New Product Briefs: PCI Tools Launch; Asthma Device In China
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Percutaneous coronary intervention product launches include Cardiovascular Systems Diamondback 360 Coronary Orbital atherectomy system, Medtronic’s Export Advance thrombectomy aspiration catheter and St. Jude’s Ilumien Optis fractional flow reserve/ intravascular optical coherence tomography imaging system. More product news.
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