Medtronic launches Telescope guide extension catheter to deliver interventional devices during angioplasty procedures.
Medtronic plc announced its entrance into the guide extension catheter market with the global launch of the Telescope guide extension catheter, a newly designed catheter used to provide additional backup support and access to distal lesions. Guide extension catheters help deliver coronary stents, balloons and other interventional devices during angioplasty procedures that help to restore blood flow through the coronary and peripheral arteries.
Developed alongside interventional cardiologists, many of whom are increasingly challenged with complex cases - such as patients with tortuous anatomies, calcified vessels, and distal lesions - the Telescope guide extension catheter provides operators with superior deliverability and is designed to enable smooth delivery of interventional devices in more challenging cases.
Comment.FDA gave 510(K) approval for the device on 22 March 2019 and it has a CE Mark.
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