HONG KONG, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- OrbusNeich’s Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent(TM) is the subject of several sessions about innovation in interventional cardiology strategies and device design at this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics symposium, TCT 2007, which is set for Oct. 20-25 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
The line-up of sessions that feature the first pro-healing stent, which is an alternative to drug-eluting stents, includes:
In addition, the latest results from clinical trials of the Genous stent will be discussed by Robbert de Winter, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator and director of the catheterization laboratory at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. Specifically, de Winter will present:
Unlike drug-eluting stents, Genous, which is coated with an antibody, captures a patient’s endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) to accelerate the natural healing process. EPCs circulate in the bloodstream and are involved in the repair of blood vessels. When attracted to the surface of Genous, EPCs rapidly form an endothelial layer over the stent that provides protection against thrombus and minimizes restenosis.
OrbusNeich designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medical devices for the treatment of vascular diseases. The company’s product portfolio includes the Genous(TM) Bio-engineered R stent(TM), an antibody- coated device that is the first-ever stent to capture a patient’s endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) to accelerate the natural healing process following placement. Other products are stents, balloons and guiding catheters marketed under the names of Blazer(TM), R stent(TM), Sapphire(TM), Avita(TM), Avita HP(TM), SafeCut(TM), Lumina(TM) and Saffron.
A global company, OrbusNeich is headquartered in Hong Kong and has operations in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Hoevelaken, The Netherlands; and Shenzhen, China. OrbusNeich, which has provided cardiology devices to physicians through its predecessor companies since 1979, today supplies products in more than 60 countries. For more information, visit www.OrbusNeich.com.
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Web site: http://www.OrbusNeich.com/
