Japan Lifeline Launches Improved PTCA Balloon Catheter.Tokyo, Japan, Dec 19, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Japan Lifeline began marketing OTTIMO ROSSO, its new balloon catheter for 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 (PTCA PTCA abbr. percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, see there ) procedure, on December 19. Manufactured by Kaneka, the new product is a successor to the company's OTTIMO catheter series. Adopting a new mechanism in the balloon part, the catheter can pass through lesions smoothly, even constricted con·strict v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts v.tr. 1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing. 2. To squeeze or compress. 3. areas, so that it can be used for patients with multiple lesions. Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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