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...

The Flextome Cutting Balloon Device consists of a balloon with three to four microsurgical blades (atherotomes) mounted lengthwise on its outer surface. When the device is inflated, the atherotomes score the plaque by severing the elastic and fibrotic continuity of the vessel with tiny...

  The bifurcated stent-graft system, Aorfix, is used to treat aortic, aortoiliac and iliac aneurysms. It is intended for use only by suitably trained physicians who are experienced in diagnosis and endovascular treatment of aneurysm disease. Standard techniques for the use of vascular...

This device is a balloon-tipped guiding catheter designed for an occlusion test of the Carotid artery. Available in 6F and 8F, the distal balloon can perform a temporary occlusion and the large inner lumen allows an easy navigation for another catheter. The 6F version will expand from 5mm...

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...