worldwide in 32 countries outside the US. Typically delivered through the femoral artery, CoreValve is used in...