The Balt Harpon is very similar to the Boston scientific T fastener that is now no longer available in Europe. It essentially consists of a hollow needle with the T bar and thread. The T fastener is held in place by crimping the aluminium tube on the thread on top of the plastic disc and sponge....

The spirotome family represents a range of large core soft tissue biopsy needles and systems based on a very recently developed double rota-cutting technique. A cutting helix is turned onto the diseased area to locate and fix the specimen. Then a cutting cannula is rotated over the helix to...

Which Medical Device of the Year 2012 Runner-Up: Interventional Radiology   Our nominator said, “Revolutionised the transarterial embolisation of AVM when use with ONYX.” We say, “An excellent innovative adjunct that increases the safety of...

The Trilogy Acetabular Cup system from Zimmer is an uncemented socket which is an evolution of the Harris-Galante and HGP II cup designs. Options include a uni-hole shell, which allows visual confirmation of seating, a non-holed shell, cluster hole, multi hole and spiked shell configurations....

The Direxion nitinol microcatheter offers four different tip configurations which are designed to assist vessel access: straight, swan, J and bern shaped. The device is available with 1 or 2 Radiopaque Markers, 3 different types of wires and and options of 0.022″/0.53mm and...