Device Debuts: BSX's Resonate ICD; SYK's Tritanium C Anterior Cervical Cage; ZBH's Persona Partial Knee; MDT's Concerto 3D Coil
Executive Summary
This edition of Medtech Insight's Device Debuts includes Boston Scientific's US launch of the Resonate MRI-compatible ICDs, Stryker's Tritanium C 3D-printed anterior cervical cage, Zimmer Biomet's Persona partial knee, and Medtronic's Concerto 3D peripheral aneurysm coil.
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