In 1995 the company released a number of devices for vascular intervention such as balloon catheters and stents.
Valvuloplasty is the widening of a stenotic valve using a balloon catheter.
Angioplasty is the use of a balloon catheter to reopen clogged arteries.
The cutting balloon catheter has a special balloon tip with small blades.
To keep the vessel open, doctors now often add a stent to the end of the balloon catheter.
Then he is to place a balloon catheter into the area where the artery narrows.
Each balloon catheter costs about $350, and the reuseable portion of the system costs $5,000.
His experimental balloon catheter, however, always seemed to burst when it was over inflated.
For example, we know how much it costs to use a balloon catheter to open a blocked heart artery.
Repair of the valve by using a balloon catheter to force it open.