The use of noninvasive imaging (magnetic resonance angiography or computed tomographic angiography) should be individualized. Prior to the stent procedure, a complete evaluation of the aortic arch ...

CHICAGO -- Johnson & Johnson's Cordis subsidiary has issued a world-wide recall for about 132,000 balloon catheters used to expand blood vessels after it was determined problems with the devices ...

The Cordis SLEEK® OTW PTA Dilatation Catheter is a highly deliverable balloon catheter designed to treat patients undergoing peripheral angioplasty procedures below the knee. The SLEEK® OTW ...

Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) subsidiary Cordis is in the hot seat over its Fire Star Rx PTCA dilation catheters. The company has launched a recall of a single lot of the ...

The FDA has identified Cordis’ recall of its angiographic catheter with radiopaque marker bands as Class I, the most serious type of recall. According to a press release from the FDA ...

The FDA has cleared Cordis' EMPIRA and EMPIRA NC RX PTCA dilatation catheters for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The U.S. launch is expected early next year. "The EMPIRA Balloon ...

Simmons Sr., Ph.D., realized that catheters on the market were not optimal ... MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets of $3.2 billion. The more than 17,000 MUSC team members ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cordis Corporation today announced it has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration of its latest innovation in guiding catheters: the ADROIT TM 6F ...

Cordis Corp., Johnson & Johnson's stenting arm, notched another 510(k) clearance for its Adroit 6F Guiding Catheter, which the company says can handle more sophisticated lesions. Cordis Corp., the ...

With the telescopic technique, a long (125 cm) wire-braided Simmons 2 catheter (Cook, MN, USA) is positioned within the shuttle sheath and is used as the introducer. This technique is useful for ...