Carmeda Coated Stent CE-Marked by Cordis; Carmeda Coating Now Used On Medical Devices Worldwide for Babies, Boomers and the Elderly.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K SAN ANTONIO--(BW HealthWire)--June 26, 2000 Cordis, a Johnson and Johnson company, announced CE-marking of the Bx Velocity coronary stent coronary stent Intracoronary stent Cardiology An expandable tubular device which can be inserted percutaneously, and left within a coronary artery lumen to maintain its patency Pros Clinical and angiographic outcomes are better with intracoronary artery stent with the Carmeda coating (May 31, 2000). A Cordis stent with Carmeda coating also was approved for sale in the U.S. in February, 2000. Cordis joins several other prominent medical device companies which utilize the Carmeda BioActive Surface (CBAS CBAS Command Budget Automated System CBAS Computrols Building Automation System (building automation software) CBAS Computerized Building Automation System CBAS Corporate Business Applications Support ) technology, companies including Medtronic, Gore, Diametrics and Pharmacia. CBAS is a proprietary heparin coating which retains thromboresistant properties for periods lasting several months. This long-term bioactivity bi·o·ac·tiv·i·ty n. The effect of a given agent, such as a vaccine, upon a living organism or on living tissue. , coupled with the fact that the stable heparin coating does not leave the device surface, differentiates CBAS from other coatings designed to improve the hemocompatibility of blood-contacting devices. "The market launch of the CBAS-coated stent from Cordis reinforces Carmeda's position as the leader in the hemocompatibility coating market," states Andrew Jacobson, Director of Business Development at Carmeda. The Carmeda coating technology is applied to medical devices for use in babies, adolescents, baby boomers and the elderly. Diametrics coats blood gas sensors used to monitor premature newborns. Adolescents benefit from Carmeda's blood sampling catheter which is used in growth hormone growth hormone or somatotropin (sōmăt'ətrō`pən), glycoprotein hormone released by the anterior pituitary gland that is necessary for normal skeletal growth in humans (see protein). studies. Adults are permanently implanted with Carmeda-coated coronary stents from Cordis and undergo heart bypass surgery with the help of Carmeda-coated blood oxygenators from Medtronic. And the elderly receive intraocular lens implants coated with Carmeda-based technology by Pharmacia. CBAS is the most prevalent and clinically proven thromboresistant coating applied to medical devices by U.S. and European device manufacturers. Since 1985 Carmeda has commercialized the "end-point attachment" of immobilized heparin molecules to medical device surfaces. Carmeda AB (Stockholm) is majority owned by Norsk Hydro ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and (ADR ADR - Astra Digital Radio ) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HYDRO). For additional information please visit www.carmeda.com. |
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