A new AZUR Peripheral HydroCoil Embolization System containing platinum for the occlusion of blood vessels, vascular malformations and aneurysms has been produced.

Made by Terumo, the system is the only one of its kind to contain a peripheral platinum coil embolization system with a hydrogel coating that can expand when introduced into the blood stream.

The new technology gives the physicians the ability to detach the coil in under a second and at the push of a button.

It also minimises the risk of non-target embolization and coil migration giving a new level of control and making it ideal for high-flow areas and challenging vascular anatomy.

Dr Craig Greben, Chief of the Division of Interventional Radiology at the North Shore University Hospital on Long Island in New York, was the first physician to successfully use the new technology.

Fernando Yuste, Marketing Manager of Interventional Products for Terumo, said: "With the initial feedback that we've received from physicians, we're predicting that AZUR will be the new gold standard for endovascular occlusion of vascular lesions."

Source:

Terumo Launches the New AZUR(TM) Peripheral HydroCoil(R) Embolization System with Expanding Hydrogel Technology, 28/01/08
http://sev.prnewswire.com/medical-pharmaceuticals/20080128/CLM08728012008-1.html

Ÿ Adfero Ltd