Medtronic, Inc. Starts Study of Interventional Erectile Dysfunction Therapy

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), announced today the initiation of a feasibility study of an interventional treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) that uses a specially-designed drug-eluting stent system. The study, called ZEN (Zotarolimus-Eluting Peripheral Stent System for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Males with Sub-Optimal Response to PDE5 Inhibitors), is being performed under an investigational device exemption (IDE) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is expected to enroll a total of 50 subjects at up to ten medical centers in the United States over the next year.

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