In Brief: Cardiac Pacemakers' Endotak
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Cardiac Pacemakers' Endotak: Guidant subsidiary launches Endotak Model 115 single lead defibrillation system to U.S. market. The Model 115 is 70 cm in length, shorter than currently offered CPI leads, which are 100 cm. One potential use for the short lead is with pectorally implanted automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator products. A premarket approval application supplement for Guidant's Ventak PRx III AICD, which can be implanted pectorally, was approved by FDA in early May ("The Gray Sheet" May 8, In Brief)...