Svelte Medical starts trial of Stent-on-a-Wire
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Svelte Medical Systems has started a European clinical trial of its Stent-on-a-Wire (SOAW) cobalt-chromium bare metal stent. The device is easy to deliver and could reduce the cost of procedures and potentially lower the rate of stent thromboses, New Providence, New Jersey-based Svelte claimed. It hopes to CE mark the first-generation SOAW for sale in Europe by the middle of this year, and start trials of a drug-eluting version in 2011. The latter will be non-inflammatory, as it will not use typical polymeric coatings which can irritate the blood vessel lining, Svelte says. The company also hopes to start clinical trials of the product in Brazil and Columbia during this quarter.
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