His device breaks up clots before the insertion of a stent, or a balloon angioplasty.
But in 25% of cases the artery clogs up again within months of a stent placement.
However, in March 2002, Guidant announced its home grown stent was ineffective and suspended trials.
Perhaps Tobin's most important task was to heal Boston Scientific's ailing cardiac stent business.
Advocates of greater drug-coated stent use say that COURAGE may not be a fair test.
This is the shortest duration of DAPT for any major drug eluting stent (DES) in Europe.
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The artery is then propped open with a metal mesh tube called a stent.
King said Thursday's stent procedure may not be the end of Clinton's heart woes.
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The results were previewed two weeks ago by Forbes.com (see: Study Could Hurt Stent Sales).
Stent makers have joined with leading medical groups to press their case for wider Medicare payments.
One hint could come from Courage, a 2, 300-patient study that will compare stent procedures to drug therapy.
Without a stent, one-third of patients need to have the procedure redone because their arteries clog up again.
Arteries in a group of patients given a sustained-release version of the stent didn't close at all.
Many times, a scaffolding-like structure called a stent is left in place to keep the artery open.
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Some estimates put the stent portion of the plavix market at less than 10% of Plavix sales.
Kam believes Boston Scientific has corrected the manufacturing problem and will continue to dominate the stent market.
By that time the industry had gotten a big boost with the first metal stent for clogged arteries.
Guidant, meanwhile, has suffered multiple setbacks in its drug-coated stent program, and is now far behind its competitors.
These tiny reservoirs allow researchers to better control how the medicine is released, without making the stent weaker.
In Florida, in fact, 100% of stent, ICD, and pacemaker implantation procedures will undergo review before payment.
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He had a stent inserted into his kidney that is prone to infections and must be replaced every year.
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Boston Scientific believes allowing Guidant to sell the paclitaxel-coated stent violates this agreement.
In itself, this does not mark the end of Guidant's drug-coated stent program.
One recently released device tripled the company's share of the stent market to 18% in a mere two weeks.
Boston Scientific's drug-coated stent, Taxus, isn't expected to reach the market until 2004.
For the first 12 months after its approval, the stent is likely to dominate the market, delivering strong sales.
Patients with a positive coronary CT scan would then require a cardiac catheterization, with possible angioplasty and stent placement.
When that stent caused her pain, doctors removed it in a fourth surgery.
And medical students use the glass tubes to practice catheter or stent placement.
Medical-device companies are countering Dr. Abbott's findings as they seek to convince Medicare to expand coverage for stent placement.
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