AGA Medical Amplatzer
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Minimally invasive vascular plug launches for creation of peripheral vasculature occlusions - addressing such disorders as aneurysms and tumors. Cleared via 510(k) in September 2003, the firm has since been ramping up production. The self-expanding, cylindrical device, made of nitinol-wire mesh, comes in diameters from 4 mm to 16 mm and is intended as an alternative to surgery or implantable coils...