by Mary Thompson
The rapid proliferation of catheter-based interventional devices and procedures over the past two decades has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment...
Vascular Closure Devices at the Crossroads
There are some 15 million medical procedures performed worldwide each year using interventional, catheter-based techniques, and that number will grow as the aging population demands less invasive treatments. This revolution has already generated multibillion dollar product markets for the devices used to perform these procedures, but there is another huge, frequently overlooked opportunity: devices for closing the puncture site.
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