CVIS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cardiovascular Imaging Systems receives FDA clearance to market the GuideView ultrasound imaging/delivery catheter. The 4 French GuideView incorporates the company's "common-lumen technology which allows low-profile therapeutic and imaging devices to use the distal portion of the catheter interchangeably." CVIS, which does not intend to market the device until late 1994, says it is evaluating use of the device with several angioplasty balloons, including Cordis' Orion and Advanced Cardiovascular Systems' Slalom. CVIS currently is concentrating on ramping up production of its MicroView 2.9 diagnostic catheter, which received FDA clearance on June 29. The company anticipates commercial distribution of the MicroView in October.