What to know about angioplasty
Angioplasty is a medical procedure that opens up a blocked or narrowed artery around the heart. It is a standard treatment for narrowed or blocked arteries in this area of the body. Doctors also refer to angioplasty as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. During angioplasty, a surgeon inserts a tube into an artery in the […]
Use of Drug-coated Balloons in Coronary Arteries to Treat In-stent Restenosis
Coronary artery in-stent restenosis (ISR) is observed in about 10 percent of patients who undergo a drug eluting stent (DES) implantation and in more than 30 percent of patients who undergo balloon catheter bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. Three DEBs for the coronaries have now been granted FDA breakthrough device designation to help expedite the approval […]
Safety Questions on Paclitaxel Coated Balloons
The safety of paclitaxel eluting stents and drug-coated balloon catheter was first brought into question by a meta-analysis published in Journal of the American Heart Association in December 2018. That analysis showed a higher mortality rate at two years post-procedure and prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release its first warning letter […]
Clinical Application of Drug-Coated Balloon in The Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
Drug-coated balloon catheter(DCB) is a new treatment strategy for coronary artery disease, which is mostly used for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) after bare-metal stents and drug-eluting stents. Recent studies have shown that DCB has good efficacy and safety in patients with small vessel disease and high risk of bleeding. Recently, the international DCB […]
How to Optimize the Use of Drug Coated Balloon in Peripheral Arterial Disease?
At present, whether it is the possibility of drug-coated balloon (DCB) as a substitute for stent or its use method is still controversial. There is still room for improvement in the use of DCB. If the drug coating of DCB only acts on the target lesions, the amount of drug lost into the circulation of […]
When We Choose A Balloon Catheter, What Do We Care About?
Balloon catheter is the core device of PCI. In clinical use, the effect of balloon dilation catheter will be affected by many factors. Among these factors, the performance of the balloon itself is the most important. Next, we will select two performance indicators to discuss in detail. The Outer Diameter of Balloon Balloon diameter is […]
Introduction to Selethru® Balloon Dilatation Catheter
At present, balloon catheter with good bending performance and smooth tip design has been used in the dilatation therapy of a variety of diseases. There are mainly two kinds of high-quality balloon materials on the market, one is Nylon, the other is PEBAX. They can smoothly enter the position of semi occlusion or complete occlusion. […]
Octoparms® Vena Cava Filter Enters the Green Channel-Part 2
At present, the retrievable umbrella-type cava filters listed in China are all imported brands. balloon catheter As the first retrievable umbrella-type vena cava filter in China, what are the innovations of Octoparms®? It is the first umbrella-type structure in China to prolong the retrieve period of the vena cava filter. The prolongation of the retrieve […]
Octoparms® Vena Cava Filter Enters the Green Channel-Part 1
May 26, 2020, Octoparms® vena cava filter from Kossel Medtech entered the green channel of innovative medical devices of the National Medical Products Administration, balloon catheter becoming the sixth product entering the green channel in the cardiovascular field this year. As the first retrievable umbrella-type vena cava filter in China, Octoparms® has an independent invention […]
Clinical Applications Of Drug Eluting Balloon-Part 2
It does not require multi-polymers, does not induce advanced thrombosis, and may reduce the time of double antiplatelet therapy. Therefore, it is difficult for DES treatment, such as small blood vessels, anatomically curved blood vessels, diffuse long lesions, bifurcation lesions, and oral lesions，DEB is an alternative method. DEB still has some shortcomings: it cannot solve […]