Datascope's device approved for vascular closure:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Datascope's vascular closure device - VasoSeal - now has approval from the US FDA for use following stent implantation. Stents are implanted in about 40% of the 500,000 coronary angioplasty procedures carried out in the US. The company already has approval in the US and Europe for a number of other applications of VasoSeal.