US clearance for Guidant's biliary stent system:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The US FDA has cleared Guidant's pre-mounted stent system for treating malignant obstructions of the biliary duct. The RX HERCULINK 14 system, which is based on the corrugated-ring design of the company's ACS MULTI-LINK coronary stent system, is the first stent system compatible with a 0.014 guide wire and with a balloon capable of reaching 7mm in diameter, said Guidant.