Global Device Approvals Snapshot: 14 May – 20 May 2019; FDA Approves Stryker’s Neuroform Atlas Stent
Executive Summary
A snapshot of global medical device approvals captured during the past week in Medtech Insight's Approvals Tracker. This week, the US FDA approved Stryker’s Neuroform Atlas stent system to be used with embolization coils to treat wide-necked intracranial aneurysms.
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