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New catheter available for crossing chronic total occlusions.
2004 NOV 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Catheter technology company LuMend Inc. has launched a new re-entry catheter for peripheral crossing technology.
According to LuMend, its new system, called the Outback Re-Entry Catheter, is the first system that addresses the two major challenges associated with facilitating treatment of chronic total occlusions in peripheral arteries - lesion crossing and sub-intimal re-entry.
Chronic total occlusions are among the most common reasons for surgery or bypass grafting in patients with vascular disease. For minimally invasive treatment of chronic total occlusions, a physician must first successfully cross the blockage and place a guidewire in the "true" lumen of the artery beyond the occlusion. Because some chronic total occlusions are comprised of very hard plaque, it can be very ...
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