Medtech company Sequent Medical enrolled the 1st 4 patients in a new U.S. clinical trial aimed at winning FDA approval for its Web aneurysm protection implant.
The Web implant is made of a Nitinol mesh that is delivered in a "stent-like" manner and deployed into the pouch formed by an aneurysm in order to prevent blood from flowing in. The device already has approve in the European Union.