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Published Date: July 23, 1999
Company Name: EndoSonics Corporation
Address: 2870 Kilgore Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Main Telephone
Number: 916/638-8008
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.EndoSonics.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Reinhard J. Warnking
Chief Financial
Officer: Richard L. Fischer
Investor Relations
Contact: Morgen Walke; Rep. John Swenson
Business number: 415/296-7383
Public Relations
Contact: Morgen Walke; Rep. John Swenson
Business number: 415/296-7383
Industry: Medical Diagnostic Equipment
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: ESON/Nasdaq
Company description: EndoSonics Corporation ("EndoSonics" or the "Company") develops, manufactures and markets intravascular ultrasound ("IVUS IVUS Intravascular ultrasound, see there ") imaging systems and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty n. Abbr. PTCA A procedure for enlarging a narrowed arterial lumen by peripheral introduction of a balloon-tip catheter followed by dilation of the lumen as the inflated catheter tip is ("balloon angioplasty balloon angioplasty: see under angioplasty. ") catheters to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease Peripheral Vascular Disease Definition Peripheral vascular disease is a narrowing of blood vessels that restricts blood flow. It mostly occurs in the legs, but is sometimes seen in the arms. . The Company's IVUS imaging products enhance the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery and other vascular diseases by providing important diagnostic information not available from conventional x-ray angiography angiography or arteriography X-ray examination of arteries and veins with a contrast medium to differentiate them from surrounding organs. The contrast medium is introduced through a catheter to show the blood vessels and the structures they supply, including . In 1993, the Company commenced the Pinnacle Development Project to further enhance the image quality of its IVUS imaging products. This project resulted in the Five-64 catheter line and an enhancement to the Company's Oracle Imaging System. Cardiometrics, Inc., ("Cardiometrics"), acquired by the Company in 1997, develops, manufactures and markets intravascular intravascular /in·tra·vas·cu·lar/ (in?trah-vas´ku-lar) within a vessel. in·tra·vas·cu·lar adj. Within one or more blood vessels. medical devices to measure blood flow impairment caused by coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. . Cardiometrics' principal products, the FloWire(R)Doppler guide wire and FloMap(R) ultrasound instrument, represent an advance in functional testing of blood flow impairment, enabling cardiologists to evaluate the appropriateness of angioplasty interventions and assess post-procedural results directly in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. |
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