Guidant gets FDA approval for Lifestream:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US cardiology company Guidant has received US FDA approval to market its ACS over-the-wire Lifestream coronary dilatation catheter. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, part of Guidant's vascular intervention group, manufactures the device and distribution of the product will begin at once. Guidant says the ACS OTW Lifestream has a 26% reduced crossing profile compared with the ACS Stack 40S catheter and allows physicians to reach and cross more difficult lesions.
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