In Brief: Everest Medical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Everest Medical: Firm plans to introduce the BiSECTOR 5 mm bipolar ligating forceps for use in coagulation of vessels during electrosurgery and to transect vessel tributaries prior to saphenous vein harvesting at the Jan. 23-25 Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery meeting and the Society of Thoracic Surgery conference Jan. 26-28, both of which are being held in New Orleans. The company also is debuting an Everest-branded version of its bipolar scissors. Everest will market the instruments "for use with non-Guidant saphenous vein harvesting approaches and systems," the company says in a Jan. 20 release. The company entered a supply agreement with Guidant in June 1997 to market Everest instruments with Guidant's minimally invasive saphenous vein harvesting system...