US OKs Datascope's second dialysis access product:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Datascope has received US clearance to sell its second product for the dialysis access market. ProGuide is a chronic dialysis catheter for connecting a patient with end stage renal disease to a dialysis machine. Chronic dialysis catheters have an estimated worldwide market of more than $100m, said the Montvale, New Jersey firm. The company's first entered the dialysis access market in the US in March this year, when it launched its ProLumen thrombectomy device for removing blood clots from blocked dialysis access sites.