HOUSTON, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- IDev Technologies, Inc. ("IDev") announced today the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Texan LONGhorn(TM) Foreign Body Retrieval Device. IDev also announces the commercial release of the CE-Marked Texan LONGhorn(TM) into the European Market.
The Texan LONGhorn(TM) (TX30120060) was developed in response to the clinical community's desire for a longer, lower profile version of the previously cleared Texan(TM) (TX30060050) Foreign Body Retrieval Device. The Texan LONGhorn(TM) is a 120 cm, 6 Fr system, with 0.018" guidewire compatibility allowing for the interventionalist to use the device in distal peripheral applications while maintaining access throughout the entire procedure. "We have enjoyed commercial success with the initial launch of the Texan(TM) and our line extension will increase the opportunity for use and accelerate market penetration," stated Jeffery Sheldon, IDev Technologies, Inc. President & CEO.
The Texan(TM) line of products is intended for use as tools to retrieve and manipulate foreign bodies from distal peripheral vessels of the cardiovascular system. The devices feature a variable loop design, allowing for loop size adjustment within the vessel, providing for capture or manipulation of a foreign body without having to determine the appropriately sized device prior to the procedure. Under the CE-Mark, the Texan(TM) line of products provides the same features described above, in addition to expansion of indication allowing for retrieval and manipulation of foreign bodies from distal peripheral vessels of the cardiovascular system and hollow viscus.
"Our continuing success in bringing products to market in an efficient and capital effective manner can be attributed to our focus on customer needs, strong interaction with our customers and world-class scientific advisors, and the dedicated team of professionals that we have employed," stated Mr. Sheldon.
IDev Technologies, Inc. is a venture-backed medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes medical devices for the interventional radiology, vascular surgery, and cardiology device marketplace. The Texan LONGhorn(TM) is the latest of four IDev products to be cleared for the U.S. and European markets, with an additional product line anticipated to launch in late 2005. IDev's current portfolio contains over thirty technologies exclusively licensed from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center representing over a $5.0 billion market opportunity.
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