balloon catheter

Repair of the valve by using a balloon catheter to force it open.

For example, we know how much it costs to use a balloon catheter to open a blocked heart artery.

Then he is to place a balloon catheter into the area where the artery narrows.

His experimental balloon catheter, however, always seemed to burst when it was over inflated.

To keep the vessel open, doctors now often add a stent to the end of the balloon catheter.

The cutting balloon catheter has a special balloon tip with small blades.

Angioplasty is the use of a balloon catheter to reopen clogged arteries.

A balloon catheter may be used.

The balloon catheter was then removed.

A balloon catheter (such as a Foley catheter) may be used to help the cervix open.

Balloon catheters are catheters that have balloons at their tip to keep them from slipping out.

Balloon catheters are also utilized in the deployment of stents during angioplasty.

If you have a blocked artery, inserting a balloon catheter into the artery may improve blood flow.

In 1995 the company released a number of devices for vascular intervention such as balloon catheters and stents.

Cardiologists tried opening one of the blockages with a balloon catheter, but the procedure failed because of the poor view.

A balloon catheter, placed over a guide wire, is used to insert the stent into the narrowed coronary artery.

In these cases, a balloon catheter is guided through a large vein into the right atrium, during cardiac catheterization.

Valvuloplasty is the widening of a stenotic valve using a balloon catheter.

The balloon catheter is moved into or near the blockage, and the balloon on the end is blown up (inflated).

A balloon catheter, such as a Foley catheter, is a narrow tube with a small balloon on the end.

Each balloon catheter costs about $350, and the reuseable portion of the system costs $5,000.

A stent is a small, metal mesh cylinder that is inserted into the narrowed artery with a balloon catheter.

The physician withdraws this catheter and threads the stent on its balloon catheter through the lesion.

The deflated balloon catheter is positioned, then inflated to perform the necessary procedure, and deflated again in order to be removed.

The IsoFlow is a dual balloon catheter designed to isolate a specific treatment region within the body from blood flow.