Angiotech's Licensee, Cook Medical, Announces CE Mark Approval and European Launch of the Zilver(R) PT...(her much more invasive or have shown onl...)

The peripheral vascular stent market is estimated to be $200 million in Europe and $1 billion worldwide, with approximately 1/3 of these procedures occurring in the lower limbs. There were approximately 140,000 bypass surgeries performed to treat blockages of the Superficial Femoral Artery in the European Union in 2008 and 200,000 of these surgeries in the United States.

The Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent is an investigational device not available in the United States.

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