Cook Medical said today it won reimbursement from the French Health ministry for its Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent thumbwheel delivery system and launched the device in the country.
The Zilver PTX rotating thumbwheel system is designed for medication deployment to what Bloomington, Ind.-based Cook Medical says is the “world’s 1st drug-eluting stent for the superficial femoral artery.”
The Zilver PTX stent won CE Mark approval in the European Union in 2009 and approval in 2012. The device is single-hand-usable and available with stents up to 120 mm in length, according to a press release.
Last September, Cook Medical launched the Advance salivary duct balloon catheter designed to dilate structures in the submandibular and parotid salivary ducts. The device is the company’s 1st high-pressure balloon specifically for salivary duct intervention.
The device set contains a hydrophilic-coated balloon catheter and a wired guide, and controlled inflation of the device allows dilation of strictures in affected salivary ducts.
