Medtronic recalled a brain aneurysm stent device Sept. 20 because of a risk of malfunction that has been linked to 10 serious injuries and two deaths. The company recalled its Pipeline Flex ...

InspireMD announced today that it launched its CGuard Prime carotid stent after receiving FDA premarket approval (PMA).

InspireMD Inc. (NASDAQ:NSPR) saw its shares rise 4% in premarket trading after the company officially launched its CGuard ...

Based on the results of clinic trails at the Cleveland Clinic and other centers in the US and Europe, the FDA granted approval last year for the Pipeline Embolization Device, a flexible stent ...

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Often, a little wire mesh stent is left behind to prop the artery open. But in many cases, scar tissue, called restenosis, forms around the stent, blocking blood flow.

Propping open clogged arteries with little mesh tubes called stents is more likely to cause strokes than the old-fashioned method of simply cleaning out the arteries surgically, a French study ...

Metal mesh biliary stents are said to occlude less frequently than plastic stents. However, they are not immune to occlusion, either from biliary sludge, epithelialization, or tumor ingrowth ...

There is, actually, also a little, tiny balloon inside this little, tiny, steel mesh stent. The balloon is inflated. That pushes the stent up so that its holding that artery open, ...

A study suggests that stents placed in heart arteries to relieve chest pain isn’t as effective as doctors thought. What you need to know about stents, their safety and who should be getting them ...