Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis said its Steer-It deflecting-tip guidewire is now available for commercial use in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
The device is used for positioning catheters and other interventional devices, such as drug-eluting stents, in a patient's coronary artery, and it can also be used in peripheral arteries. The tip can be manipulated to bend in two directions, enabling it to treat hard-to-reach blockages, including those in tortuous vessels, previously deployed stents, or side branches of an artery, according to the Miami Lakes, FL-based company.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 29, 2006
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