Cordis Carotid System for Carotid Artery Disease
On April 21, 2004 Cordis Corporation announced that the FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel had recommended approval of the Cordis Carotid System. Cordis’ pre-market approval application drew upon results of the SAPPHIRE Study, which included 334 high-risk surgical patients randomized to receive the stent with embolic protection vs. the traditional carotid endarterectomy. According to Cordis, [...]
CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent
February 20, 2004 by admin · Leave a Comment
On February 18, 2004, Cordis Corporation announced completion of patient enrollment in the first randomized head-to-head coronary stent trial comparing its new CYPHER sirolimus-eluting coronary stent with the Taxus Express (2) paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent. This trial is expressly designed to compare performance differences between the two drug-eluting stents, particularly in high-risk patient group subsets such [...]