Drug-Eluting Stents Ensure Patency Of The Saphenous Vein Grafts
The new generation stents that are deigned for slow release of medication are found to be far more effective than conventional stents according to a recent study conducted on stents used for cardiac bypass // . It is also found to effectively prevent the overgrowth of scar tissue, thereby reducing incidence of restenosis (re-narrowing), heart attack and death. Stents can either be inser...Bypass Surgery, Drug-eluting Stents Possess Similar Risk and Outcome
Drug-eluting stent therapy and bypass surgery for coronary artery disease have about the same risk for a major cardiac event within 30 days after the procedures// , according to researchers. The two also have similar outcomes three years after treatment. Patients with coronary arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis are often candidates for either bypass surgery to reroute the arteries'...Drug Eluting Nanostructured Coatings Enable Targeted Drug Therapy for Orthopedic Patients
Drug delivery systems have progressed from the teaspoon to time-release capsules to drug-eluting stents . In a paper presented at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco demonstrate how they hav...Cypher Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent
Description:The CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent consists of a proven antiproliferative drug, called "sirolimus", a controlled-release polymer, and a closed-cell stent delivery platform. Upon placement, sirolimus elutes into the vessel wall and impedes the process of neointimal hyperplasia, thereby significantly reducing the incidence of in-stent restenosis....TAXUS Express2 Over-the-wire Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System
Description:The TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System is indicated for improving luminal diameter for the treatment of de novo lesions = 28 mm in length in native coronary arteries = 2.5 to = 3.75 mm in diameter....TAXUS Express2 Monorail Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System
Description:The TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System is indicated for improving luminal diameter for the treatment of de novo lesions = 28 mm in length in native coronary arteries = 2.5 to = 3.75 mm in diameter....CoStar Paclitaxel-eluting Coronary Stent System
Description:BIOTRONIK AG will be the world wide sole distributor of CONOR Medsystems COSTAR paclitaxel stent. Radically different from conventional drug eluting stents, the CONOR Medsystems stent is the first non-surface-coated drug eluting stent designed to provide advanced drug delivery capabilities. CONOR Medsystems proprietary technologies allow release profiles to be tailored to optimize the dosing of a...Efficacy of OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-Engineered R Stent Compares Favorably to Drug-Eluting Stents
Risk of Late Thrombosis is Minimized with Genous Stent BARCELONA, Spain, May 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The efficacy ofOrbusNeich's Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent compares favorablyto that of drug-eluting stents, while the risk of late thrombosisis minimized with the Genous stent, according to an interimanalysis of post-marketing data presented today by Robbert deWinter, M.D., Ph.D., at...Investigators Report COSTAR II Pivotal Drug-Eluting Stent Trial Results at EuroPCR 2007
BARCELONA, Spain, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Principalinvestigators for the COSTAR II (CObalt Chromium STent withAntiproliferative for Restenosis) trial, the pivotal study for theCoStar(R) cobalt chromium paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent,presented today the clinical trial results of the study at EuroPCR2007. The investigators confirmed that the study failed to meet itsprimary endpoint...