Zenith TX2 graft
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cook projects first quarter 2008 U.S. launch of its Zenith TX2 thoracic aortic aneurysm endovascular graft following submission to FDA of the final PMA module, announced Aug. 7. The PMA includes data from the 230-patient STARZ-TX2 trial, which was presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery conference in Baltimore June 9. Zenith's TX2 is already available in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Gore's TAG TAA device was approved in 2005, and Medtronic is seeking approval for its Talent TAA graft (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 1, 2006, In Brief)...
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