An Open Market for Vascular Closure Devices
Executive Summary
Sensing a largely untapped opportunity in vascular closure, due to the drawbacks of manual compression and issues with first-generation products, device companies are working on newer-generation devices that both avoid the problems associated with the older devices and address the disadvantages of manual compression.
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