Scoreflex Balloon Catheter Gets CE Mark Approval

June 9th, 2008 Cardiology

The Scoreflex balloon catheter from OrbusNeich, a Hong Kong based interventional cardiology device company, has received the EU CE Mark of approval today. The Scoreflex catheter differentiates itself from other balloon catheters out there by utilizing what it calls focused force angioplasty. This allows interventional cardiologists to focus the force of the balloon in specific areas of the plaque for cracking into resistant areas, as well as minimizing trauma to the blood vessel wall.
CE Mark approval is given to a product that has been demonstrated to meet European minimum standards and safety specifications. This product is not currently available in the United States, and will probably be competing against Guidant’s popular FX miniRAIL focused force angioplasty balloon.
Read the press release here…

Justin Barad is a board eligible pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He did his fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery program and his residency at UCLA. He is also the Founder and CEO of Osso VR, a clinically validated surgical simulation platform. His interests include Virtual/Augmented Reality, robotics, surgical navigation and 3D Printing/Scanning, He is always looking to discuss the latest and greatest in medtech. He has been writing for Medgadget about medical technology since 2006 and also has several research publications and presentations.

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