Neurovascular stent study
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Arterial Vascular Engineering reports the first implant of its cerebral/brain stent under an investigational device exemption granted to the State University of New York at Buffalo. Based on the same platform as AVE's gfx coronary stent, the INR stent was implanted in a patient July 28 for the treatment of a cerebral aneurysm of the internal carotid artery. An IDE is pending for treatment of atherosclerotic lesions and acute stroke