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PK PAPYRUS NOW AVAILABLE IN U.S. FOR CRISIS CORONARY PERFORATIONS

 

            BIOTRONIK is releasing in the United States its PK Papyrus-covered coronary stent, the first new device in many years to be used as an emergency therapy for acute coronary perforations. Because so few of these are expected to be used, but are expected to save many lives, the FDA issued a Humanitarian Use Device classification for the technology.

The PK Papyrus features ultra-thin struts that form a single long stent, and an electrospun polyurethane membrane that keeps the pressure of the blood flow mostly contained within itself. The product has been cleared in Europe for about five years now, where it has seen significant use in preventing really bad outcomes.

The stent is available in 17 different sizes and is compatible with 5 French catheters. BIOTRONIK says that the PK Papyrus is 58 percent more flexible and has a 23 percent narrower profile than the Graftmaster, a similar competing product from Abbott. VTN

READ MORE    : biotronik.com/en-gb/products/coronary/pk-papyrus

 

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Larry Storer

Larry Storer

Larry Storer has been editor of Vein Therapy News for 10 years. He has edited computer, shelter and medical publications at Publications & Communications LP for 30 years. He was also a corporate vice president and editorial director before retiring. Larry graduated from Baylor University with a BA in journalism and an MA in communications; and from Lamar University with a MED in school administration. He taught beginning and advanced reporting, beginning and advanced editing and editorial writing at Baylor University. Larry was a reporter, and city and news editor of the Beaumont Journal, and opinion editor at the Beaumont Enterprise and Beaumont Enterprise-Journal. He was also the founding managing editor of the Yuba City (California) Daily Independent-Herald.