Bard Receives Clearance for Improved Biliary Stent.Business, Health & Medical Editors MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 11, 2000 C. R. Bard C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) is one of the large S&P 500 companies of the United States, a surgical specialties and hospital medical device manufacturer in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It is named after its founder, who sold the company within only a few years of its founding. , Inc. (NYSE-BCR) announced today it has received U.S. FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. 510(k) concurrence to market the Memotherm FLEXX biliary stent biliary stent Biliary endoprosthesis Surgery A tube inserted into a stenosed or obstructed narrowed or blocked bile duct to improve bile flow for treating malignant biliary obstructions. The Memotherm FLEXX biliary stent will be marketed through Bard's Peripheral Technologies division and will be available immediately. The unique, flexible design of both the Memotherm FLEXX biliary stent and associated delivery system enable the device to negotiate tortuous anatomy and allows the stent to conform to acute bends in the biliary duct. The Memotherm FLEXX biliary stent also provides the radial strength necessary to maintain patency pa·ten·cy n. The state or quality of being open, expanded, or unblocked. patency the condition of being open. . It is available in a range of stent diameters from 6-12mm and in lengths from 20-120mm. "The Memotherm FLEXX biliary stent and delivery system is the newest member of Bard's growing family of stents, and we believe that it represents a significant step forward in technology," stated William H. Longfield, chairman and chief executive officer. "In addition to setting a new level of flexibility and strength, the Memotherm FLEXX system offers the clinician a broad product selection to combat a wide range of malignant obstructions," Longfield concluded. C. R. Bard, Inc., headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey
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