Drug-Eluting Stents Break More Often Than Thought
-DOTmed
11/15/2009 - Drug-eluting stents might break more often than anybody realized, according to a new study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Although the clinically reported rate of fracture of drug-eluting stents is about 1 or 2 percent, researchers at the CV Path Institute in Gaithersburg, Md. say the true rate could be much higher. More>>>
Setback for Taxus Liberte Stent
-WSJ
09/24/2009 - SAN FRANCISCO—Heart stents made by market leader Boston Scientific Corp. took a scientific drubbing at a big cardiology conference, after rival products from Medtronic Inc. and Abbott Laboratories appeared safer in several studies. More>>>
Studies tipping toward surgery to prevent strokes
-Reuters
08/29/2009 - Surgery may be a better way to clear blockages in neck arteries and prevent strokes than less invasive treatment such as angioplasty, European researchers reported on Friday. More>>>
Medical-Device Suits Allege Kickbacks
-The Wall Street Journal
07/16/2009 - Former employees of certain medical-device makers allege in lawsuits unsealed in a Texas federal court that the companies paid kickbacks to heart surgeons to get the doctors to use their products to treat the heart-rhythm defect called atrial fibrillation. More>>>
Boston Scientific Stents Less Effective Than Rivals
-Bloomberg
03/30/2009 - Heart stents made by Boston Scientific Corp., the world’s biggest seller of the artery- clearing devices, were less effective in studies than those from Abbott Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic Inc. More>>>
Drug-eluting stents: Heart attack risk?
-WWLP
03/10/2009 - In recent years, there has been some concern about the use of some types of popular medical devices called stents. Stents are used to keep arteries open after a procedure called angioplasty. More than 2 million people receive stents each year, including a million Americans. More>>>
Fewer deaths with drug stents than bare metal: study
-Reuters
09/16/2008- Drug-coated stents implanted into clogged heart arteries are associated with a significantly lower risk of death than bare-metal versions, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic said on Monday. More>>>
Effectiveness of Heart Bypass Surpasses Drug Stents: Study
-TheMedGuru
09/04/2008- While, an open heart surgery or a heart bypass (as it is commonly called) is an invasive procedure that reroutes blood vessels to detour around blockages, angioplasty, a relatively new, non-invasive technique of mechanically widening the blocked arteries involves a tightly folded balloon being pushed into the blocked blood vessels. More>>>
Boston Scientific Stent Device Recall: Here's a Tip You Don't Want…
-LawyersandSettlements
08/18/2008- Washington, DC: Yet another recall of a medical device proves that contrary to what we would like to believe, medical devices are no more reliable than anything else in the manufactured world. Such appears to be the case with the Boston Scientific NexStent Monorail, NexStent Carotid Stent and Monorail Delivery System that has been voluntarily recalled. More>>>
Boston Scientific Recalls NexStent Products
-Reuters
08/17/2008- Boston Scientific Corp is recalling its NexStent carotid artery products because part of the stent's delivery system can detach and cause injury, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. More>>>
Patients With Blood Clots Inside Heart Stents Face Recurrence
-Bloomberg
03/30/2008- One in six heart patients who develop a blood clot inside the device used to open their clogged arteries are likely to develop another blockage, a study found. More>>>
Boston Scientific scrutinized by Congress, DOJ for stents
-bizjournals.com
02/29/2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. is among companies under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for improperly marketing biliary stents for non-approved uses, according to its annual report. More>>>
Boston Scientific stent sales part of federal probe
-Boston Business Journal
02/28/2008 - U.S. Justice Department officials are conducting a civil investigation of both Boston Scientific Corp. and other competitors regarding their sale of bile-duct stents. More>>>
Boston Scientific says U.S. investigating stent use
-twincities.com
02/28/2008 - The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a civil investigation of
allegations that Boston Scientific and other suppliers improperly promoted
biliary stents for off-label uses, the Natick, Mass.-based company said Thursday
in a regulatory filing. More>>>
Boston Scientific ordered to pay $431M in stent patent trial
-bizjournals.com
02/12/2008 -The jury in a patent infringement trial has ruled against Boston Scientific Corp., awarding the plaintiff Bruce Saffran $431 million, according to officials of the life sciences company. More>>>
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