Lately, drug-eluting stents have downright monopolized all discussions of new stent technology, but there's a whole world of stenting outside of the interventional cardiology suite, and some of these clinical applications represent healthy markets for small companies. According to a report published in June by the Medtech Insight division of Windhover Information, "US Markets for Nonvascular Stents," sales of stents in several non-cardiology niche markets totaled approximately $152 million in 2005, a year in which stents were used in approximately 491,000 nonvascular endoluminal recanalization procedures. Overall, sales of these products are expected to grow at an annual compound rate of almost 3%, reaching approximately $174 million in the year 2010.
In gastroenterology, pulmonology, and urology, stents are essentially used for the same reasons that they're used in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease. They function as endoluminal scaffolds in the recanalization...
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